UC managed migration guide

I have been thinking 🤔 about the Job Centre. Will I have to go to the JC for an appointment? I hope it’ll be just the once, just the one time, that they’ll make me go. If they make me go, I will guess it’s just to sign something called a Claimant Commitment. As long as there are no other appointments after that. The JC is not the place for me, I CANNOT WORK. I know I don’t have go through a work capability assessment as part of the move to that infuriating “monthly frequency” benefit 🤬😡.

Hopefully no migration notice letter will be dropping through my letter box 📪 early on. I don’t want to receive that letter about the move to that “monthly frequency” benefit early. They’ve not updated the table yet that I’ve posted an image of (from the website https://ucmove.campaign.gov.uk) but they’re meant to sending the letters out to people like me (claimants who are just in receipt of income related ESA) between this month and December of next year (2025).

They can leave me alone for as long as practically possible. Yes, I can ask for an APA and I should get it, but the design of UC is monthly and they designed it that way because they just wanted as many as possible to accept monthly payments 😡😡😡😡😡😡.

I am not ashamed of my inability to manage money well and you shouldn’t be Catherine, it’s nothing to ashamed of.

Wish you the all the luck in the world with the move to that, yuck 🤢, monthly UC @vikki66. I can understand your anxiety totally. Even though I know I can ask for an APA and that I should get that request granted, UC was designed to have as many claimants as possible on that monthly frequency.

You’re welcome ☺️ - I am glad that you are now aware of APAs. You should DEFINITELY ask for an Alternative Payment Arrangement. I have known about APAs for a long time. But I can’t ever let go of my anger that the DWP would rather have as many claimants as possible accepting just the one payment per month.

If the DWP looked at making any changes to UC @vikki66, they should DEFINITELY look at altering how it works for the frequency of payments.

Universal Credit was designed to be as similar to work as possible. Most working jobs pay monthly. Most bills, such as rent, electric, water, etc, also go out monthly. So it does make more sense to get monthly payments from UC. Personally, I would prefer a monthly payment. Always found 2 weekly and 4 weekly legacy payments to be confusing, some months ending up with 2 payments, and others not getting paid before the bills go out.

I do understand that managing money is difficult for some people, and you have the option to change it as you keep saying, but I don't believe the majority of people on UC would prefer the old payment frequency.

yes @Vikki66, everybody’s needs are different. Not everybody has good skills with budgeting and because of that not everybody can just move to UC and cope with the payment frequency.

thanks @Vikki66, if they left me alone until around this next year just brilliant, another 12 months. The longer I can stay on my “fortnightly” ESA ❤️♥️ the better it is.