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• Check if you can get Universal Credit

  Find out who can apply for Universal Credit.

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  • Universal Credit

• Contact us about applying for Universal Credit

  Get help making a claim for Universal Credit - from the application through to your first correct payment.

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  • Universal Credit

• Check you've been given the right sanction

  What type of sanction you should get, how long it should be, where to get help with challenging a sanction, how to get more details about your sanction.

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  • Universal Credit

• If your Universal Credit is stopped or reduced

  Why your Universal Credit payment might be reduced and what you can do about it.

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  • Universal Credit

• Reporting self-employed earnings

  Work out your monthly earnings if you're self-employed and claiming Universal Credit

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  • Universal Credit

• Check how much Universal Credit you'll get

  Work out how much Universal Credit you’ll get each month, including which elements you’re entitled to and how your income and savings affect your payment.

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• Getting a job or pay increase while on Universal Credit

  What to do if you get a job or pay increase, when you can refuse a job offer, how a job or increased pay will affect your universal credit payment.

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  • Universal Credit

• Arguments for challenging a sanction

  What makes a sanction unfair, how and when to challenge one, how to get more details about your sanction and where to get help challenging it.

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  • Universal Credit

• Your benefit decision has been changed - Universal Credit

  When a decision on Universal Credit (UC) may change and how you can challenge a decision you don't agree with.

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  • Benefits - introduction
  • Problems with benefits and tax credits
  • Challenging a benefit decision
  • Challenging a DWP benefit decision
  • Common reasons for changing a DWP benefit decision

• How Universal Credit works if you're self-employed

  Find out how Universal Credit payments work if you're self-employed.

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  • Universal Credit