anyone seen the new 55p thingy today? instead of 63p and work allowance from £237 to £335 a month now????? thoughts ??
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Well it's obviously not a bad thing but it won't make up for the loss of the £20 uplift.
i’m suprised he’s even done this .. hmm
Considering insurance is essentially paying out like taxes do it seems almost comparable, you paid into a “pot” to take it out when you need it. That’s essentially what benefits etc work like.
If th gov't threw enough money at it, which they wont do then it'd be sorted if they increased how much you can make when on it. Why I can't stand the Tories
They have "increased how much you can make when on it". In fact it starts today.
Universal Credit changes from today will affect payments for 2million Brits
The taper rate and work allowance are both changing, helping around 2million people's payments from December 1 - but there are 3.4million claimants not in work who won't get an extra penny
Also I don't believe the previous claim that working an extra hour for one week caused the entitlement to UC to end.
The changes coming up are likely to include removing entitlement to UC for students in education. This has been picked by by disability charities as it will affect those individuals not yet ready for the world of work but who will get there with the right support (I’m talking 18/19+).
Students like my son for example who will fall foul of this next year ….just as all the child element comes off of my UC claim. It’s a top up as my husband works but it’s still something I really rely upon.
if my son cannot claim UC then as a family we will really struggle as he has a lot of care needs which keep me at home.
Students like my son for example who will fall foul of this next year ….just as all the child element comes off of my UC claim. It’s a top up as my husband works but it’s still something I really rely upon.
if my son cannot claim UC then as a family we will really struggle as he has a lot of care needs which keep me at home.
Ok this is a difficult post to write, I don't expect any sympathy because lets face it, when you are on Universal Credit you forgo any finer feelings that you may have had, as an employed person.
I am on Universal Credit at the moment. The amount of hoops I am having to jump through just to receive my payment this month, is deeply distressing. Because I forgot to fill in details of my earnings, my payment has not come through. I mentioned this at the dreadful visit to the Job Centre today. The woman behind the perspex barrier, said that I needed to complete certain things in my "to do list." When I returned home, I logged in and did what was required. I still don't know if I will be paid.
Why do I get the feeling that these Job Centre employees, enjoy watching people squirm and suffer?
Really difficult to cope with right now. I feel like the lowest of the low, any dignity I had is rapidly disappearing. But hey, that is the aim of the game isn't it?
I am on Universal Credit at the moment. The amount of hoops I am having to jump through just to receive my payment this month, is deeply distressing. Because I forgot to fill in details of my earnings, my payment has not come through. I mentioned this at the dreadful visit to the Job Centre today. The woman behind the perspex barrier, said that I needed to complete certain things in my "to do list." When I returned home, I logged in and did what was required. I still don't know if I will be paid.
Why do I get the feeling that these Job Centre employees, enjoy watching people squirm and suffer?
Really difficult to cope with right now. I feel like the lowest of the low, any dignity I had is rapidly disappearing. But hey, that is the aim of the game isn't it?
I'm confused as the only hoop it seems you had to jump through was to complete your to do list which will have been one of the things you agreed on to get paid UC when you signed on to it. You didn't do it so didn't get paid. You've now completed your to do list so the money should go through. Unless I am missing something.Ok this is a difficult post to write, I don't expect any sympathy because lets face it, when you are on Universal Credit you forgo any finer feelings that you may have had, as an employed person.
I am on Universal Credit at the moment. The amount of hoops I am having to jump through just to receive my payment this month, is deeply distressing. Because I forgot to fill in details of my earnings, my payment has not come through. I mentioned this at the dreadful visit to the Job Centre today. The woman behind the perspex barrier, said that I needed to complete certain things in my "to do list." When I returned home, I logged in and did what was required. I still don't know if I will be paid.
Why do I get the feeling that these Job Centre employees, enjoy watching people squirm and suffer?
Really difficult to cope with right now. I feel like the lowest of the low, any dignity I had is rapidly disappearing. But hey, that is the aim of the game isn't it?
Assuming you're self employed? I'm on UC, I work part time and my earnings get sent direct to them so I don't have to enter mine.Ok this is a difficult post to write, I don't expect any sympathy because lets face it, when you are on Universal Credit you forgo any finer feelings that you may have had, as an employed person.
I am on Universal Credit at the moment. The amount of hoops I am having to jump through just to receive my payment this month, is deeply distressing. Because I forgot to fill in details of my earnings, my payment has not come through. I mentioned this at the dreadful visit to the Job Centre today. The woman behind the perspex barrier, said that I needed to complete certain things in my "to do list." When I returned home, I logged in and did what was required. I still don't know if I will be paid.
Why do I get the feeling that these Job Centre employees, enjoy watching people squirm and suffer?
Really difficult to cope with right now. I feel like the lowest of the low, any dignity I had is rapidly disappearing. But hey, that is the aim of the game isn't it?
I do have a friend who is self employed & is on it as there isn't much work around at the moment and I do his income/expenses every month for him, it's the same date it's due every month and they also sent an email out to remind you.
My understanding is that, payments may be delayed if certain things on the to do list aren't completed by a certain date?
Hopefully now that you have completed the information, your payment will be released
I hope so.
I'm dreading the move to UC. Partly because I'm one of those who is likely to be worse off (no one can actually confirm as a disabled person how much I'd get, helpful) and because it's paid every 4 weeks. My disabilities mean that I would struggle to budget that far ahead / with that much money. And I'll probably have a work capability assessment to go through again, even though I've only got worse since I was last assessed.
You may be able to persuade UC to pay you more frequently than the normal monthly basis. When it comes to it you should try speaking to your work coach and it would definitely help to have evidence to support your claim that your health conditions affect your ability to budget over a month.
You can get an idea of what you may receive under UC by using a benefit calculator. The one I've linked allows you to calculate payments of 'legacy benefits' and UC so you should be able to a) check that your current payment is correctly calculated and b) compare it to UC : Policy in Practice
If you are currently receiving ESA because your health conditions mean you are unable to work you will have to be reassessed when you 'migrate' to UC.
The other thing I forgot to say is that you should wait until you are told to apply for UC to replace your 'legacy benefits' (I'm sure you will anyway). This is because you should be entitled to what is called 'transitional protection' to make sure that you are not worse off.
This type of post is just annoying though, that’s my tax money… Not dissing UC I’ve been on it, but I took a part-time supermarket job the moment I found one
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The person in that post does have two jobs lecturing and film work.
Yes but he says he just collects universal credit between those jobs instead of doing a less fun job and film work/writing scripts is a dream job, it takes too long to come to fruition to not have another job instead of collecting UC
and film work/writing scripts is a dream job, it takes too long to come to fruition to not have another job instead of collecting UCI understand and to some extent can sympathise with your point. I'd be interested in the mechanics of how this works. Presumably writing scripts doesn't generate a regular income so he can say he's not working while doing it and then just have one period when he gets an income. I guess the film work and lecturing must be fairly intermittent too. In February this year the rules changed so that claimants only have 4 weeks to find a job in their chosen field before they have to start applying for any job that they are capable of doing. Perhaps he hasn't been caught by that yet or he has a particularly lenient work coach.Yes but he says he just collects universal credit between those jobs instead of doing a less fun job
This of course is the problem with society- how can he get another job when these ad hoc ones come up? Is he meant to say no when he gets an email asking if he can come in and do lecturing because he has some retail job? Workers need structure and proper contracts