Is this just getting ridiculous! UNIVERSAL CREDIT

[ChristmasTime2023]

So had a review with UC today phone call she stated she would up date the journal with what I need to provide.
A full length photo of myself standing outside my front door with the key in the lock!?
Then a letter from the children's school & nursery saying they attend there
A letter from the children's gp
Passport photos
Child benefit award letter
Birth certificates (they have had birth certificates before )

This isn't a new claim either I dont understand why gp letters are needed they want one for me and my partner too.

Also on the phone call asked who I use for my gas and electricity
Ive never been asked these things before seems strange to ask?
Anyone else had a review lately what did they ask for.

Partner works full time if that matters.

I'm on UC and have never been asked anything like this (also work, with DP who works). Is this written as a message in your journal?!

With the amount of tax some of us pay to cover UC and PIP I’m encouraged at this post OP. Anything to prevent fraud. The money you receive is not from “the state” - it’s money out of the pockets of others mums on this forum an beyond. Please remember that.

I had a review recently wouldn’t accept my ID they eventually did a month later I got a phone call for a hour questioning a lot of transactions on my statements that were totally normal

I swear some of these work coaches/ decision makers are taken the piss

Beggers can't be choosers? Have you any idea how offensive that is? So people claiming benefits are begging? The op has said her partner works, what do you call employers who don't pay a living wage?

Yes of course that’s what happening! 🙄

You get an entitlement letter via your government gateway app

Those telephone reviews are wild. And before anyone tells me not to claim if I fly like them, that's not what I'm saying. But honestly.

I had one a couple of years ago. First thing they did was ask me to confirm that my landlord was Mr J Bloggs and that my rent was £x per calendar month.
Next question was "so on Aug 1st you sent a payment of £x to Mr J Bloggs. Can you tell me what that was for please?"

You are giving that poster exactly the reaction he wanted when he used that language.

Beggars ? Really ?

Rude.

It’s also money out of OP’s DH's pocket as he works full time. It could also be from the tax and NI contributions OP has made if she has worked, or is working. Please remember that. If there are wages coming into the household that aren’t enough to make ends meet and necessitate top ups at the tax payers expense, that’s more of a concern in my view.

We didnt have to do any of that

Which won’t be much until we do the same thing to greedy employers expecting the tax payer to supplement their wage bills via UC.

It sounds like someone has reported you for benefit fraud? Are you getting disability element for disabled children? Maybe that’s why they are asking for gp records

Yes it tells me all I need to know. Less garbled than usual, well done!

That's daft and emotive. There are other ways of raising revenue than income tax. And one day you might be a net contributor, the next your life blows up. Nne of us should be feeling ever so humble like that. It's not how life works.

GP is likely to want paying for a letter, but I guess you could submit a screenshot from your NHS app.

Could someone have maliciously reported you for benefits fraud?? It just sounds excessive

You should get a letter in February/March each year showing how much the increase will be in April.

It's a random fraud check, they stopped my claim for months then I got a back payment of £2500

@ChristmasTime2023 my friend works in fraud for universal credit they have to check you live where you say because she investigates people and does street view to check the house they ask all sorts of questions like your nearest shops etc, it’s to catch fraidsters😬

Thats not usually how it works- your friend should speak to a benefits adviser, CA or other local advice service. I deal with the surplus earnings rule a lot in my job, zero earnings is not a requirement for the claim to go into payment.

You dont need a diagnosis for disibility benefits