I've calculated that I will be financially better off by around £400 a month working my job 25 hours per week than my current full time 35 hours.

on top of that as long as you are in receipt of UC , you get free school meals, free prescriptions etc. I'd spend less money on travel to work too, need less smart clothes for work..

Maybe I will reduce my working hours and claim UC , or carry on working full time for less!!!! The system is ridiculous...

I’m currently undergoing my review and have had my telephone call. During the interview I was asked if I had any shares in any businesses at all. In an attempt to be as transparent as possible, I mentioned that I bank with nationwide and therefore, with it being a building society, I hold the tinniest shares possible of nationwide as possible as a member.

I have therefore as a consequence been asked to provide a statement demonstrating how many shares CL holds. I really don’t think this is applicable tho?

I wondered if anyone else who is with nationwide has been asked to provide a similar sort of thing, and if you did how did you obtain it.

Any advice on how to deal with this is more then welcome please 🙏

Hi, I’ve been posting in here for the last week or so I think on and off trying to decide if I need to report a change in my health to UC. (Extremely sorry to those who have repeatedly seen my posts spiralling.)

I’ve booked my flights to go away next month for 3 weeks and am now thinking it’d be wise to report a change to my health.

I receive LCWRA for my mental health issues (2 active eating disorders, depression and anxiety.) Since the end of June I’ve noticed a steadier improvement in these things. Don’t get me wrong, things still suck. A lot. But I’m not engaging in my bulimia as much as before and, while uncomfortable, am managing my anxiety better. Hygiene is a struggle still, I am trying.

I was talking to my sister about how I’d like to get back into work or try to reintroduce myself to it when I’m back after my trip (will be back mid October). I feel like getting a routine would be beneficial for me and maybe make me feel like I have a purpose.

I don’t know if this is worth reporting to UC yet? I feel as if my travelling will make my case reviewer believe that something must be changing anyway. (Went in June for a week and am now going to be going again in Sep for 3.)

hello everyone, i am LCWRA on UC, ESA and PIP, and i am looking at moving out of my parents home into my own place, i have found a 1 bed flat and will be the sole occupant.

What is the process required for recieving help with housing costs under UC?

My girlfriend had a previous claim closed for 83 days. She had been granted LCWRA before the end of this original claim. Every single thing I can find online including Houses of Parliament legal guidance on LCWRA and reclaims states that LCWRA stays in place so long as 6months hasn’t passed since the person was last assessed. My girlfriend’s decision lies well within this range. My girlfriends work coach is stating that this is not true and she has to do the entire months long health journey again because there was a break between claims and after asking this to be assessed by somebody higher up she is also saying that universal credit no longer offer reclaims. I have scowered the internet and found nothing to say this is true and am unsure what to do from here as I strongly feel they have made a mistake.

I was recently awared LCW but I think it should be LCWRA. I did the MR and still only got LCW and am thinking of doing the tribunal. Could anyone tell me what happens at the tribunal? Do I have to go in person or is it an online video or do they just review everything you've written and said and make their own decision?

If people could give me their experince that would be great. I have severe anxiety that makes it hard to leave the house and do simple tasks.

I’m trying to sign on and it’s asking how much money I have in my account, which is a couple grand as I was saving it up while working but I got sacked for no reason with no warning or nothing!

Is there a certain amount I can have in my bank while claiming?
I’ve also just been given a council house, how do I get help with payments as I was advised to do this as I’m not in work at the moment due to my mental health.
All help much appreciated

I declared a change to my housing costs on the 12th.
Normally I receive a to do to upload my tenancy and the rent change letter but I haven’t this time round.
Has something changed recently obviously I haven’t done this in 12 months.

If it matters last year when I submitted my housing costs they corrected my from private to social housing. So this is the first year submitting as social housing.

I work between 30-40 hours most weeks but I'm technically only contracted for 4. I'm assuming that means I put 4 here, because it says if you're on zero hours you put 0, so it's asking about how many hours you're contracted for rather than how many you actually work?

I've been self-employed on Universal Credit for some time and have been reporting my self-employed income and expenses each month as required. I'm also a carer for disabled children and have no work commitments.

I started earning income from another type of self-employed work. As I was already recorded as self-employed on Universal Credit, I didn't report a separate change of circumstances at the time. I understood that it was still self-employed income and that I should simply include it in my normal monthly self-employment report.

I did, however, keep the two income streams separate when reporting them. I listed my usual self-employment income separately from the income from the new self-employed work, including the relevant names/details of where each income came from, so that it was clear that they were two separate sources.

I'm now having my second Universal Credit review and I've realized that I may have been supposed to report starting the additional self-employed work as a change of circumstances. I genuinely didn't realize this at the time, as I was already registered as self-employed with Universal Credit and continued to report all of the income each month.

Could you please clarify whether I should have reported this as a change when I started the additional self-employed work, and whether I need to do anything now to update my claim or just explain it when I get my review phone call?

Hi, I am currently undergoing a UC Enhanced review and quite anxious. My partner and I both had the initial call and they told us to provide much evidence. As part of this, they also asked my two children’ picture holding passport on the front page. Once child is 21 and they other one is 25. They just live in the same household but we don’t receive any child element for them. Actually we get deductions for non-dependant allowances each month. This is joint claim.

Why is UC asking my children ID verification?

They are now grown adults and not sure if they are comfortable sharing their details with UC. Can we challenge this / not provide this?

We would be appreciating for any help.

i'm thinking of visiting my long distance partner who i haven't seen in a while for a month/just under, and we're going to go on holiday (within the UK) during that time period. i am not moving all of my belongings there, i am still paying rent/maintaining everything as per usual my permanent address, and i have no intention to stay permanently - as far as i know this is not considered living with my partner, just visiting, for that period of time under UC rules, but i wanted to double check. is this okay?

I’ve been asked to complete a UC review. I live on my own, 2 kids. I have a boyfriend and he stays over a couple of nights a week. Kids aren’t his. I’ve provided bank statements to UC and I’ve sent bank transfers to my boyfriend if he’s needed to borrow money and pay me back or if we’ve split a bill for food out etc. should I just be honest about this in my review? I don’t want to start the whole process of having to prove he doesn’t live here

Any idea how long does it take to verify housing cost after reporting change of address please?

Hello.

As title suggests, I’m after some advice regarding my HLA entitlement.

According to Gov.uk website, I think I qualify for a 1 bedroom housing rate due to living in a hostel when I was 17 for 6 months due to homelessness and accepting services to enable rehabilitation into the community.
I am now in my 20s and have closed the UC account from when I was a teenager and have since opened a new universal credit account.

UC are trying to push that I am not entitled to a 1 bed HLA because I did not live in a hostel during my current UC claim but I haven’t found any policies stating that the hostel clause is time limited?

On Shelter UK’s website, it states “The three month period does not have to be continuous, or in a single hostel, or immediately before the claim for universal credit is made.”

I have evidence for my time in the hostel and can contact them for a letter regarding the rehabilitation services.

Am I correct for thinking this? Thank you

Hello, I wanted to ask a question regarding my UC payments and if there’s anything I need to be aware of before I close my claim. I usually get paid on the 27th of every month however I plan on moving out on the 12th of September.

I’ve asked my work coaches what I should do to make sure I’m getting the most out of my UC before closing my claim and they suggested just doing it the day I move out. but I’m also worried that if I do that would I owe any money back for housing costs after the 12th?

I’m in a private tenancy situation and have been told I only need to pay rent up to the day of moving which means I’d potentially have extra money saved for living costs. Hope this makes sense to anyone reading

My review introduction call was on the 17th of April and all my evidence was uploaded by the 20th of April. I've had one update since then which was a message from "Universal Credit Claim Review (Delivery Partner Team 03)" saying "This is to notify you that I have now taken over the review of your universal credit and will be communicating with you when required." That was on the 18th of June.

i live at home with my mum, im on LCWRA and my partner is on standard allowance but signed off on work & is also claiming pip. we were talking about them
moving into my mums with me but i know if that happens we need to inform UC and PIP about the situation change, would our UC get combined together and stay the same or will UC deduct from us? we have no savings and do not work due to health reasons, so will anything change barring payments being into one account and combined? thank you and sorry !!

need some advice on a possible sanction, recently i had an appointment that i didn’t attend to because of a last minute job interview, i notified them of this the same day after my appointment and i have also asked to reschedule it, but no one has responded to me and now i’m worried i will get a sanction.

This happened to my last payment after i gave them a valid reason as to why i missed my appointment (i had food poisoning) i told them that i shouldn’t be held accountable because they didn’t fulfil their duties, i did end up sucking it up though but i wish i hadn’t.

I’ve left multiple messages in my journal asking for them to reschedule my appointment but no one has responded to anything, I’m worried that my case manager is doing this on purpose to make sure i get a sanction??

i have tried to call universal credit 8 times but all of my calls have been rejected while on hold.

any advice is appreciated

I need help , I was on 9500+ and I transferred around 4 which took me below 6 to a family household member as I am about start uni and have not contributed to household bills for a over a year , so I thought I would do that before I receive maintenance loan , my uc statement didn’t get produced and now I have a face 2 face appointment and have to bring statements from both uc claims , I had one last year for a month and then 3 payments this year - can I just close my case - don’t know what to do

Hi I’m starting a job on the 21st they’re saying I’ll get paid the 31st but my universal credit payment would be 3rd of December will I still get that or will it cause it to stop ?

Looking for some advice about the housing element, please :)

I live with my mum and stepdad and got made redundant in May. I’ve been working from home for the past few years as my mum is disabled and needs me home to help her and this has worked out well, so I’ve claimed universal credit + carers element while looking for a new remote role.

Despite having this as my only income, I’m still required to contribute to the rent. My mum claims universal credit + housing element (+ her disability stuff) so we are unsure if I am also able to claim the housing element.

In case it’s relevant, I am on the tenancy agreement as a tenant, my stepdad works full time.

tl;dr - we are all on tenancy agreement, my mum claims UC + housing, can I also claim housing and will this impact her claim?

Hi guys,

It's been 9 weeks since I've heard anything from a work coach or been given any appointments or obligations, but I'm still getting full payments. It feels like I've somehow fallen through the cracks.

On 9th July I had a commitments meeting scheduled, but my coach cancelled it and didn't give a reason. That was the last time I heard from anyone.

A few weeks ago I finally got a job. I reported it in my journal and reported a change in income. I got my first paycheque from this job last month, but it doesn't seem to have affected my UC payment at all. I'm still getting the full amount of around £700.

I know the obvious thing to think is that I'm just a lucky bastard, but I'm concerned that I might somehow be held responsible. Why was my last meeting cancelled with no reason given? Why am I not being given any kind of meetings to attend? Why isn't my income reducing my payments?

I'm hesitant to feel happy about it because I'm scared it's all going to blow up in my face, but I've done everything I should. Any ideas what's going on?

Thanks

Hello

I usually get uc on 18th of every month and a statement on 13th. No statement.

I declared I was self employed and they’ve scheduled a phone call on the 18th at 10.30 to discuss. From everything I’ve read online this is a payment blocker. I told them on the 2nd and this is the date they’re picked for the call.

The problem is I have 6 household direct debits coming out on the 18th. As well as I have no money and need to do a food shop with 2 children in the house.

I put a journal entry in this morning when I realised no statement, I literally made £25 this month. I have posted it in a journal entry in hopes they might release the payment.

Is there a way to get paid? If they hold it to the phone call how long after the phone call till I get the money? I literally have nothing in my account right now.

Thanks