DWP warning as 318,000 households could have benefits cut by not doing one thing

Cătălin Roșioru

A warning has been issued that 318,000 households could have their benefits cut after they failed to move on to Universal Credit . Figures from Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show from July 2022 to June 2024, hundreds of thousands failed to respond to migration notices in a three-month window. This means more than 318,000 households had their payments stopped because they did not move over. Ayla Ozmen, director of policy and campaigns at Z2K said: "We're concerned to see that more