Working with LCWRA

roof127
roof127 Community Member Posts: 7 Connected
in Benefits and income

Hi I’m due to start a new job very soon and I’m also on LCWRA PIP UC and the housing element. I’m well aware when I got the job I’d come off UC, however I’ve had some on and off advice about still being entitled to UC. I will be earning 24800 a year. So I’m wondering if anyone can help if I will be still entitled to UC or not? It’s just so I can budget my wages properly. Also my job is an office job. It doesn’t go against anything I’m on LCWRA for which is mainly for mental illness and my office is a very disability confident employer so they have already asked about adjustments etc. I also got the job through a local scheme which I got referred to through my mental health practitioner and the fact I’ve got a job like I have is amazing in itself. I just don’t want to over claim. I also do not have children.

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,798 Championing

    You can try a benefits calculator, to see if there is any entitlement to UC after deductions for your wages. The deduction starts at £411.

    With LCWRA you have what's known as a work allowance. This is the amount of money you can earn a month before UC make their standard deduction of 0.55p for every pound earned.

    As you claim Housing Element this is £411.

    https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

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