Universal Credit LCWRA - any work allowed at all ?
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Cooper1
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Hello, im new to the site, so i hope im posting this in the right place ? I wondered if anyone could answer by experience or knowledge what the situation is with doing abit of work under UC if you have been placed in LCWRA ? I know that under ESApeople are allowed to do permitted work but ive found confliciting information regarding UC. I have asked via my journal but have not yet received a reply,the helpline also were unable to answer. I am worried now that my request for info may be construed as saying imfit for work ?? Allim talking about isperhaps a few hours aweek(i dont have anything in mind) because so many jobs are now being based at home. I was just thinking about keeping my mind active as i live alone and have been isolated for the past year and just want to find out if it is at all possible,
Can anyone help please, or shareany experience. I just cant seem to find out any answers. Thank you
Can anyone help please, or shareany experience. I just cant seem to find out any answers. Thank you
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Hello, im new to the site, so i hope im posting this in the right place ? I wondered if anyone could answer by experience or knowledge what the situation is with doing abit of work under UC if you have been placed in LCWRA ? I know that under ESApeople are allowed to do permitted work but ive found confliciting information regarding UC. I have asked via my journal but have not yet received a reply,the helpline also were unable to answer. I am worried now that my request for info may be construed as saying imfit for work ?? Allim talking about isperhaps a few hours aweek(i dont have anything in mind) because so many jobs are now being based at home. I was just thinking about keeping my mind active as i live alone and have been isolated for the past year and just want to find out if it is at all possible,
Can anyone help please, or shareany experience. I just cant seem to find out any answers. Thank you
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Hi there
Yes you can do permitted work and claim UC and LCWRA there is a set allowance which is different if you claim the housing element
I'm not 100% sure of what amount you can earn but it us mentioned in other posts on this subject or maybe Google permitted work allowance
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Hi @Cooper1 - & welcome to the community. There's a 'Work allowance' with UC, which depends on whether you get any help with your housing, or not. If you get help with your housing costs this is £292 per month; if you don't get help with housing costs this is increased to £512 per month as can be seen here: https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/how-your-earnings-affect-your-paymentsI hope that helps.
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@cooper one I am on universal credit and I am allowed to work and I am limited capacity to work you just have to let them know and they will alter your benefit to what you earn
You are allowed to earn so much before it affects your benefits this is from my own experience
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Thank you somuch,no one seemstoknow this at Universal Credit, iknow they are very busy at the moment. Is there a limit to hours etc ? I do get housing element so would have the lowerworkallowance.
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Hi - I replied on your other post, then noticed this one.There's a 'Work allowance' with UC, which depends on whether you get any help with your housing, or not. If you get help with your housing costs this is £292 per month; if you don't get help with housing costs this is increased to £512 per month as can be seen here: https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/how-your-earnings-affect-your-payments
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I was working full time and got some help with rent but your better off doing part time I am not sure how much you can earn before it affects your money the more you work the less help you get from universal credit
My friend works 14hrs and gets most of her universal credit but its worth giving them a ring to make sure -
Yes thanks, sorryi wasconfused where to post and then realisedthere were categories to post under. I couldnt work out if i could delete one and leave the other running. Thank yousomuch for your help.
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You're welcome, & don't worry about 2 posts, it doesn't matter at all.
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@Cooper1 I have just looked back on my journal now I am not working my rent is 500.00 and uc pay 450.00
When I was working full time depending on how many hours I worked some months they paid 300.00 and amounts between the lowest they paid was150.00 -
I did call today and the person on the phone worried me really because he said to me that if i had been assessed as having limited capability to workand thenwantedto work theni could be deemed as beingfit for work. I had to reiterate thati was just asking a question whether you could tryjust a few hours ? and it would seem by this that you arepermitted to do something, but they are sayingdifferent.. Im very confused
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@cooper1 I was allowed to earn 234.00 before it affected my benefits thats going off my own uc journal
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Thanks so much for that, and you were lcwra ?then,
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@cooper1 yes thats correct
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Welcome to the community @Cooper1 Don't worry about posting twice. I've merged your threads so that you can see all of the answers in one place.
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Hi @Cooper1, it's great you're looking into any work you may be able to do to keep your mind active and help with isolation and I hope you find something suitable.
With regards to your question: yes, you can work while on UC LCWRA. On ESA you used to have to ask permission to do 'permitted work' but this isn't the same with UC. It's worth keeping in mind that if the work you do contradicts your reason for claiming LCWRA it can impact you at reassessment.
When you start work, you would update your UC account online via Homepage > Report a change > Work and earnings. They would then receive any wage details direct from HMRC so you wouldn't need to update them each month.
The 'work allowance' mentioned by others is an amount you can earn before deductions to your UC begin. If you claim help with housing costs/rent your work allowance will be £292 per month, if you don't receive any help with housing costs/rent your work allowance will be £512 per month.
After this amount they lower your UC by 63p for every £1 that you earn.
I hope that helps, but if you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask.Community Manager
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lisathomas50 said:I was working full time and got some help with rent but your better off doing part time I am not sure how much you can earn before it affects your money the more you work the less help you get from universal credit
My friend works 14hrs and gets most of her universal credit but its worth giving them a ring to make surelisathomas50 said:@cooper1 I was allowed to earn 234.00 before it affected my benefits thats going off my own uc journalCommunity Manager
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Thankyou so much for the information, i really appreciate the support.
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@Adrian_Scope can I claim that bit of extra money back then the information I was giving was off my journal I only stopped working in 2020
My journal said I was only allowed to earn 234 .00
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