Will be Universal Credit go up this much?

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It's currently around £1920 a month. Am I right in thinking it'll be over £2100 now?

DLA is about £600, so will that go up to £660? And CA is £69 a week so will that low be about £305?

Thank you

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I am sorry I just can't believe universal credit is so much. I work full time in a senior role (although not in a well paid industry) and I don't earn much more than that after tax.

Dla isn't means tested and I thought it was only those benefits that are going up.

I don't think the rates have been announced yet for all benefits for April 2023. UC is going up around £35 per month.

Altogether that’s more than my take home pay and I’m on over £50. I didn’t think UC was that high either so pretty shocked looking at these numbers.

I'll be honest this is just how I feel! Why am I working so hard in a demanding full time job for not much more than this ?!

You'd have to earn £50k a year to get that.

OP is this a deliberately goady post? Many people work full time and dont have that kind of income.

Same here, I have a professional qualification but in a mid level position as I took 5 years out for children. I can't believe this! I take home £2,100 after tax 4 days a week all in the office!

Wow.

Wow !!

Is anyone able to verify if this is actually true?

It's hard to know based on the information you've given. I'm assuming you have children and possibly an LCW(RA) decision on your claim. And possibly housing costs factored in as well.

No point in working anymore.

The op will be getting more then most because she is caring for a disabled child. The DLA amount looks like the higher rate, so she will be getting the server disability element of uc. She also might have high rent & childcare bills, which are incorporated.

The OP is claiming DLA so may well not be capable of work. She should still be allowed to live a comfortable lifestyle.

If it is true then why are benefits going up by 10% whilst all the rest of us don’t get anywhere near that rose? I’m hoping OP is just being goody and it isn’t true.

No you wouldn't unless you paid loads into your pension (which you then get back, as your pension)

I'm on around 55k and take home well over £1000 more than that.

People also seem to be completely missing that op is on DLA so presumably can't work.

Sorry op, I don't know how much your benefit will increase but I hope it's a decent amount.

The OP gets carer allowance so likely has a disabled child which comes with extra premiums. She also potentially has high rent- it’s not usually for people to get £1000+ a month for the rent element in London and the SE

That's potentially also the take home for the whole family.

Student loans for my generation take a big chunk out of take home salaries. DH and I pay over £400 between us to or student loans. Beginning to think why did we bother?

Would you rather be unable to work and have to claim DLA? I can't imagine that's a lot of laughs.

Those of you saying it seems a lot are forgetting OP has a severely disabled child. If you had the same circumstances and had a lower income you would receive UC top up.

Dla is going up by 10.1 percent as is pip.

Uc will go up by 10.1 percent too.

Disability benefits such as dla and PIP are required by law to go up each year in line with inflation.

Your calculation may be off with UC though as it's not the total UC increasing it's set elements. I'm unsure if housing element is included.