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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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Hi, my name is _Chaotic4_4gardener_! Rude UC staff, need help with call
I had a UC review, I had trouble uploading documents. I spoke to a seriously unhelpful man at UC to request some help. He was extremely rude, kept telling me to stop talking and that he understood what I needed however he clearly didn't as he put me on the road for looking for work and I was contacted by my local job…
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Giving up job on LCWRA & PIP
Hi everyone. I was assessed and put in the LCWRA group a year ago. I wanted to carry on working (self-employed) despite this and my numerous health issues. However, I have become more physically unwell over the past year. I now feel I can't possibly work any longer, have recently (2wks ago) been awarded PIP. I know this is…
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Claim invalidated because didn’t report rent increase on
Friend has had a situation arise which I’d appreciate any advice on. They had a rent increase in August 2025, they rent from a private landlord. They didn’t report the rent increase due to genuinely not knowing they needed to as their rent is above LHA allowance anyway so wouldn’t change the claim award They reported the…
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Note in my journal
Does anyone know what this message means ? Not had the letter yet and have asked them to tell me what it’s about on the journal thanks
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Hi, my name is Ash007! Does rent increase affect transitional protection?
My rent has gone up by 60 pounds month I live in a housing association flat with my son I’m on uc lcwra and my transitional protection has gone dwn each month by 60 pounds is that right
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benefit
hello please i would like an advice. i received pip due to my health conditions. i have fibromyalgia and cervical spondylosis. my husband works full time as a bus driver. he wanted to be my carer to support me so his thinking but he need to be full time carer so we dont know either reduce his hours or taking his time off…
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Universal credit ex car
Hi everyone, I am looking for some advice regarding Universal Credit and separation. My husband and I are separating, and he is moving out to a rented room. We have children together. He has two cars – both are in his name and he pays the finance for both directly from his bank account. He wants to leave one car with me so…
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Accessibility Needs
I had a message in my To-do list this morning - to fill in about my accessibility needs. I had to write in my journal that my needs weren't in the options that they gave (mostly physical needs) - but I had others (housebound due to schizophrenia). Now I'm worried that they are asking this because they are wanting me to…
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Accessibility On UC
can anybody help with regards to my latest post to the OP due to Accessibility Requirements I'm not sure what or if the response to this was correct but I feel very stressed and anxious now…… this is due to the banner last week and today the Accessibility Requirements of which I posted regards to volunteering at this time…
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Private pension and UC
Hello, my husband was self employed for most of his career but prior to him having his accident he went to work for a company and was PAYE. We have just seen that he has £749 in a work pension scheme . We want to pull it out as sadly he will never be returning to work again but how will this affect UC? We don’t have any…
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Universal Credit Review - data protection breach!
Hi everyone, I know a lot of individuals are having or have had UC reviews where the DWP demand 4 months bank statements. Current laws state that the DWP can only look into financial accounts, bank statements, if there is a reasonable suspicion of fraud. When asked if you are being investigated for fraud, you are told no.…
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I have been awarded LWRCA but job centre keep on calling me
I was recently awarded LCWRA, and on the same day I received the decision in my Universal Credit journal I was contacted by the Jobcentre. During a 30 minute phone call they asked about my health conditions and then informed me that I would be booked in to see a work coach every month. I explained that I am currently…
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uc bank amount
hi all im really confused. i informed uc of my council housing rent increase recently, uc pay my rent to the council directly and have just had my monthly uc payment in my my account and its less than normal. usually its £1,028.07 and this month is £1,001.95. why has it decreased, i was moved over to uc from esa support…
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Telling uc about a rent increase
Long story short (as possible...) a couple of weeks ago my landlord tried to give me a new tenancy agreement with a £125 rent increase on. There was no point me signing a new tenancy, as the new rules come in on the 1st May, and he'd given me no notice (baring in mind my fixed term tenancy ended over 2 years ago and only…
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DWP Class Action – Adding my case (Yasmin, James, Jerem I need a popular tag
Hi Kimi87, I saw your post about Stetford Solicitors and the class action against the DWP. I have been harassed by the DWP for three years. I have a three-year journal, a doctor's fit note for stress and raised blood pressure, and evidence they have ignored my medical records. I want to specifically mention three staff…
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SO CONFUSED WITH LCWRA ,CARERS ALLOWANCE,CARERS ELEMENT
Hi all my name is littleajc, I'm new here and hope I have made this post correctly very confused with a few things. So I get lcwra on uc and claim carers for my son who gets dla. I know I can't claim carers element on uc as they pay me the highest rate so that's lcwra so uc put the carers element in my partners name been…
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Appointee Savings
I’d really appreciate some help. My dad manages my sisters affairs as her appointee. My sister is severely mentally disabled. My sister is going through the process of being transferred to UC which will top her PIP and ESA up by a small amount. My dad doesn’t claim any carers etc. owing to working just a few hours too…
