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Marriage and living separate
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OP hasn't yet confirmed what benefits, if any their partner is claiming, despite being asked. Thgey have only said they are claiming UC their self.calcotti said:
But it’s irrelevant anyway as neither OP nor partner claim Tax Credits. If each has their own property and pay separate Council Tax they are clearly not living in the same household and therefore are not a couple for UC purposes.sheramber said:A married couple spending 2 nights together at the weekend would not be considered separated.
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Quite right - sorry. I obviously imagined that!poppy12345 said:
OP hasn't yet confirmed what benefits, if any their partner is claiming, despite being asked. Thgey have only said they are claiming UC their self.calcotti said:
But it’s irrelevant anyway as neither OP nor partner claim Tax Credits. If each has their own property and pay separate Council Tax they are clearly not living in the same household and therefore are not a couple for UC purposes.sheramber said:A married couple spending 2 nights together at the weekend would not be considered separated.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.1
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