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Lcwra and carers allowance

Hi
if you currently get lcwra with universial credit are you able to make a claim to care for somebody via carers allowance?
if so will you still be able to get lcwra and carers allowance both at the same time,
(i dont mean getting carers element and lcwra both at same time)

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  • calcotti
    calcotti Posts: 15,696 Forumite
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    edited 27 January 2022 at 1:58PM
    You can but there is little point because the Carer's Allowance will simply be deducted from the UC so there is no financial gain. The only difference would be Class 1 NI credits through the CA rather than Class 3 credits through UC but this has no practical significance for most people. I infer that you are already aware that you cannot get the carer element and the LCWRA element in UC for the same person.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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