A Universal Credit warning has been issued - after 340,000 people had benefits stopped by ignoring a key letter from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The DWP plans to transfer all legacy benefit claimants onto Universal Credit in a process called “managed migration”. Claimants who receive one of five legacy benefits have been sent postal notifications outlining the steps they need to follow to move to Universal Credit .

Once they receive a migration letter, claimants have up to three months to make the switch. But if they do not act in this time then they could lose their existing benefits.

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DWP data shows that 340,260 individuals lost their benefits after failing to act within this time fram

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