To be cheesed off with Universal Credit entry fees?

[MaturingCheeseball]

I know it’s been done before, but…

I thought I’d like to visit Chatsworth House with (teenage) dd. The cost is £33 each PLUS parking at £7.50. So £73.50.

Then I saw the universal credit/pension credit/pip etc price. THREE POUNDS. And free parking! So £6.00 for two adults (age 17+).

I do not have 12 times as much money as someone on these benefits. I doubt many people do. I’m not begrudging the disadvantaged a day out, but come on! The price differential is ludicrous.

When I saw the £73 price I just decided we couldn’t go, and so be it. But upon seeing the potential for a £6 entry, it made me feel mugged off.

Which isn't right now so unless he is earning that little which seems unlikely if he works FT, they might be eligible for FSM from September but they aren't currently.

And the few (not majority) of those who just say they can't work but probably can.

She is in receipt of CDP, she walks with crutches on some days, needs a wheelchair on others. She qualifies under the “unable to walk” category of CDP.

She is due to switch to ADP in 6 months. She will still qualify because of her risk of falls, and her reliance on a wheelchair for the vast majority of the time. Newsflash, not all wheelchair users are permanent users and they still qualify for enhance mobility.

maybe they were getting it then earnings increased but the kid still continues to get fsm until the end of the key satge.

UC deducts carers allowance.

Again,,,for clarity's sake. Lots of people on UC are also working people, including full time.

Perhaps we need to get cross about both! We will never remedy the inequality in this country. It’s just the people in the middle that get squeezed.

I thought they had stopped that?

I’ve got an electric car on Motability. I shall use it to drive to Chatsworth House. It retails at more than £47k, and I wasn’t given it. I paid an Advance Payment out of my own money that DH earns (in our house all money is ours), I also paid for adaptations. I pay each month for it, just as anyone else who leases their car does. I don’t have a dog, just a hamster and she doesn’t take much walking.

I’d love a life without a disability and I used to have one, just like you do now. But it changed in the blink of an eye, just like it could do for you.

This scheme has allowed me to take my children on days out I would never be able to afford otherwise as someone in full time work but a single parent trying to pay for it all alone.

From next August I will no longer be eligible for UC as my youngest will be leaving education so I plan to make the most of the scheme between now and then as I doubt I’ll be affording day trips once I’m running a home on a single wage. And so yes, I think heritage places in particular should be affordable to visit for everyone who was born in the UK. I think maybe a two tier price system should be in place - uk tourists could pay less than tourists from abroad as it is part of our history and culture.

It does but there is a carers element to UC so you still (rightly!) get more because you can’t necessarily work due to caring needs.

I have been able to go back to work term time only in the past couple of years but still get the carers element and actually have no work requirement as part of the UC I have just been lucky to find a job that works for now!

Yes but they would still get standard single persons UC plus carers element which would mean they would still get some UC after the carers allowance is deducted. yes it's not a huge amount but is more than just the £83 a week carers allowance !

That is incorrect. Not everyone on PIP receives out of work benefits and they have additional costs due to their disability. Someone working on UC who doesn’t claim PIP may well have more disposable income than someone working on PIP and not claiming UC. How then do you deal with the fact that much of the property isn’t accessible all of the time. Do they still pay full price for entry?

I think about the OP and think about all the places that are just free to enter for all. Just go there?

If I could visit somewhere beautiful like Chatsworth for £3, I would.But it's a total piss take, in my opinion. And yes, I am on UC, PIP and LCWRA, but that shouldn't entitle me to preferential treatment. A fairer system would be a tiered pricing structure, if you earn less than £15,000 it's a tenner, between £15,001 and £19,999 it's £20 and anyone earning £20,000 + pays £25, going up to £40 if you earn over £28,000. Seems fair-under that type of arrangement, I would be expected to pay £40, not £3, which is definitely doable for anyone on PIP and UC.

Where did you find this information and who is eligible for this? We have a mortgage and don’t get a higher work allowance.
We have 1 dc at home.
When dh was claiming as not working the maximum we ever got paid in a month was £890 when I came home with £915 that month. No other benefits apart from child benefit.

Reading comprehension is obviously not your strong suit as I am not the PP you originally quoted and I was giving a general example in terms of numbers.

I can’t say what the right balance for this attraction is as I don’t know the ins and outs of their pricing policy. But I’d venture to say that the current difference between the concession and regular price is not all profit. Obviously, the regular price is higher to cover the overheads not included in the concession price. So there is scope to increase one and reduce the other to make it more balanced and affordable for everyone.

It's the threshold of FSM eligibility. At least until September.

So let’s do something about that, rather than focussing on those who are on UC.

Thats a good idea. There must be sites out there with a full list of all free to use/ enter places in the UK.
Be a good thing for mumsnet to have actually.

I don’t imagine it’s much of a life on UC (I’m sure someone will be along to tell me how marvellous it all is). What no one is seeming to understand is that whilst we are all at each other’s throats over a tenner here and there cunts have so much money they’re blasting themselves into space. Let that sink in for a while

I didn’t mean this to be a disability thread.

Of course Chatsworth is a private concern and can charge whatever they like. I was only idly looking at visiting and the £70 meant a no from me. They are sending a poor message, however, with the breadth of eligibility for the £3 tickets. If you’re in the middle, suck it up, broad-shouldered loser!

Is this not the point of the thread. Nothing personal, i dont know you or your circumstances but you can now afford it but she still can't?

I think we all know a few people on UC who don't work receive benefits for everything and whilst maybe not living a life of Riley, enjoy the fact they don't have to go to work like the rest of us.

If you have a child on your claim and someone in the household is working and you are not claiming rent element then the higher work allowance is automatically applied. On your Uc statement it will say something like the first £710 of your earnings is not counted. For people claiming help with rent it is significantly lower so you get a bit of extra help even though you don't specifically get help with mortgage payments.