The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it has stopped two benefits from April 1, 2026. People who were receiving payments from these benefits should have received a letter providing them with instructions on how to keep getting support once the payments stopped. The benefits closed as part of the DWP ’s plan to migrate six ‘outdated’ benefits onto the Universal Credit system. A number of other legacy benefits have already closed, with Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance the