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

Christ that's a lot of money.

Never known someone who cares for their disabled child to sit on their backside all day?

Omg threads like these get me so heated, how ignorant can some of you be!

OP isn't sitting on her arse. She's providing 35+ hours of care each week to a disabled child.

A lot of Pele here are focusing on the UC being around 2k but that also contains a rent element. In suns places that could easily be £800-£1000 leaving the difference to cover EVERYTHING.

Yes if you have a child on higher rate care component of DLA you can get the DLA ( up to £600+ if on high rate care and mobility ), then the higher disabled child element which is £414 per month, then carers element, standard element, rent element etc plus child benefit. It does add up to a big amount I guess to account for at least one parent not being able to work if a full time carer. Plus many families on UC have numerous children born before the 2017 2 child cap so can still get multiple child elements for years on end- these alone are £244 for each child and higher for the first child. You can see how it adds up.

OP has a child who’s disabled so how was the information that I quoted relevant…

Not everyone can though as every disability is different and care needs can vary wildly from individual to individual.

There must be a lot of extra premiums on that.

If I didn't work I'd be entitled to £1,291.50

Exactly!

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

Of course people are. Everyone on benefits should be struggling and accessing food banks. No one should get anything near to what someone working full time gets

It is a lot of money but unless disabilities or multiple children born before the 2 child cap or high childcare or high private rent, it is not a normal amount that most people would get. Really I'm not sure how the government affords it though and am amazed they cannot see the benefits of building more social housing instead of paying most of this to buy to let landlords. I cannot express how much it angers me.

You said its not true that the basic element is less than £400 a month as you get more than that for being a single parent with two DC. Your situation qualifies you for more than the basic element as you also have child elements.

I sit on my arse all day. I earn more than the op gets in benefits.

If the op is caring for a disabled child I can guarantee she works a lot harder than I do.

What utter fucking twats on here

If the council has to care for your disabled child because you can't it's £150,000 a year costs conservatively

And you fuckers begrudge paying a parent £15,000 to do 24 hour care

Fucks sake

How much you’ll get
Monthly standard allowance

If you’re single and under 25 £265.31

If you’re single and 25 or over £334.91

If you live with your partner and you’re both under 25 £416.45 (for you both)

If you live with your partner and either of you are 25 or over £525.72 (for you both).

For your first child £290.00 (born before 6 April 2017)
£244.58 (born on or after 6 April 2017)

For your second child and any other eligible children £244.58 per child

You’ll also get an extra amount if any of your children are disabled. You’re eligible for this extra amount no matter how many children you have.

You’ll get:

£132.89 if your child is disabled

£414.88 if your child is severely disabled

If you provide care for at least 35 hours a week for someone who gets a disability-related benefit £168.81

If you have a disability or health condition

If you have limited capability for work and work-related activity £354.28
If you have limited capability for work and you started your health-related Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claim before 3 April 2017 £132.89

www.gov.uk/universal-credit/what-youll-get

A lot of Pele here are focusing on the UC being around 2k but that also contains a rent element. In suns places that could easily be £800-£1000 leaving the difference to cover EVERYTHING.

Is that any different to people's take home pay from work though? After rent deductions, they are also left with that or less to cover everything + fares to work. Don't understand the difference tbh

UC and DLA/PIP are separate things.

If it makes the shocked people feel any better, she won't get as much when her child becomes an adult. I am a full-time carer to an adult and I get £69.70 carer's allowance and £50.42 UC. That's the maximum. Plus, I will lose the UC if I do any work and have to pay for someone else to provide care. It's shit.

The difference is that many of those people won't also be providing 35+ hours of care each week to a severely disabled child.

I only get 265 a month how are you getting so much?!

Well they can also see if they qualify for Uc themselves, they may be surprised ,particularly if you have kids and get a generous work allowance before deductions for wages come of the total UC !

I get she nay have e a disabled child, but so does one of my family members, who, as one works, don’t get anywhere near this

if this is the case I am going to suggest they both stop working

We don't qualify for UC because of how much my DH earns, but I am eligible for Carers Allowance, as our DS has DLA.

My DH says all the time that my job is harder than his. And my job is main carer/PA/cleaner/chef/chauffeur/secretary/medic for DS. It's a 24/7 job. We often sleep in 3-4 hour bursts because of DS's waking (if this gets much worse we will ask for care component of his DLA to be adjusted as he would be entitled to high rate instead of middle rate). When he's at his SEN school I have around 5 hours to do absolutely everything else that makes a house tick, because the minute he's home he (he needs 1-1) and his Dsis are my job. Occasionally I have to sack some of it off and just sleep, as I start to burn out. I'm getting better at letting myself do that.

We have respite in the form of direct payments, which were hard fought for, but nobody in place until recently. Soon we will have an extra pair of hands for 4 hours a week during term time and 8 in holidays. Even then I won't be off taking any long baths, I will be with my other DC.

There not a lot of arse sitting, sorry to burst any bubbles on that front.

They could. That's their choice.

OP is being goady and I don't know why poster's are flocking with such little info how they only get a bit more than OP.

We have idea I'd she has huge rent to pay, how many kids or anything buy it does seem goady indeed.

Well they wouldn't both be able to be a full time carer unless they have 2 disabled children - one would be expected to look for full time work and could be sanctioned for giving up their job to claim benefits.