UC managed migration guide
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Are you in support group
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As a vulnerable autistic who has never been able to budget sufficiently I don’t see how they could reach so low and reject my APA request. SURELY SURELY they’ll be understanding of the issues I have with budgeting and just grant it, giving me payment every 14-17 days. They can’t be awkward with me - they’d be messing around with the wrong individual. No-one who doesn’t know me can make me accept a monthly pay day. When I’m on that twice monthly, I NEED to stay on it as well. More frequent payments RULE. Monthly pay, never for me.
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They’re just terribly annoying what they’re subjecting claimants to who have been unlucky and already got a letter. I am in no rush to be part of a cruel, sickening migration process. Asking for fit notes that aren’t needed, making claimants feel like they have to have another WCA. ❌❌❌
I really take notice of the bad stories - this is happening to claimants. The bad stories can’t be ignored.
Let’s just see if they can iron out the issues before my turn … which has to come in 2025 and not a moment sooner.0 -
yes I am Catherine
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I'm the same I do not know how to budget I would spend all in a week seriously they will see from my statements no order no routine no impulse control terrible with money
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The standard allowance for being 25 and over and the LCRWA element - the current monthly amount is £809.64. That pays more than what I get from the ESA Support Group and enhanced disability premium, £318.10, every two weeks. I just need to get payments more frequently as you know by now 🤣🤣🤣😉😉😉.
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I don't even understand the payments I'm so dyslexic it's All muddly I understand noting it's getting worse
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This is the problem with having a lump sum sitting in front of you in your bank account, it’s tempting to spend it fast and a month is an awfully long time to stretch £809.64 or £823.41*.
*it’ll be rising to that amount from next April for someone who’s getting the standard allowance for being 25 or over and in receipt of the Limited Capability for Work Related Activity element.
Gaps between payments is just as important as ANY AMOUNT RECEIVED.
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For individuals who are actually working and receiving monthly pay from their job, it’ll be a piece of cake for many of them to budget. They’ll have the required skills, the know-how. For us though Catherine, £800, £900, whatever the amount - it’s simply too hard to stretch it over an entire month . Smaller gaps between pay days, it’s a safety blanket.
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I could spend in a day my daughter holds onto money for me but she does get stressed as I always want back I had to put bank statements with council dreading what thier ask me because I just buy and buy stuff and I can't stop myself I really can't
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£823.41 would be divided ➗by two, into two monthly payments. That would be £411.70. Getting £411.70 twice monthly will be WAY BETTER than just having £823.41 landing in my bank account and it being a case of, here Chris, there’s your amount of cash for the month, up to you now to budget until the next pay day next month. ❌❌👎👎
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NOBODY can tell us to budget, try to make us do something that we know we can’t do. Anyone who works at the DWP and thinks we should try to do budgeting, well, they ought to try being in our shoes 🥿. Then maybe, they’d understand that it’s easier said it is done.
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I came across this comment today Catherine that was posted on the benefitsandwork.co.uk website - it says “I don’t like this monthly payday it’s difficult to budget”. 🗣️🗣️
I really do agree with that comment 👏👏👏👏👏. I can totally relate to it.0 -
Definitely when I did work ten days in I was skint really asking to borrow money them in a constant circle of having to pay back be skint
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The comment above it says - “You can ring up the UC helpline and get paid twice a month can be done because I told 2 friends of mine to do it and it was done with no issue and I will be doing the same when it’s my turn.” 🗣️🗣️🗯️💬💭
I can relate to that comment as well 👏👏👏, I’ll be doing the exact same and asking for payments to be done to me on a twice monthly basis. We are not alone with the limited budgeting skills - many can’t budget. Monthly is fine for those that can do the budgeting but for those that can’t budget, it’s not fine. Know it isn’t to me, ONE MILLION PERCENT.1 -
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