Uc £20 extra a week what about people on legacy benefits

kimp22

On the news it says that people with children on uc get £20 extra a week till April what happens to people on legacy benefits.
Any advice 

Kym

calcotti

kimp22 said:

On the news it says that people with children on uc get £20 extra a week till April what happens to people on legacy benefits.
Any advice  Kym

The £20 uplift applies to those on UC and Working Tax Credits only.

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There’s no advice. Your not entitled. End of. 

KxMx

Everyone on UC actually gets the uplift and most unfairly no one on any legacy benefit gets it. 

alwaysskint2020

KxMx said:

Everyone on UC actually gets the uplift and most unfairly no one on any legacy benefit gets it. 

KxMx said:

Everyone on UC actually gets the uplift and most unfairly no one on any legacy benefit gets it. 

Not true  It also comes on WTC

kimp22

So if all kids get free school meal vouchers on uc and legacy benefits don't. That's not fair just because I am disabled.

Kym

poppy12345

kimp22 said:

So if all kids get free school meal vouchers on uc and legacy benefits don't. That's not fair just because I am disabled.

Kym

What has the increase to UC and WTC got to do with free school meals? This can be claimed when claiming the legacy benefits too but it will depend on your circumstances. Being disabled doesn't entitle you to free school meals automatically.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals

calcotti

kimp22 said:

So if all kids get free school meal vouchers on uc and legacy benefits don't. That's not fair just because I am disabled.

Not all children with parents claiming UC are entitled to FSM - it depends on their earnings. I don't see the relevance of your disability to FSM entitlement.
What benefits are you receiving?

Barny1979

kimp22 said:

So if all kids get free school meal vouchers on uc and legacy benefits don't. That's not fair just because I am disabled.

Kym

What extra costs have you had since Covid? I thought the £20 uplift was to cover extra costs for those who have children at home, rather than in school during the day?

KatrinaWaves

Barny1979 said:

kimp22 said:

So if all kids get free school meal vouchers on uc and legacy benefits don't. That's not fair just because I am disabled.

Kym

What extra costs have you had since Covid? I thought the £20 uplift was to cover extra costs for those who have children at home, rather than in school during the day?

I don’t think it was ever stated that, but I could be wrong.

I thought it was as covid led to millions (maybe an exaggeration...) of new UC claims that these people were coming from work and now had to survive on UC, so the uplift was there to ease the transition between wages and UC. Now you can’t just split that group off from the people already on UC so everyone got it.

Those on legacy benefits have been on benefits for a long time and therefore did not need to adapt to a benefit income during Covid. 

I don’t know that it was necessarily to deal with ‘increased expenses due to the pandemic’ rather than the sudden loss of income for so many working?

I’m not saying it’s perfect but whataboutism isn’t helping anyone.

poppy12345

KatrinaWaves said:

Barny1979 said:

kimp22 said:

So if all kids get free school meal vouchers on uc and legacy benefits don't. That's not fair just because I am disabled.

Kym

What extra costs have you had since Covid? I thought the £20 uplift was to cover extra costs for those who have children at home, rather than in school during the day?

I thought it was as covid led to millions (maybe an exaggeration...) of new UC claims that these people were coming from work and now had to survive on UC, so the uplift was there to ease the transition between wages and UC. Now you can’t just split that group off from the people already on UC so everyone got it.

I believe that's exactly why it was increased but they could differ those that were working from those that weren't in the time the exatra money was applied so had to give it to everyone claiming UC.

I'm still on the legacy benefits so missed out the this increase too but i haven't lost sleep over it! I actually saved money during lockdown because most shops were closed.