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QUESTION RE LCWRA AND FORCED MIGRATION

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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,010 Disability Gamechanger
    edited September 2022
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    poppy123456 said: Your wife would not need to claim carers allowance if you claimed UC because it's just deducted in full anyway. She can just claim carers element which would increase your maximum UC entitlement by £168.81/month. 
    And if she were to claim the carer element your wife would not be required to do any work and will be left alone (but can continue to do as much work as she wants).
    poppy123456 said:  At the moment she's working for nothing, this wouldn't be the case if you claimed UC. 
    To be exact - at the moment she's working for £20/week (due to the disregard).
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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  • justaman
    justaman Community member Posts: 9 Listener
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    calcotti said:v
    poppy123456 said: Your wife would not need to claim carers allowance if you claimed UC because it's just deducted in full anyway. She can just claim carers element which would increase your maximum UC entitlement by £168.81/month. 
    And if she were to claim the carer element your wife would not be required to do any work and will be left alone (but can continue to do as much work as she wants).
    poppy123456 said:  At the moment she's working for nothing, this wouldn't be the case if you claimed UC. 
    To be exact - at the moment she's working for £20/week (due to the disregard).
    Thanks so much . That sounds hopeful .I don’t want her to lose her part time job that she has had for so many years and is very convenient .She is not really fit enough to work more hours or she would and at the same time she does not want hounding by the Job Centre ( who,does?) .As it stands we avoid all that at the moment because of my health situation. So time will tell now I guess . All we can do now is wait to be migrated ( reluctantly) ) 
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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,010 Disability Gamechanger
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    All we can do now is wait to be migrated ( reluctantly) ) 
    As advised, you will be better off on UC because there will be a smaller deduction for her earnings (and she can claim the carer element if your son is no longer claiming CA).
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 55,097 Disability Gamechanger
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    Thanks calcotti, i forgot about the £20/week disregard.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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