Yahoo News Five DWP benefits being scrapped before 2025
A number of DWP benefits are being scrapped by the end of the year, meaning big changes for people who currently receive the payments. The benefits are being replaced by Universal Credit - and those affected will have to make sure they have signed up for the new benefit or risk losing their payments.
Households impacted will be sent migration notices through the post. When someone receives one of these, it means they have three months to apply for Universal Credit otherwise their benefits will stop.
The latest benefits being phased out have been named by the Government. They include Housing Benefit and Employment and Support Allowance.
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Benefits due to be scrapped by the end of the year
Housing Benefit
Income-related Employment Support Allowance with Child Tax Credits
Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
Employment and Support Allowance only
Employment and Support Allowance with Housing Benefit
Some of these, like Housing Benefit, may have already stopped after migration notices were sent out in the summer. Other payments will be ending from December after notices were sent in September.
Anyone who has had a notice but has not yet applied for Universal Credit is being urged to do so immediately to avoid losing payments just before Christmas. Tens of thousands of people have lost payments after failing to apply within the deadline. It's the latest step in the major process of switching millions of benefit claimants over to Universal Credit.
The DWP said: "Anyone affected will be sent a migration notice by DWP to apply for Universal Credit as the department continues to transition over a million claimants on legacy benefits to Universal Credit. Legacy benefits – such as Tax Credits, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance and income-related Employment and Support Allowance – are being phased out to bring Government financial support into one place and, importantly, the majority of people will not be worse off under Universal Credit."
