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Hi, my name is teaspoon69! How private pension affects LCWRA?

teaspoon69
teaspoon69 Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
June 22 edited June 23 in Universal Credit (UC)

Hi there I'm thinking of taking my private pension early and need to know if it will affect my lcwra payment

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  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,417 Scope online community team
    June 23

    Hi @teaspoon69 and welcome to the community. If you were to take your private pension early as regular payments, this would count as unearned income. This means that your UC would reduce by the amount of pension you receive each month.

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