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Universal Credit Act 2025 - Latest Updates (05.03.26)
The Universal Credit Act 2025 aims to rebalance Universal Credit by encouraging employment for those who can work and targeting support for those with severe health conditions. It takes effect from 6 April 2026. The Act ensures that the four rates of the Universal Credit standard allowance will rise above inflation from…
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Universal Credit Bank Reviews: Frequently Asked Questions
We've seen lots of posts about Universal Credit reviews lately, so we hope this post will help answer some common questions. What is a Universal Credit review? A Universal Credit review is usually to check that you are receiving the correct amount in your payments. These reviews look mostly at your bank accounts and are…
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UC managed migration guide
There's been a lot of threads recently regarding questions for managed migration so I thought I would put together a guide and make it as easy to understand as I possible can. (if that's at all possible) New Style ESA and old Contribution-based ESA Those claiming New Style ESA or the old Contributions based ESA will not be…
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LCWRA Reviews
LCWRA Reviews apparently have been stopped however i am told only new claims or change of circumstances are going ahead supposedly there is a huge backlog for LCWRA Reviews and if I am told correctly goes back years so when would everything resume.
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REASSESSMENTS ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT
I have just been transferred over to Universal Credit from ESA support group Can anyone tell me if they have any idea how quickly people are reassessed when moving over to Universal Credit. I think I heard Rachel Reeves say assessments are going to restart in April of next year. Does that mean there will not be any for…
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UC bank statement review
Hi, last year, I had on universal credit, aphone call, saying they wanted bank statements etc, followed up by a call, asking me about various spends , everything was ok, now last wk, through my journal, they wanted bank statement, going back 6 months, last yrs was 4 months, and a compliance dwp officer is going to call me,…
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Needing help
hi I'm new to hear I'm Looking to go self employed I'm On uc and pip LCWRA with housing benefit I'm Looking to start up a business and need help
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UNIVERSAL CREDIT SUBSTANTIAL RISK REQUIREMENT FOR LCWRA
I remember reading somewhere that the Government were looking on tightening up the Substantial Risk requirements in order to qualify for the LCWRA/support group. I'm not sure if these were in the proposals that were shelved in the Welfare Reform attempt earlier this year or if they are still planning on this. Does anyone…
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Lost money in April 2026?
Hello, I’ve just completed my first year of being migrated to UC from the ESA support group. I did the change in my rent & service charges going up recently & that seemed to go ok. However, after getting a UC notification (good old DWP, doing on a Saturday, when they’re not open) this morning, when I logged in I was…
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When do I tell uc about my rent increase?
My landlord wants to put my rent up and he's tried to do so by means of a new 12 month tenancy agreement. I've told him I won't be signing a new agreement as from the 1st of May it won't be worth the paperwork it's written on so there's no point to having one for 2 weeks (and because I know he can still increase it again…
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Pathways to work
Hi everyone, apologies for not being here for ages, and a brief fly-by now as I'm down with a bug. But came across a new document published by the gov this morning and thought you'd all want to know. It's about their Pathways to Work program. From what I understand everyone on LCW and LCWRA will be contacted next week…
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Should i contact UC journal
Hi there I'm my son's Official Appointee and he migrated to UC from ESA Support Group just over a year ago with a lot of help from people on this site. My question is I'm worried about doing things wrong. He has a very small Tesco Pension of £33.60p a month which I told them about at the start and it's deducted from his…
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UC Journal Help
Hi does anyone know much about the UC Journal please. My son migrated from ESA Support group and we told them he has a small Pension of £33.60 a month. Every April it goes up a tiny bit perhaps 50p or 60p a month. Should I tell UC this in Journal. Scared of doing it wrong please
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Help,selling house I'm on long term sick
Hi I'm selling my house that I inherited of my late father, who I lived with. I have numerous medical conditions and I'll never be able to work again in on 8 different medications including high strength opioids. The house I'm in is a big house it costs a lot to heat and maintain and the garden is too big to look after…
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Today is the day where LCWRA is almost halved for most new claimants
The amount is reduced from £423.27 to £217.26 per month unless: You were already entitled to LCWRA on 6 April 2026 Meet the severe conditions criteria (lifelong condition diagnosed by an NHS healthcare professional) Or are terminally ill (where death would not be a surprise within 12 months) You've got to wonder how much…
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Question re benefits
hi there my Elderly parents are worried about benefits for my disabled sister. Wondering if anyone has experienced the same as DWP are not being forthcoming and it’s almost impossible to speak to a manager once you ask a question. Long story short, my mother is the appointee for my severely disabled sister. Has been for…
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Hi, my name is Dragnought63! How do I remove my appointee?
How can I have my daughter removed from uc been my appointee which I dnt need now as I can look after my own business life out which pip did removed my daughter with know compilation after I explained whyn that my daughter had mental breakdown after i was told I was going to die in 3 months time with stage five kidneys…
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payment
Hello everyone i could do with some help please. when i was on IR esa i used to care for my dad until he passed away back in 2016 carers was notified and so was esa however over the recent years esa had been deducting carers from my esa up until i notified them back in 2025 explaining why are they still taking carers from…
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Universal credit review
Hi ive got to hand in 4 months bank statements the guy said 4 full months i got my review journal upcoming on 2nd april and he said 4 months will they require Dec to march also haven't been on pip since 2024 bit i got a random payment in November 2025 its what they owed me when my claim stopped in 2024 will I be questioned…
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LCWRA - DWP discussing getting back into work whilst in hospital
[Removed by moderator - Graphic] Yesterday, while in hospital, after my bowel cancer surgery, I received a request from the DWP to update my current rent for the year, even if there is no change. I didn't bring my desktop which has all the logins for my accounts into hospital with me, I only brought my laptop with me. So I…
