" I do know that the legacy benefits are being moved over to UC soon"

Hi denby

keep an eye out for the news letter from B&W.

What is happening at this moment in time single tax credit claimants are being asked to apply for UC, they are not being moved over.

The claimant will receive a letter from DWP inviting them to apply for UC, if they do not apply within 3 months then their legacy benefits will cease.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/compl...-universal-credit--2

Gary

Hi Gary,

I honestly read that the government are doing away with legacy benefits and moving people to UC (it mentioned 6 different types of benefits I believe) - Is this not correct ? I get various emails from different companies about what's happening with benefits etc.

Honestly, you never know what's true and what's not these days - It makes it so difficult to answer some posts if what I'm reading is incorrect.

Regards, Chris.

Hi Chris

There are 6 different types of legacy benefits that will go and will be replaced by UC.

Universal Credit is replacing the following benefits and tax credits:

~ Child Tax Credit
~ Housing Benefit
~ Income Support
~ income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
~ income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
~ Working Tax Credit

Digital UC has been live for a number of years, what is happening now is claimants in receipt of legacy benefits will be asked to apply for UC, if they do not apply within 3 months then their legacy benefit will cease.

DWP are starting the roll out to claimants claiming Tax credits, a number of areas across the UK have already gone live.

Gary

Hi Gary,

Ahhhh - I get you - so I've basically misunderstood what I'd read, and wrote (this topic title). I never realised that people had to re-apply. That is shocking! Another way of hoping people won't know what to do, to save more money. This government!

Thank you for clearing it up - much appreciated.

Kind regards, Chris.