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Adding carer and partner to existing claim
My
future daughter in law had to claim universal credit in April, because
of lockdown and as she was a vulnerable person. She now also had a major
operation, now getting pip and can not at the moment work and needs a
carer, so my son is moving in and becoming her carer as well as her
boyfriend, he will not be working (he is self-employed at the moment) as he needs to care for her. will
there be an interruption to her claim for universal credit as she will
start claiming for him? will she just need to post on her sign-in page
change of circumstance or will she need to make a new claim to get money
as a couple and so he is exempt from work commitments? Advice welcome
and instructions on how to do it would be appreciated.
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Once they join claims she will no longer be able to see any of her old statements or journal entries.
If she wants to keep these she'll need to take screenshots or copies of them before joining claims with her partner.
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