UC wait reduced to 3 weeks

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Ralph
Ralph Online Community Member Posts: 146 Empowering
edited November 2018 in Universal Credit (UC)
According to this report the delay until receiving money has been reduced too three weeks. 

https://apple.news/ALJ7i9f2YRQ-Hd2Vsrw5zPA

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  • wilko
    wilko Online Community Member Posts: 2,438 Championing
    This sounds great, good but will not come into practice for weeks if not months, going on how other benefits Changes are organised to run or operate, time will tell.
  • Ralph
    Ralph Online Community Member Posts: 146 Empowering
    Yea problem is I’ve to claim before the end of the year. We shall see. I hope others will have better luck. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Ralph said:
    Yea problem is I’ve to claim before the end of the year. We shall see. I hope others will have better luck. 
    Why do you have to claim UC before the end of the year?
  • Ralph
    Ralph Online Community Member Posts: 146 Empowering
    My wife becomes unintitled then as I’ve lost care component. She can’t work as I can’t so it’s uc.