Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government wants to have sent all notices telling people they are being moved to universal credit by the end of this year.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By 2025, everyone receiving a "legacy benefit" should expect to have their claim moved to UC. (William Barton via Getty Images) ...

GENEVA -- The new head of the U.N.'s migration agency said Monday that the private sector is "desperate" for their countries to take in migrants to mop up labor shortages, especially in the West -- ...

Two long-standing benefits provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will cease on March 31 as the UK Government ...

Hundreds of thousands of benefit claimants have had their payments stopped in recent years, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed, as it continues to overhaul the universal credit ...

While the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill is grabbing the limelight in Parliament, the transition to Universal Credit is quietly progressing. This managed migration began in May 2022 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Households on so-called 'legacy benefits' are being urged to check whether they're eligible for universal credit. (Michael Heath) ...

Nearly a quarter of people receiving benefits did not make the move to universal credit after receiving a migration notice, government statistics have shown. Out of the households instructed to ...