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Being moved to UC

TheCatWoman

I had a letter yesterday saying I have to make a new claim for universal credit, because they're stopping ESA which I've been on for ages and that I have to claim by october and that my claim for ESA will stop within two weeks of them recieving my UC claim.

Quite frankly I terrified, I go to pieces at the thought of filling in a form at the best of times, this one is sitting on my desk like a paper spider that I dare not poke in case it does something horrid. Are there any major pitfalls I should be aware of when dealing with this form, they've not sent me one so I guess I'm going to have to do it online, which I'm not that happy about and the thought of having to attempt to speak to them on some kind of app is enough to send me into a melt down. I've not got the tech to do app stuff and it all scares me. WIll I lose money from this transfer? I hate dealing with these people, the whole system seems designed to trip you up. I don't want to go to CAB as last time I asked them for help they wrote out a load of stuff for me to send, and I didn't recognise myself from what the chap had written, he made me sound like I was one step away from Broadmoor.

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  • Relax, it's not that bad.

    I've just been filling out the universal credit application for a work capability assessment.   I got a 24 page form in the post and an option to filling it out online.  And to get the extra money I need to make out that I am one step away from Broadmoor. 

    And Broadmoor is not that bad, it's free food and accommodation.  Grinning

  • in reply to Robert124
    Robert124 said:
    And Broadmoor is not that bad, it's free food and accommodation

    My mum worked there, I'd not recommend living there as a lifestyle choice. I'm not sure you can get in without committing a crime.

    You can't leave when you want to. I guess there are probably plentiful medications on hand though.

    If you are one step away you're either eligible for some money or a budding psychopath.

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  • in reply to Robert124
    Robert124 said:
    And Broadmoor is not that bad, it's free food and accommodation

    My mum worked there, I'd not recommend living there as a lifestyle choice. I'm not sure you can get in without committing a crime.

    You can't leave when you want to. I guess there are probably plentiful medications on hand though.

    If you are one step away you're either eligible for some money or a budding psychopath.

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