Published on 12, July, 2020
Just read that the threshold for a couple to earn with Universal Credit has been raised to £1,437 a month. This means if you earn less than that between you the Jobcentre will pressure you to look for more work.
I'm suffering autistic burnout, my son is profoundly autistic and requires a high level of care. We also have a baby daughter. My wife and I cobble together enough hours between us to meet the existing threshold and still care for my son's needs and give me time to recover from my burnout.
Now we won't be able to meet the threshold and finding enough work to earn a grand and a half is nearly impossible for us
This is at the same time as all the much publicised attacks on PIP
Also read today that the Home Secretary wanted to make homelessness a criminal offence and give police the power to fine homeless people for "smelling".
Honestly, I'm surprised they haven't announced plans to exterminate us all yet
erm... isnt this a good thing?i think you read it wrong... if they increase the threshold of how much you can earn while claiming universal credit it doesnt mean you have to earn that much to be able to claim it... it means it increases how much you can earn before it stops... its a good thing... if its lower then it means you cant claim if you earn above it.... it would be bad if they decreased the threshold, you understand this way?if the threshold was 1k ...then if you earn over 1k you cant claim universal creditthey increased it to 1.5k.... so it gives you more room and makes it easier to claim and makes more people able to claim.... its a good thing, they are giving and widening the amount you can earn, if you earned more than the threshold you wouldnt be allowed it, if they increased the threshold it means they are making it so you can earn more before being branded not eligable....its a good thing, decreasing would be a bad thing.... if you earned more than it youd not be eligable. you dont need to worry, unless they decrease it below what you earn. you dont have to earn up that that amount.... you need to be up to it or beneath it, if you was up to it and over it your at risk of being kicked off, thats why increasing it is a good thing, so theres more room for you to earn without losing. if you dont increase earnings theres no need to worry.
Sadly that isnt what it means. What it means is that if you earning less than £1,437 as a couple then you will be expected to find more work and come under pressure to attend job centre appointments and prove you are looking for more work on top of your current job or risk losing your benefits.
It doesnt mean that benefits stop at £1,437, it means that thats the minimum you have to earn for them to leave you alone
ah i looked it up and your right. they just badly chose words that made it sound like it means what i thought it meant.... perhaps that bad choice of wording is on purpose to make people think what i thought to which then seems reasonable. basically they dressed it up to stealth it out and make it look acceptable.