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3 months 3 weeks ago #310573 by Lind1956
Universal Credit Query. was created by Lind1956
As I receive state pension of £921.00 monthly and am part of a mixed age couple I understand that this amount is taken into consideration concerning a joint claim my wife and I made for universal credit. I expect a deduction will be made from the amount we will receive, but wondered if we will receive the same amount of UC as we did with the legacy benefits such as income related ESA.

Hopefully the transitional protection will mean we will receive the same amount as we did with the legacy benefits.

Anybody know about this please?

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3 months 3 weeks ago #310582 by David
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Hi Lind1956

One of the ways the government planned to save money when devising UC was by abolishing premiums such as the pensioner premium which was paid with ESA. However as you say your Transitional Protection should mean you are no worse off to start with but this TP does erode with time.

Hope this helps .
David
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