The Work and Pensions Secretary said 1.6 million Brits will migrate naturally to the Government’s flagship welfare system, while there are 1.4million already on it
These are benefit claimants whose circumstances have changed - such as moving house or getting a new job.
And none of them will get any extra cash to help with the transition.
This is despite Ms Rudd’s decision earlier this week to slam the brakes on transferring the three million people whose circumstances haven’t changed.
These are people who will be transferred to Universal Credit in a “managed migration” process and include the most vulnerable benefit claimants such as those claiming ESA and other disability payments.
Instead Ms Rudd will seek to transfer just 10,000 people from this group of claimants to Universal Credit this year as part of an ongoing pilot.
The move came after The Sun's Make Universal Credit Work campaign demanded changes to stop the roll-out fuelling debt, homelessness and the use of food banks.
We want ministers to make vital changes to the system before it's too late and more are pushed to the brink.
The Work and Pensions Secretary told MPs yesterday: "I will want to consider carefully when I bring to the House the vote for the three million managed migration, which is scheduled for 2020. I'm still considering when to do that.
"The 10,000 pilot, as always - which was announced some time ago - informs us how we do that."
The move came after The Sun’s Make Universal Credit Work campaign demanded changes to stop the roll-out fuelling debt, homelessness and the use of food banks.
Universal Credit replaces six benefits with a single monthly payment.
One million people are already receiving it and by the time the system is fully rolled out in 2023, nearly 7 million will be on it.
But there are big problems with the flagship new system - it takes 5 weeks to get the first payment and it could leave some families worse off by thousands of pounds a year.
And while working families can claim back up to 85 per cent of their childcare costs, they must find the money to pay for childcare upfront - we’ve heard of families waiting up to 6 months for the money.
Working parents across the country told us they’ve been unable to take on more hours - or have even turned down better paid jobs or more hours because of the amount they get their benefits cut.
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The additional 1.6 million people being transferred to Universal Credit this year will take the total to three million - joining the 1.4 million already on the new system.
Ms Rudd told MPs: “We have now 1.4 million people who are on Universal Credit and we expect another 1.6million during this next 12 months as part of the natural migration.”
Ms Rudd also hinted that she could abolish rules that require Universal Credit claimants to wait five weeks before receiving their first payment.
In response to calls from Tory MPs to scrap the waiting period, the Work and Pensions Secretary said: “There are many contributions to how we can improve Universal Credit, some of them carry quite a big price tag with them. Some of them have had more success with the Treasury than others.
“I look forward to further conversations with the Chancellor in due course.”
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