Help to Claim Universal Credit

Universal Credit  is a benefit you can claim if you are of working age and on a low income or unemployed. It might be worth claiming Universal Credit if you are struggling to pay the bills, have recently lost your job, have a disability/are too ill to work, or you are caring for someone. 

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Our Help to Claim team can support you in the early stages of your Universal Credit claim, from the application through to your first payment.

 

This includes: 

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• checking if Universal Credit is the right benefit to claim (and its impact on other benefits) 

• assistance with completing the claim 

• checking the impact of immigration status on your claim 

• advising on support available while you wait for your first payment 

• helping you to prepare for Jobcentre appointments  

• checking your first payment is correct  

• advice on how to challenge incorrect first payments. 
   

Our advice is free, confidential and impartial - get advice today.