Another UC

[Gin96]

If you earn £23 per hour but are only doing 15 hours a week, are you still entitled to UC?

Too simplistic to answer. Would need to know details about your household (mortgage or renting), family, savings, childcare costs. Try an online calculator.

That would completely depend on whether you pay rent, how many kids you have, your age etc.

Only working 15 hours per week allows that person plenty of time to increase their earnings through additional work without having to rely on tax payer's support, so hopefully no, they shouldn't be entitled to UC.

Although no doubt they will be entitled as long as they do have kids given how ridiculously generous the ''in work'' benefits system is for people with kids.

Sall74 go do some reading and googling as in work benefits when you have kids are not generous.

Sall74 Have you got any idea how many jobs are only offering 15 hours a week? There's an advantage to the employer. That's a systemic, structural problem that individuals have no control over.

Ditto fitting in work around short school hours and the huge cost of childcare. Oh and the uselessness of the child support system in the UK.

And women do not find UC generous. They frequently find it horrendous.

OP ignore the cats-bum-faced one(s) and listen to the helpful posters

@AutumnCrow 😂 you made me smile xx

A lot of assumptions on here, my husband has been made redundant at 55, he has worked since he was 16, don’t judge people as scrounges until you know the full story, I think most people would prefer not to claim UC but if you are entitled to it you should claim, that’s what it’s there for.

I agree, if you're eligible, make a claim.

I guess you'll be making a joint claim as a couple?

Yes, not sure if we are entitled to anything, we’ll see, thanks for your help 😊

Oh and have a look at this short thread

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/legal_money_matters/3703003-Universal-credit-calculaters-Help

@Babyroobs really knows her stuff