The full Universal Credit service is going live across Hampshire and Surrey this year, following its roll out in Southampton, Eastleigh and West Berkshire in 2017.
What’s Universal Credit?
Universal Credit is a new benefit, which will replace Income Support, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Housing Benefit, Job Seeker’s Allowance (Income Based), Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.
It’s now live across the country for single people who’d normally be making a new claim for Jobseeker’s Allowance. The government’s now starting to roll out the full, digital Universal Credit service to working age people. This means that all new claims in those areas, for any of the benefits listed above, will be made for Universal Credit instead. However, people already claiming benefits won’t have to move onto Universal Credit until they are asked to, unless they have a major change of circumstances.
When is it live in my area?
The full service goes live on the following dates:
Key information about Universal Credit and how you can prepare
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