Dwp carers allowance and universal credit

[Leanne3106]

Hi all I have just been awarded carers allowance for the care of my mom who has had cancer on and off a few years so I received £906 in my bank yesterday was shocked at how quick it was done. But does anyone know if know next month when I get my universal credit will they take the £900 pounds off very worried as obviously it’s December and Christmas month and need to understand my money
plz plz help ppl
thank you x

Sadly it looks as though it does:

www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/effect-on-other-benefits#:~:text=Your%20Universal%20Credit%20payment%20will,get%20Carer's%20Allowance%20or%20not).

Yes they will take it off. However, you should be able to claim the carers component of universal credit and if you put a note on your journal to say that you were awarded it this week with a claim date of ddmmyy, they should backdate the carer component, which is £168.61 per month. So you should get around £400 for that from UC, depending on whether you earn a wage.