![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/universal-credit-warning-for-thousands-who-could-lose-freebies-and-discounts/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/rd2txm-uk-universal-credit-form-809892317-1.jpg&description=BENEFITS CHECK Published : 11:30, 28 Jul 2023 A HUGE change to Universal Credit is coming and thousands could lose freebies and discounts worth up to £6,788. The government is currently moving those on so-called "legacy benefits" such as tax credits onto Universal Credit as part of a move called Managed Migration . 1 Universal Credit claimants must make sure they're not going to miss out Credit: Alamy From August, 244,800 letters will start going out to households in four English regions inviting them to make the move. These claimants will be asked to claim Universal Credit instead and will be given an allotted time frame to make the claim. But if they fail to meet the deadline, they could not only miss out on benefit payments but also other freebies and extras worth up to £6,938. Here's the full list of freebies and extras Universal Credit and other benefit claimants could miss out on if they fail to meet the deadline: Household Support Fund - up to £1,000 Free childcare - £1,630 School Uniform grants - £100s Social tariffs - around £256 Energy bill grants - up to £1,500 Free prescriptions and dental treatment - £9.65 Sure Start grant - £500 Free travel and childcare when looking for work - £150 Help to save - £1,200 Council tax discounts Healthy Start vouchers - worth £442 The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will make contact with people in the following areas: West Scotland West Yorkshire Staffordshire Derbyshire South London It comes after the DWP said all Tax Credit household across the UK will have been contacted about moving to Universal Credit by the end of 2024. Once you receive a letter, you have three months to move over, or you could lose your current benefits. Over two million people are still on old-style legacy benefits, but the government plans to move the majority of them onto Universal Credit by the end of 2024. In most cases, individuals will be better off following a move from legacy benefits to Universal Credit . But 300,000 could be wor){kind=link}
A HUGE change to Universal Credit is coming and thousands could lose freebies and discounts worth up to £6,788.
The government is currently moving those on so-called “legacy benefits” such as tax credits onto Universal Credit as part of a move called Managed Migration.
From August, 244,800 letters will start going out to households in four English regions inviting them to make the move.
These claimants will be asked to claim Universal Credit instead and will be given an allotted time frame to make the claim.
But if they fail to meet the deadline, they could not only miss out on benefit payments but also other freebies and extras worth up to £6,938.