{"id":237061,"date":"2023-09-27T11:48:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=237061"},"modified":"2023-09-27T11:48:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:48:50","slug":"exact-date-thousands-of-households-on-benefits-face-major-change-in-october-and-letters-are-going-out-now-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/exact-date-thousands-of-households-on-benefits-face-major-change-in-october-and-letters-are-going-out-now-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Exact date thousands of households on benefits face major change in October – and letters are going out now | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THOUSANDS of people on benefits are being urged to keep an eye out for letters ahead of a major change coming in weeks.<\/p>\n
The process of moving households who are claiming tax credits over to Universal Credit has started.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It comes as the\u00a0government\u00a0plans to\u00a0move all claimants on to Universal Credit\u00a0by the end of March 2025, under a process known as managed migration.<\/p>\n
A number of locations have already received notices and should have moved over to Universal Credit already.<\/p>\n
But households on tax credits living in Northern Ireland will be asked to claim Universal Credit from October 16.<\/p>\n
Migration notice letters will be sent in the post to all working tax credit or child tax credit households who receive no other benefit.<\/p>\n