hey i currently receive carers allowance 327 every 4 weeks and universal credit 154 every month as I am a carer for my mom with cancer. I recently got accepted to a job. Im confused as how this will affect my benefits. It’s a zero hour contract but the most hours I would work weekly would be 14. It’s 11.55 an hour. So say if I work 14 hours a week it would be about 161 a week. However the cut off for carers is 151. Will this mean my carers allowance will be cancelled or will it work differently due to it being a zero hour contract? I’m not too sure. Also, I will be getting a bus pass out of my own money to get me to and from work which probably cost me about £12-20 a week. Will that be deducted as ‘expenses’? I’m not too sure how this all works as I’m 19 and this is my very first job. Thank you.
