New Rates

Also to add. For UC, this will increase on your first FULL Assessment Period that starts AFTER 6th April. This means that the first people to get the new rates will be those getting a payment on or around the 12th MAY (for APs starting 6 April ending 5th May)

and the LAST to see it will be those with APs starting 5th May and ending 4th May, getting their first payment at the new rates in or around 11th June (as they were a day too early on their May payment)

As a side, if you or anyone was on a Legacey benefit before moving to UC.

How your Universal Credit entitlement affects your transitional protection payments

If your Universal Credit entitlement increases, your transitional protection payment will decrease by the same amount. Childcare costs are the only exception.

Further increases to your Universal Credit amount can eventually end your transitional protection payments. This will only happen if your entitlement is the same or more on Universal Credit.

Your transitional protection payments can decrease following a change in your circumstances. Changes can include:

• having a child
• starting to care for a child or disabled person
• an increase in housing costs (rent)
• a worsening health condition
• changes to government benefit rates

This is because these changes are likely to increase your Universal Credit amount.