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Sign in to your Universal Credit account - report a change, add a note to your journal, see your payments and do other tasks

Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.

• What Universal Credit is

  Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs. It鈥檚 paid鈥�

• Eligibility

  You may be able to get Universal Credit if you鈥檙e on a low income or need鈥�

• What you'll get

  Universal Credit is paid monthly. How much you get depends on: your鈥�

• How your wages affect your payments

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• How you're paid

  Universal Credit is paid once a month, usually into your bank, building鈥�

• How to claim

  You can apply for Universal Credit online. You need to create an account鈥�

• Get an advance on your first payment

  If you need help to pay your bills or cover other costs while you wait for鈥�

• Your claimant commitment

  To get Universal Credit payments, you鈥檒l need to accept an agreement鈥�

• Report a change of circumstances

  You need to report changes to your circumstances so you keep getting the鈥�

• Financial help and support

  If you need financial support, you can get help and advice from the鈥�

Search and apply for jobs in Great Britain using 鈥楩ind a job鈥�.

Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - how and when to claim, rates, eligibility, change of circumstances, claiming due to a terminal illness.

Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, Learner Support.

Child Benefit - child benefit rates, eligibility, how to claim, child benefit claim form CH2.

Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.

Find out when you can expect to receive a reply from HMRC to a query or request you've made.

• Updated: 10 May 2023

As one or more of your benefits will be ending soon, you need to move to Universal Credit.鈥�

• Updated: 21 October 2024