If you're on pip, you can claim uc as a full time student. Most students can't claim benefits .
If you're on pip, you can claim uc as a full time student. Most students can't claim benefits .Wait, you got a student loan AND UC? That wasn’t allowed in my day.
I get it because I’m on PIP.Wait, you got a student loan AND UC? That wasn’t allowed in my day.
I also was on jobseekers once. They wanted be ro rewrite my cv in a certain format (that probably only people on jobseekers use) and I told them that the format I had used was obviously good enough whe I got my last job. They kept threatening to stop my money even though they hadn't paid me anything yet. They didn't pay me my entitlement and I had to phone up somewhere. Apparently that is a common occurrence, they almost made people beg for it .I claimed it for a few months when I was job-seeking. I also claimed JSA before UC came in years ago when I was in between jobs. Really don’t know how people survive on it full time - think it’s just that, surviving.
I find the staff really patronising and demoralising. I only have access to public transport yet my ‘work coach’ wanted me to travel well outside my area where I live for work. Your self-esteem goes and you feel a failure walking into the jobcentre. The sanctions are ridiculously cruel. Watch I Daniel Blake by Ken Loach, it’s a real eye opener.
That’s assuming you earn enough money to save any. We both work (don’t claim UC) and we don’t live extravagantly but there’s no extra to save. If one of us lost our job we’d be screwed.I think the general thought is if youre living as a cohabiting couple the bills would be spilt right down the middle, therefore you would both be paying into a joint account and have joint savings to use to pay the bills if one of you came out of work.
I dont know for certain. *Dont shoot me.*
Joint savingsI think the general thought is if youre living as a cohabiting couple the bills would be spilt right down the middle, therefore you would both be paying into a joint account and have joint savings to use to pay the bills if one of you came out of work.
I dont know for certain. *Dont shoot me.*
They have done this to my disabled brother too he has autism and spina bifida and is in a wheelchair unable to walk they keep sending him job requests that he's not able to doI’m on it and I think it’s awful.
Signed up initially after finishing university so they could aid me in finding a job. Laughable effort. I have cerebral palsy which means I struggle to walk, stay on my feet, and carry things (I receive full PIP and told them all of this) - no word of a lie EVERY job they sent me for was inappropriate - I was told to apply for the Amazon warehouse (you know the one where you’re on your feet working for your Entire shift and you’re penalised if you’re too slow?) turned that down they told me to try waitressing (again on my feet and having to carry heavy plates - impossible) they then implied i was trying it on and being purposely difficult because I was turning the jobs down.
Gave up, decided to go back to university to complete my masters, told them this so they could adjust my payments (this was in october 2020). Guess when they paid me my first payment of UC? Go on?
July this year. Yes really. This was after months of arguing back and forth with them as they based my payment off of how much student loan I am entitled to and they refused to believe how much I was getting and again implied I was lying. In July I finally sorted it, and they pay me the princely sum of £30 a week
The thing is, i still live at home with my mother - so I really appreciate the privileged position I’m in, I really appreciate that I don’t rely on UC to get by and I’m just using it as ‘pocket money’ on top of PIP. But the way they run the system is AWFUL, they really see you as just a number, there’s no considering those who really do rely on that money.
They did this to me when I was on job seekers. Someone had deleted the information about my disabilities.They have done this to my disabled brother too he has autism and spina bifida and is in a wheelchair unable to walk they keep sending him job requests that he's not able to do
It was only ever temporary and that was made clear from the off. It's already had one extension and the end of that was clearly told in plenty of time. People have been calling it a cut when it's just a return to how things were. I have more sympathy for those on benefits like JSA who have missed out on around 1500 quid from it not being extended to them.the £86 or however much it is deduction is going to be so crazy in october. it will be all over the papers really awful, especially to be stopping it in the colder months. people will struggle!
It's still a cut when you have become accustomed to itIt was only ever temporary and that was made clear from the off. It's already had one extension and the end of that was clearly told in plenty of time. People have been calling it a cut when it's just a return to how things were. I have more sympathy for those on benefits like JSA who have missed out on around 1500 quid from it not being extended to them.
The cost of living has increased in recent months. Food and energy bills are 2 things that I have noticed an increase in myself, fuel for the car too. Whether it’s a ‘cut’ or not is just semantics. The government hasn’t taken these increases in living expenses into consideration. A lot of people are going to struggle without that ‘extra’ £20 a week over the winter months through no fault of their own.It was only ever temporary and that was made clear from the off. It's already had one extension and the end of that was clearly told in plenty of time. People have been calling it a cut when it's just a return to how things were. I have more sympathy for those on benefits like JSA who have missed out on around 1500 quid from it not being extended to them.
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