Hundreds of thousands of households risk suffering a shock disruption to their benefit payments without urgent action.

People at risk are currently in receipt of Employment Support Allowance and they are being migrated to Universal Credit.

However, this migration process will not occur unless they make a formal application, which creates a risk that some will miss out.

The people involved are set to receive “Migration Notice” letters from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) which alerts…