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  • Welshlad90
    Welshlad90 Online Community Member Posts: 107 Contributor
    Just a little confused as this page states its from April 6th

    https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/tax-year-dwp-universal-credit-4031551
  • Welshlad90
    Welshlad90 Online Community Member Posts: 107 Contributor
    Can someone please clarify
  • phoeiblaze1
    phoeiblaze1 Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
    I Welshlad90 said:
    Can someone please clarify
    I just saw my payment due on the 19 of this month...it includes the increase
  • Welshlad90
    Welshlad90 Online Community Member Posts: 107 Contributor
    phoeiblaze1 said:
    I Welshlad90 said:
    Can someone please clarify
    I just saw my payment due on the 19 of this month...it includes the increase
    What the £20 a week increase? 
  • phoeiblaze1
    phoeiblaze1 Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
    @Welshlad90

    Yup
  • Welshlad90
    Welshlad90 Online Community Member Posts: 107 Contributor
    phoeiblaze1 said:
    @Welshlad90

    Yup
    Ah happy days 
  • Welshlad90
    Welshlad90 Online Community Member Posts: 107 Contributor
    So ive seen ic is due to go up again this month for certain people. Want to know if im getting limited capability for work will i be eligable for this increase
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Welshlad90 said:
    So ive seen ic is due to go up again this month for certain people. Want to know if im getting limited capability for work will i be eligable for this increase

    What you've read isn't all that it seems i'm afraid. It's to do with those that previously claimed the old legacy benefits such as Income related ESA/JSA and Income support, that included a severe disability premium (SDP) and were forced to moved across to UC.  Lots of people have already received backdated money that they were owed.

    For the SDP you would have needed to be claiming a disability benefit such as PIP daily living or DLA mid/high rate care, live alone and no one claimed carers allowance for looking after you. If you're claiming the New style ESA then the SDP would not have been included in this.

    Hope this helps explain it a little more.
  • Welshlad90
    Welshlad90 Online Community Member Posts: 107 Contributor
    So why does it state on there that those who have been determined for lcw and already receive the extra money on their uc willl get a extra £120.
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    edited October 2020
    Because it's all about the severe disability premium and those that were forced to claim Universal Credit.

    More information here in this link. Scroll to the bottom to "previous SDP recipients already on universal Credit.

    From the 8th October it will be converted to transitional support protection instead of a seperate payment. Unfortunately, if you weren't previously claiming the SDP then this doesn't apply to you.

    If it was a newspaper you read this then it's as it always is with the people..... they only ever print part of the story.

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