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Old pension lump sum affect UC

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  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 21,912 Forumite
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    Hi all
    I have recently been contacted by a company I worked for about 30years ago,  telling me I have a pension of about 10k and outlining some options.
    If I took the whole 10k to do much needed work in the house, do I need to inform UC and would it affect my entitlement and how?
    Clueless as to how this works so thank you for any info or advice.
    Do you have any debts that the money could be used to pay off?
    Life in the slow lane
  • Bigholmesy
    Bigholmesy Posts: 10 Forumite
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    Hi all
    I have recently been contacted by a company I worked for about 30years ago,  telling me I have a pension of about 10k and outlining some options.
    If I took the whole 10k to do much needed work in the house, do I need to inform UC and would it affect my entitlement and how?
    Clueless as to how this works so thank you for any info or advice.
    Do you have any debts that the money could be used to pay off?
    None am just about to make last payment on mortgage so was only gonna lift it to do much needed work on the house
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