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

I hate fucking comments like this. Regardless of what your sister is going through, she is deemed fit to work and the OP has caring responsibilities which I can assure you is a whole lot harder than whatever your sister does for 12 quid an hour.

People on UC will be getting a big rise in their benefits.

Remember though, when their children are grown they will not be getting those payments anymore and will have to work in likely low paid jobs. It is still better to work, though I can understand some people are upset.

The working people are being hit harder in this budget

So instead of thinking it's not enough and unfair you think it should be less for others? Genius.

Wrong thread for this.

Totally irrelevant to OPs question though isn't it? Are you trying to make her feel shit for claiming benefits for her disabled child?

So, your sister only earns £12ph. Maybe she should have worked harder to get better qualifications and a better job, to be able to earn more?

OR maybe, just maybe, disabled children deserve to have a healthy family income just as much as your sister does?

And maybe we should be angry at employers who don't pay a living wage and a government that supports them to do so. Rather than disabled children and their families.

FFS.

Aye, all the way, until it's themselves.

I work with and know plenty who have considerable disabilities and still have the work ethic within them.

I work f/t and have a disabled child.
There is definitely a culture of accepting that you can’t work if your disabled.

Fuck. Me.

No idea anyone could be this stupid or callous.

I used to care for people with disabilities. Not a fucking chance they could work. None.

This may come as a shock…but people with disabilities have varying degrees of disability. For every person you saw who (fantastically) was able to function and work, there will be someone who could NEVER do that.

Personally I believe too many people disabled or not have no work ethic at all.

Yeah sure. The young lady I worked with who couldn’t walk, talk or swallow food with it being the right consistency, unable to feed herself and trembled with fear during showers because of past abuse…was just being lazy. How dare she live a life where she didn’t have to starve, freeze and even had the gall to go in a short holiday once every two years!

And don’t bother coming back now with some shit about ‘Well not ALL disabled people obviously’. I see you, and we can all see what you’ve written.

Sickening.

@Chocdropsandbuckfast iME people who don’t get awarded PIP are the people who don’t fill in the forms DWP “want” you to. Why don’t you help her try again?

as your sister took out her mortgage 22-23 years ago she is now just 2-3 years away from owning that asset outright. So what’s the problem there?

For some reason which I can never understand people hate those who have to claim benefits. They justify it by saying some people take the piss but all those who take the piss are a very small minority

My pay on universal credit is around that but I have a child who is high rate dla so that makes up a huge amount in my uc. Which would only be around 1200. This includes the housing element though and I pay high rent. I can appreciate many saying they work full time and don’t get that. That money is used towards a child who has a severe disability so it comes with a lot of extra costs and I’ll be honest the amount I receive doesn’t even cover most of my monthly outgoings for his needs and I’ve sadly had to turn to finance to accommodate this month to month.

Families with disabled children or adults and parents who have to be carers forcing them to leave paid employment generally do get a bit more UC, yes. And rightly so.

Which isn't the OP so complain elsewhere.

In my experience it is very hard to get PIP for crohns disease/ colitis. I have one client who has it severely and has bene turned down for PIP time and time again, even with the most experienced professionals helping him with the PIP form, MR and appeal.

Those fools won't be coming back, they had their troll and now they're gone

But why can the OP get so much when another poster with a disabled child gets nothing above carers allowance as her partner works? It's disgusting that the ones that are actually working are penalised for it!
Surely, the op could work whilst the children are at school? But with the benefits being so high, there's no incentive to do so!

@Babyroobs that’s shocking. It’s such a debilitating condition. 😔

The OP works full time caring for a disabled child, HTH.

Because Universal credit is a means tested benefit so if you have other income or savings over the threshold you won't qualify. maybe op is a lone parent so that is why she qualifies.

The majority of people on UC don't get that much, OP probably has disability or caring related elements, maybe higher bedroom rates for housing element too

When do I sleep then? Can you answer that? My son is at school 9-3 which is when I'm sleeping a lot of the time. He is up for 3am and doesn't sleep before a certain time at night

Oh and I do work thanks, as I've stated. But I wasn't before and that was fine too. I'm lucky I can pick up bank shifts a few times a month when his useless father decides he can 'cope' for the night so I can do a night shift here and there

And sleep when? And what if her child is in and out of hospital?

Your future- Family Christmases, promotions, holidays, paying off the mortgage, conversations with adult children, weddings for adult children, retirement, rest, pension, beautiful memories

My future- Loss of self, physical ruin due to caring demands, society continuing to hate you, caring until child's/adult child's death, unquantifiable grief, a plan to end my life if I can't survive the grief

Keep goading though, if it makes you feel better. I've had friends begrudge me a wheelchair adapted van. Imagine being that awful. I may be nothing in your eyes but my God, I have compassion.

Jobs that are 9am to 3pm, or more like 9.30 to 2.30 to accommodate school run, and term time only are like hens teeth. They also need to be very understanding when you need to phone in for time off because your disabled child is ill or because they've needed additional care that day and it's made you late or because they have an appointment. They also need to be understanding of the phone calls to go collect then from school early because they're not coping or because they're ill or they have a care need school isn't able to meet. That employer also needs to understand that you will need time off for review meetings with school, EHCP reviews, target setting meetings, assessments. They should know too that if school transport is late then you will be too. They will also need to allow time off for weekly therapies such as physio or OT.

Can you see loads of employers lining up to offer that level of flexibility? That's not even mentioning the time off OP would need for her own medical appointments and rest periods because caring takes its toll on your health. Carers are statistically more likely to be unwell themselves and there is a high rate of burn out.

I honestly cannot believe some of the posts on this thread.