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

Of course not @Twinstudy @Thatsnotmycar but the title suggested universal credit. Therefore claiming DLA and that providing a decent amount (as it should) is different to day someone on standard UC. And there's a big difference there. So actually the title is a bit misleading and more targeted to the responses....

Before people continue to pile on the OP that DLA rate is very high meaning one of her children has very high needs . She’ll be getting extra UC ( rightly so) to account for that too and there could be a housing element anywhere from £500 in social housing to £1500 private rent too.
I’m sure OP would rather be earning £50k than be a full time carer.

I have never, ever known anyone's UC to be that much!

They're disability benefits. You think being on disability benefits is goady?

I was actually referring to the universal credit - pipe down

UC includes an element for disabled children/severely disabled children (£132.89/£414.88) and an element for carers (£168.81) . Those are part of UC and in addition to DLA and carer’s allowance which are separate benefits.

As far as I know from seeing the Martin Lewis list of increases, the only element not increasing is the housing element of UC.

I'm a senior health care professional (b6 if anyone cares). That's more than I earn. If that were true then the NHS is closer to the end than we anticipated.

Everyone gets different amounts of Uc depending on their circumstances so there's no point comparing one person's against another. Op will likely be getting such a high amount of Uc as she has a child on a disability benefit- that element alone is worth £400+ a month, then there will be carers element, rent element etc. Other people's will be just as high as they have a high childcare element on there or they pay high private rent. So yes for some people it will come close to a full time wage !

I’m on a very similar amount of UC to the OP. My rent is £1180 which all gets paid by UC. 1900 - 1180 = 720 which needs to cover all bills, all food and any clothes that I and two kids need.

People act as if you get a high amount of UC just for the sake of it. OP may private rent like I do and may have childcare costs. It seems OP has a disabled child as she also gets careers allowance. Should she get £500 to last her the month or something?

Presumably you're not a carer to a severely disabled child?

OP can you clarify the breakdown of your UC award for a correct reply?

For the pearl clutchers - this is an unusually high UC award, I expect mulitple children/disabled claimant and or dependants.

The basic UC award for living costs excluding rent is less than £400 a month

It happens all the time - for the reasons posted in my comment above.

UC is different for everybody depending on circumstances and situation so how can you say UC is currently XYZ ????

It's not

Op will likely be getting such a high amount of Uc as she has a child on a disability benefit- that element alone is worth £400+ a month, then there will be carers element, rent element etc

I didn’t even know there was a disability amount and career element included in UC, I thought that came separately. So that’s even more reason for the OP to get such an amount

Why do you need a breakdown? Is that helping the OP whether her increase calculations are correct or not? I didn’t think so

Bumping twice within minutes and then disappearing when the answers come..... I think you're right.

Lots of people with disabled children work. Especially if they have mortgages. My colleague works her shifts around her husband's. Her child is wheelchair bound due to complications of long covid.

The basic UC award for living costs excluding rent is less than £400 a month

Not true. I have an element for being a single parent and having two kids. Excluding my rent I get 720 or something like that

OP has also asked about DLA and Carers so is clearly a carer for a disabled child under the age of 16.

Her UC will be high because this will qualify her for disability elements to reflect the higher costs involved with caring for a disabled child.

If she is getting Carers Allowance then she is providing 35+ hours each week caring. This implies a high level of care needs.

Are you all really so petty now that you'd begrudge disabled people being supported?

Current UC rates. If they pay your rent then the amount will be much higher

You have a child, the basic rate doesn't include child element and would be for a single person with no dependants.

You obviously don’t have a severely disabled child…