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On PIP then starting work

nervous about the future.i live in a full UC area but I cliam pip and have been on it 3 years now and past 2 years on JSA so I would like to work because it might help my mental health but will I get working tax credits as on pip or has that all ended now and I would get nothing or a universal credit top up payment instead of working tax credit as its replaced it?? very confused as read different things .?????
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You certainly arent alone in being confused with UC, it is a really confusing system!
It might be worth you checking the benefits calculator to see what that comes out with? Im sure someone with more information will be alond to help soon.
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The generaL rule is that if you have a change of circumstances which would require a new claim then your choice is UC. However, DWP repeatedly get this wrong and staff will often say you’ve got no choice but to claim UC when you have, depending on the circumstances.