Please forgive me if this has been asked before .I am so tired and in pain and can’t go searching for answers . We have just been migrated from Income related ESA to Universal Credit . We will get our first payment on July 6 apparently. It has all been very straight forward so far i must say. They picked up that am in the Support Group and allowed me to I.D over the phone. The agent was very nice . **Anyway , now what happens about Council Tax ? I think we were getting full rebate on ESA . Will we continue to get that on UC ? I get Enhanced PIP both elements My wife is still working up to 30 odd hours a week No children or dependents Thanks in advance
Some Councils are using UC Migration as an excuse for raising Council Tax on Benefits claimants. This varies from Council to Council. You could try using a Benefits Calculator such as Entitledto.co.uk to generate a Council Tax figure. You will need to inform the Council of the move to UC when you get your first UC payment. I know of one Council that is forcing people to apply for Council Tax assistance from scratch after Migration including providing ID. I think they are making life difficult in the hope that some people won't bother to claim at all.
David
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