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UC claimants in TA with earned income - still ignored for HB?
It always felt too good to be true but….
Is it still the case that a UC claimant in TA, who is working, will still get full HB providing that they don’t earn enough to take them out of UC entitlement?
Many thanks
UC is a passporting benefit for HB purposes, just as irESA, ibJSA, IS and SPC are. Therefore if you get any amount of UC at all, all of your income and capital is ignored for HB purposes.
See also this thread which is to do with capital but the point stands https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/17252
The references this time are Sch 4, para 12 and Sch 5, para 4 of the HB Regs.