How many of us are scared of the dwp?
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In my case it did - 1 carers element removed, then LCWRA decremented from TP thus leaving me £200 a month worse off, this despite my wife and I both stating we have conditions that limit our ability to work when applying for UC (yet according to them that doesn't matter as they didn't process that till their assessment 3 months later) and I asked for an MR, which was declined and the MR was worded in a condescending way which passive aggressively implied I was stupid and couldn't I understand that UC works differently than legacy benefits and how dare I complain as I was still being GIVEN (undeserved handout implication) more than legacy, while not addressing my MR request wording at all
Even one of their champions had to go and check the wording as they couldn't believe what I was telling them was accurate and when they realised this was the case they could see why I felt it was unfair and not all inline with British norms of fair play (DWP more akin to USA kill the poor attitudes)
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PIP has no bearing on UC TP at all.
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It does, as it says there, they basically state, that any additional benefit such as carer's allowance, will result in a decrease in transitional payment until the universal credit amount is matched, however the condition is, that you are not worse off than before, meaning your pre-UC-non-carer-related amount must have been lower. There are three scenarios that could apply to make sense based on your info: A) you were classed into the work-related activity group i.e. £190.80 per 4-weeks / month less than support group. B) You are now in receipt of a private pension. C) Someone stopped your carer's allowance wrongly thinking there is a benefit cap, which according to the government is exempted under carer's allowance and because they didn't understand that in UC the amount will always adjust to the same amount as previously received (even in the long run this will not be changed by the transition protection laws).
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https://www.gov.uk/pip/how-much-youll-get
"If you get other benefits and PIP
You may get a top-up (called a disability premium) if you get:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Housing Benefit
You might get the disability element of Working Tax Credit if you’re eligible.
If you get Constant Attendance Allowance you’ll get less of the daily living part of PIP.
If you get War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement you will not get the mobility part of PIP."
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https://www.gov.uk/constant-attendance-allowance/what-youll-get
"If you get Constant Attendance Allowance at the same time as Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA), the amount of Attendance Allowance, PIP or DLA you get might be reduced."
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Like for example myself, I receive both ESA and UC, ESA has not fallen off so to speak, it stays there until the migration is complete, and will become one under UC eventually in the long run, but the effective amount won't change.
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The exact amount you will get under UC will be given to you on the universal credit portal a few days before the actual bank transfer, that date of the release of the report on how much you will get will also be on there, and you will be told that date by your advisor as well.
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Oh wow what a mind field god used to get stressed on old system when assessment coming up do they leave you alone on support group thankyou for explaining I don't think I will ever understand god I'd wish they left us alone
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II'm Sorry to hear gid awful do they contact you alot on uc
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I think when the erase wca pip will become the main health benefit and become means tested
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The great thing is at first there is a couple of phone calls, one to verify identify and explain the process, and the other if things need to be clarified. Most of the communication is just on the UC portal luckily, and you will get an email if there is a new message on there, it allows for uploading and making journal entries as well, and also if you need help you can just make an entry for your advisor sort of like a message back.
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I am, I believe they've made my mental health worse (along with the medical centre that I'm registered with).
I had to take them to a tribunal twice for ESA, the last time I had a PIP review they messed up with appointments 6 times which is on the assessment company of course but they add to it if anything, and for PIP I was apparently cured of all of my mental health conditions and lowered my award when I'd had no treatment between assessments, the DWP overturned it at appeal stage without me need a tribunal, again the assessment company made so many mistakes, I'm currently going through a PIP review.. I'm hoping that they leave my award be this time.
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So being a married couple means one carers element, instead of what they were doing.
They want to reduce benefits and salt the only way they are getting away with it is to move people onto a benefit where things don't exist. I have already experienced the losses with the last saving money cuts.
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It’s perfectly normal to have appreciation about the unknown. My advice is to prepare for the unexpected in whatever you do. It’s almost like you need to document everything and keep it safe for a rainy day - that’s what I have always done when dealing with the DWP. If you’re health condition or finances change, remember to inform them of everything.
I had to have a phone review of my UC today. Even I was caught off guard! I had failed to do something quite simple and have spent the day putting my documents in files and sending them off.
it is what it is unfortunately. The system was never meant to be easy unfortunately.0 -
I’m thoroughly dreading 😰😟😬 my turn to migrate to UC from my beloved 😍🥰 fortnightly ESA. Not looking forward to it at all. I hope I’ll be left alone for months to come, well into 2025 is my absolute preference here ☑️✔️✅. I will get one more ESA payment 2 weeks after starting the claim process for UC but I’ll still receive NO money for 3 whole weeks.
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I won’t be asking for an advance, that’s not a solution for that 3-week gap without money. Why should I receive lower payments for TWO years? Two years is a long time to be paying a loan back to anyone.
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What I receive from ESA -
£318.10 every 2 week period. Absolutely love 🥰 fortnightly pay. The smaller gaps between payments, that’s perfect for someone like me who can’t budget. I like the fact that the next pay day is only around the corner, not a whole month away.
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If I was on UC right now I’d be getting £809.64 a month. That’s of course if I could budget and accept monthly pay. Not this autistic individual. It’s not like I’m one of these people in full-time employment and has all the abilities to budget on a monthly basis. That £809.64 would have to be divided by 2, into two separate payments. It has to be a twice monthly frequency for my UC claim, not monthly.
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It sickens me to the core that you’re treated like someone who is a job seeker, someone who can work, when you first put in a claim for UC 🙄😒. That’s why they ask for fit notes until your UC account is updated that you were in the Support Group on income related ESA 🙄😒.
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Claimants that are migrating shouldn’t be asked to give fit notes as part of their ESA-UC migration, they shouldn’t be asked to do another WCA either as part of that ESA-UC migration. These “teething problems”, very, very, very infuriating.
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