Universal credit carer

Hi diceman24,

Having a carer does not affect the disabled person's UC ( except maybe for bedroom tax ).
As far as your brother is concerned here is the relevant information.

There are two Universal Credit elements for people with limited capability for work.
You can't get the Carer element as well as one of these limited capability elements. You will get whichever is the higher element. This means that if you are eligible for:

the LCW element and the Carer element - you will get the Carer element only
the LCWRA element and the Carer element - you will get the LCWRA element only
The same applies to each member of a couple except when you are both eligible for the LCWRA element and the Carer element. Only one member of the couple can receive the LCWRA element but the other member will get the Carer element instead
The Limited Capability for Work (LCW) element was closed to new claims from April 2017.

David