LCWRA and moving in with partner

bbt
bbt Online Community Member Posts: 24 Contributor
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Hi, I’m looking for some advice regarding moving in with my partner and how this would affect my entitlement. I receive LCWRA via Universal Credit, while my partner is out of work and receives carers allowance, as he is a carer for his mother. He also receives occasional UC from what I know.

If me and my partner were to move in together, I know we would need to combine our UC claims, but would this lead to a review of my disability or drastically reduce my benefits in some way? Just looking for some advice, we aren’t rushing into anything, just thinking about our future together.

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 62,726 Championing
    You would each need to report a change of circumstances if you moved in together. One of you will then receive a linking code to join both claims together. You would not need to go through the WCA process again because you've already been found to have this. Though i would advise you to take a copy of the decision letter because once you claim together, all your journal entries and statements will be lost.

    The changes will take place in the assessment period in which the changes were reported. 

    You mention your partner also claims carers allowance. I'd just like to check that their UC also includes the carers element? Carers allowance is just deducted in full from any UC entitlement so there's no financial gain to claiming it.
  • bbt
    bbt Online Community Member Posts: 24 Contributor
    Amazing, thank you for the help. I believe it’s carers allowance, not part of UC. I’ll keep it in mind to keep copies of documents
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 62,726 Championing
    No problem. Yes, I know carers allowance isn’t part of UC. It is deducted in full. They need to make sure that the carers element of UC is also included in their UC. It’s not something UC automatically add, even when someone is claiming carers allowance. 
  • bbt
    bbt Online Community Member Posts: 24 Contributor
    I’ll keep this in mind when we go ahead with a joint claim, thanks again! I really appreciate it
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 62,726 Championing
    It applies not and not only if you live together. In your first comment you said
    bbt said:
    He also receives occasional UC from what I know.

    I was just checking that the carers element is included with his UC. Please ask him.

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