{"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

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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

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The letters, which will arrive in the post, will explain what people need to do and include signposting to help for those who need it.<\/p>\n

Once you receive a letter, you have three months to move across, or you could lose your existing benefits.<\/p>\n

This means that if you receive a letter in September, you'll have until December to move over to Universal Credit.<\/p>\n

If you fail to do this within the allotted time frame, you could lose your benefit payments.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere in the UK, households on tax credits in the following eight regions will be asked to claim Universal Credit this month:<\/p>\n