This is probably not the right catergory. Please forgive me. But I’m a parent and other parents might be able to give me advice
Firstly, I know little about universal credit and what it is. I’ve heard about it obviously but I’ve never really ready into it.
Basically my home situation is.. my partner works full time. Earns a decentish wage for the area we live in and I’m a stay at home Mum to DD 3 and DS 7, who has asd. A few years ago when we just had DS we only had his wage, child benefit and maintenance from DS’s biological father. A few years ago we made a tax credits claim and we are entitled to about £25 based on Oh’s earnings. Since he being diagnosed with asd (he was 4-5 at this point) we have claimed dla. And get £310 a month for him. Also after letting the tax credits office know, we get an extra £64 a week child tax credits because of DS’s entitlement.
We own our home so housing benefit doesn’t apply to us.
I’ve read somewhere that tax credits will eventually change to universal credit. Is this correct?? How will this affect us?
I’m sorry if this is a really obvious question. But I never find the government websites to be very clear. We haven’t received a letter or anything. I assume it hasn’t started in our area yet.
Advice?