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£300pm better off on UC?

Kris35 · 2020-04-29 17:22:54

Hiya. I've been in the Support Group of ESA for a few years now and recently applied for Universal Credit. It's a welcome relief of course but I don't understand why I'm £300 a month better off on UC? My rent is £720 and when I was on HB I only got £400 pm so had to pay the rest out of my ESA. UC are paying £520 towards my…

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Kris35 Posts: 167 Forumite

10 June 2020 at 6:37PM

But I'm not annoyed at the DWP at all. That's the thing. I'm truly grateful for the money I've received. I was only asking the question that's all.

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