Moving in

Abcd1988
Abcd1988 Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)

my gf works full time but gets some universal credit as the job is low income based and gets child benefit. I get standard allowance lcwrca and pips will any of our benefits be affected if I move in with her?

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 62,441 Championing

    You will both need to report a change and tell them you’re living together. One of you will then be sent a linking code to join both claims together.

    Your UC will then be based on your joint circumstances.

    For UC the standard single person allowance will change to couples. Your UC will still include 1 LCWRA element and child element/s as your partner has a child.

    If your partner doesn’t claim carers element or carers allowance of looking after someone else, or no one claims it for looking after you then they will be able to claim carers element. This will increase your maximum UC entitlement by £198.31/month.

  • Abcd1988
    Abcd1988 Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener

    thanks very much poppy have a nice Xmas

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