Incorrect information in article regarding migration to UC

rinzz

The following article has been posted on news sites today including msn and yahoo: edit: link not allowed due to being new.

Article is by Jasmine Andersson entitled 'Are your benefits moving to universal credit? DWP 'migration' changes explained.'

You can find the article by searching the following: yahoo news uk jasmine andersson.

Click the first result that comes up that is her name, there is the article top of the page.

Note the section that states 'Finally, if you have savings or assets over £16,000, you normally cannot claim universal credit. 

However, if you claim after receiving your migration notice, this limit is disregarded for the first 12 months of your claim.'

Where has the author got this information from? Surely it is incorrect?

Muttleythefrog

Refer
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transitional-protection-if-you-receive-a-migration-notice-letter
Re: ‘transitional capital disregard’ for tax credit migration

marcia_

 What do you feel is incorrect 

poppy12345

marcia_ said:

 What do you feel is incorrect 

It would be the saving/assets (capital) of more than £16,000 that they feel is correct, which it isn't. This only applies for up to 12 month for those migrating from Tax credits. 

marcia_

poppy12345 said:

marcia_ said:

 What do you feel is incorrect 

It would be the saving/assets (capital) of more than £16,000 that they feel is correct, which it isn't. This only applies for up to 12 month for those migrating from Tax credits. 

 It says in the article you have quoted "Are your benefits moving to universal credit? DWP 'migration' changes explained."

poppy12345

marcia_ said:

poppy12345 said:

marcia_ said:

 What do you feel is incorrect 

It would be the saving/assets (capital) of more than £16,000 that they feel is correct, which it isn't. This only applies for up to 12 month for those migrating from Tax credits. 

 It says in the article you have quoted "Are your benefits moving to universal credit? DWP 'migration' changes explained."

I was referring to what the OP said here.. 

rinzz said:

Note the section that states 'Finally, if you have savings or assets over £16,000, you normally cannot claim universal credit. 

However, if you claim after receiving your migration notice, this limit is disregarded for the first 12 months of your claim.'

Where has the author got this information from? Surely it is incorrect?

Newcad

It is PARTIALLY correct, but as written in that article it is very misleading.

It is correct if you are being Managed Migrated from Tax Credits then savings over £16k can be disregarded for 12 months. (However as all Tax Credits end completely on April 5th there are not many left who that will apply to).

It is not correct for any Managed Migrations that don't include any Tax Credits.

In other words it does not apply to the vast majority of Managed Magrations still to be done.

As nobody else has done it yet here is a link to the article in question:
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/benefits-moving-universal-credit-dwp-160057576.html

rinzz

Thank you for your replies and for the relevant link muttleythefrog.

Yes newcad, how misleading to casually make such a huge sweeping statement 'However, if you claim after receiving your migration notice, this limit is disregarded for the first 12 months of your claim' when the simple inclusion of three words (from tax credits) is the reality and would have prevented so many readers across so many sources that ran the article from being baffled.

M25

Contact the person who wrote the article and tell them (show them this thread).

They're obviously ignorant to the facts.

sammyjammy

rinzz said:

Thank you for your replies and for the relevant link muttleythefrog.

Yes newcad, how misleading to casually make such a huge sweeping statement 'However, if you claim after receiving your migration notice, this limit is disregarded for the first 12 months of your claim' when the simple inclusion of three words (from tax credits) is the reality and would have prevented so many readers across so many sources that ran the article from being baffled.

Its probably written on the basis that everyone else migrating is coming from a means test benefit that already has a £16k upper savings limit so nobody in that situation would be migrating from other benefits.