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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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Rent increase
Will rent increase been seen as change of circumstance and reassesment
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Students and UC (taking a break from studies)
Hi all. I'm reading and re-reading the UC rules and not getting anywhere, so hoping someone might have experience. Our son was on LCWRA before he enrolled at uni. After 6 months, because he received a loan and so was a £0 entitlement, UC closed his claim. He continues to receive PIP. 18 months on (now 2nd year) and his ME…
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Esa - UC Migration
Hi Last August I was migrated to UC from Esa and was advised that for 12 months I'll receive part esa part Uc, 2 weeks ago I received a letter telling me that from 6th April my esa will stop due to my Uc claim, my esa payments were 560pm (280 fortnightly) and Uc 450pm (225 fortnightly), but ive just looked at my Uc account…
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Rent
UC pay my rent to the housing association every 4 weeks. When I phoned the housing association. The said not to let them know until after the 10th of April. They are sending out a new rent statement as the one in Feb they sent out was wrong. I'm in credit on my rent account. The woman I spoke too was confused about UC…
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Transitional protection
Hello, we currently receive our UC with transitional protection of £361, will we lose this come April when we will get a payment for our 3rd child due to the cap lifting, confused any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you
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lcwra
i have a letter from gps saying i can not work, i asked uc for a review for lcwra in nov 2023 was fobbed off for 2 years so got in touch with citazns advice who told me to put in a complaint and ring and ask again for review which i got nov 2025 yes 2 years after asking it was accepted now 2025 and got paid from nov 2025…
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UC reviews
This discussion was created from comments split from: Universal Credit Review - data protection breach!.
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Going abroad advice
Hi everyone I am my adult daughter's appiontee. She's has autism and schizophrenia she is on medication and stable , My mother lives in France she as ask if we can visit and my daughter really wants to see her grandma . I have booked flights and we are going for 5 days my daughter is on pip ,and Lcwra she has no work…
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Melinia Trump
Speech on humanoids AI in school systems sent a chill Down my spine i despair at the Direction the worlds going in
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universal credit regulation 89_b
hi, has is anyone in this situation were both parents are caring for the same child due to a rare condition I joined universal credit last July 2024 after we had to migrate from CTC. on the UC terms it states only one person can be main carer and is exempt from any work related activities but the other parent has to look…
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Confusion over my transitional protection
Please bear with me I'm incredibly anixous and not coping so well. I was migrated from esa to uc last year. So I received transitional protection. My lha is £875 and my rent is £1000 meaning I havd a £125 top up. My landlord has just informed me that my rent is going up by £125. I know that this will erode my transitional…
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Deprivation of capital
I'm soon to receive an inheritance of around £30000. I'm on uc and will declare it as soon as it happens. Id like to return my motability car and buy a second hand car as this will give £300 extra income a month plus changes are happening soon which mean advance payments etc for motability cars will be higher. I cant find…
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Hi, my name is Gaye_62! Waiting for WCA news, is there anything I can do?
WCA I have waited almost a year for any news at all. I was advised to ring Serco who deal with the forms .I have spoken to many different advisers and still none the wiser!!! I rang them yesterday and vaguely told me that possibly the form is sent to my Doctors.I am at my wits end even my job seeker adviser can't really…
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Universal credit review
We are reviewing your Universal Credit claim to make sure your payments are correct. As part of the review, you will need to send us information to confirm your details. We will call you on Monday 30/06/2025, between 9:30am and 10am, to discuss the review and what happens next. If you want to rearrange this call, send us a…
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annual Rent increase & DWP UC
How confusing & stupid is it that YOU are notified3-6 weeks before 6th April what youre new rent increase will be . You go to inform UC & get told you cannot do it until 6th april as their system will not except the change or increase. SO EVERYONE WILL BOMBARD U/C WITH NOTIFICATIONS and they expect to check and confirm and…
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2 child cap help with my universal credit
Hello Can someone explain the 2 child cap to me and also what is meant to be changing to it? I think I saw they are lifting the cap, does anyone know when and will that mean I receive money for all of my children? With the current cap does my statement look correct?
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Hi, my name is Molly11! Can my husband claim Carer's Element?
Hi everyone, I was hoping if someone could advise me about Carer’s Element on our joint Universal Credit claim. I have LCWRA and my husband and I were Migrated over to Universal Credit from income related ESA. We used to get a SDP for a couple. As I get the LCWRA can my husband claim a Carer Element? He helps me with…
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Bank statements
Hi ive been asked for 4 months bank statements the problem is last month I cashed in a personal pension for £11000 due to being a victim of scam through a pretentious partner I met online I have mental health issues and was conned out my savings I did not report cashing in my personal pension in February as I gave it away…
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LCWRA backdated ?
Hi, Can anyone help please, in Sept 2024 i filled out the form & was asked to get a sick note which i did, when i asked where i should send it i was told it was not needed so weeks ago had my assessment & last week was given LCWRA, will this be back dated as i can already see LCWRA has been added on to new amount on claim
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Running Art Commissions and Etsy with LCWRA
So for a while, I believed I couldn't do any kind of work at all on this, but I've been reading around and seen work is allowed so long as it isn't contradicting to what was told to them originally. I am mostly non verbal outside of my family and friend groups, and likely to have panic attacks in stressful situations (any…
