MORE than 100 people in Waverley have already been moved to the troubled Universal Credit system amid concerns over whether they will have less money, new figures show.

Labour claimed this week that the new scheme, which also went ‘live’ for new claimants in Farnham yesterday but has been hit by delays ahead of a complete rollout, is a “vehicle for cuts” and said it was “causing immense hardship”.

Department for Work and Pension figures show 129 benefit claimants in Waverley had been moved onto the Universal Credit system by last month.

It is, however, a decrease of 27 per cent on the number of people enrolled on it in September 2017.

Reports this week have suggested that the roll out of the Government’s flagship welfare change is now not expected to be fully operational until the end of 2023. It was originally due to be up and running by April 2017.

Under the scheme, six different types of benefits are being rolled into one monthly payment, including jobseekers’ allowance and working tax credit.

Of those who had been moved to the scheme in Waverley last month, 42 per cent were in employment.

Speaking in the House of Commons this week, shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Margaret Greenwood said that 3.2 million families with children could lose around £50 per week under Universal Credit.

But Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey said the rollout of Universal Credit would continue, adding: “We will make sure we get this benefit right. You know for why? Because the genuine concerns of the people on our backbenches want to get it right.”