Claimants will need to act and follow instructions from the migration notices to continue receiving their benefits
will finish at the end of 2024. has already started sending out letters, called universal credit migration notices, to households affected by the change with details of what to do move over to universal credit.The two forms of tax credits, working tax credit and child tax credit, will no longer exist by the end of next year replaced instead by universal credit.
The process of replacement will not happen automatically so claimants will need to act and follow instructions from the migration notices to continue receiving their benefits.Universal credit is a benefit system for people in work, looking for work or unable to work. It brings together six previous benefit systems: childtax credit, working tax credit, housingbenefit, income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance and income-related employment and support allowance .Most tax credits claimants are eligible for universal credit and may also be eligible for more financial support to cover other costs such as housing, and childcare costs.
The claim for universa credit has to be made by the deadline stated in your Migration Notice letter, even if the claimant has just renewed a tax credits claim. If you are claiming tax credits and are aged 65 or over, the DWP will write to you to ask you to apply for universal credit or pension credit, depending on your circumstances.1) use anto estimate how much you could get on universal credit. These are free to use and anonymous. If the amount you are entitled to on your existing benefits is more than you will get on universal Credit, where eligible, you can receive a top up amount called Transitional Protection.3) check your savings.
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