Managed migration is the formal process used by DWP and DfC for moving existing tax credit claimants (or other legacy benefits) to universal credit.

The timetable for moving tax credit and other legacy benefit claimants across to universal credit has changed a number of times over the year. The current timetable is that most existing tax credit claimants are expected to have moved to universal credit by the end of the 2024/25 tax year. This ...

If you have been claiming tax credits and start to claim universal credit in the same tax year or, from 6 April 2024, you have received your migration notice  (whether or not you claim universal credit on or before the deadline in your migration notice) or (from 8 June 2024) you have received ...

Managed migration is where DWP/HMRC formally invite claimants from tax credits (and other legacy benefits which universal credit is placing) to make a claim for universal credit under formal migration rules.

Universal credit is gradually replacing working tax credit and child tax credit as well as a number of other means-tested benefits. Most existing tax credit claimants will eventually move to either universal credit or pension credit. This page explains how you are affected by the move to universal ...

This page gives a summary of how to make a universal credit claim and explains the difference between single and joint claims.