Universal credit

JadedAngel88

HillStreetBlues said:

Sootycat112 said:

RunsFromRobots said:

huckster said:

"My boyfriend that doesn't live with me" is a red flag to those who review benefits, as something they all say. This is down to the large volume of single claims, where there may be evidence of  living with a partner in contradiction to what was declared on the claim.

So I expect further investigations will follow into the financial relationship between the boyfriend and the claimant in this case.

This. Look up 'collusive separation'.

We have been together for 6 years and he has never lived with me. 

I went through a bad divorce and my ex took everything and left us with nothing as it was all in his name. 

I made a promise to myself and my daughter that that would never happen again and that we would always stand on our own 2 feet without needing a man’s help. 

The issue is there is a financial link between you with the payments into your bank.
They are currently doing UC checks, but with mine they never asked for my tenancy agreement, maybe others can say if they were asked during their checks. This might indicate if it was a "random" one or a targeted one  possible someone reported you.
 

I had my review recently and I wasn't asked for tenancy agreement. Which is fortunate as I have no idea where it is. 

But even if her boyfriend lives with her, doesn't mean he'd be on the tenancy anyway.