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10 hours 34 minutes ago #313438 by cw12

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hi i recently informed uc of my council rent increase, uc pay the council directly. today my usual uc payment went into my bank account and its less than normal. The usual monthly amount is £1,028.07 and this month its £1,001.95. im really confused by this, i was transfered over from support group esa with transitional protection. any advice would be great.

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3 hours 4 minutes ago #313451 by David

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Hi cw12

This is supposed to happen and was built into UC by the previous Tory governments so that most claimants moving from ESA to UC would in the long run be worse off.
In your case when you have a rent rise your total UC payment does not increase even though you have an eligible rent. What happens is your Transitional Element that is part of your UC payment is decreased. So while the landlord gets the new increased rent payment the actual rent rise is taken off your personal UC via a decreased Transitional Element.
Sorry for the bad news.

David

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