ChatterBank2 mins ago
Universal Credit
I've tried to understand why people have to wait 5 weeks for benefits. Does this apply only to new claimants? If a person is already in receipt of benefits and is transferred to UC with a wait, what happens to the money they would normally have received?
Answers
Because benefits are paid in arrears like wages. If you stopped getting Benefits on March 1 and had to apply for Universal credit then your claim would be dated from March 1 and paid monthly in arrears -like wages. If I stopped work on March 1, I would get any wages owned to me up until that date. If I started my new job on March 2nd I would have to wait until the end of...
15:40 Fri 20th Mar 2020
Because benefits are paid in arrears like wages. If you stopped getting Benefits on March 1 and had to apply for Universal credit then your claim would be dated from March 1 and paid monthly in arrears -like wages. If I stopped work on March 1, I would get any wages owned to me up until that date. If I started my new job on March 2nd I would have to wait until the end of the month to get paid.