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Don’t consider bonus or overtime payments when calculating universal credit

Submitted by Elisha cook on Sunday 24th November 2024

Published on Tuesday 24th December 2024

Current status: Open

Open until: Tuesday 24th June 2025

Current Signatures: 24
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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65 ~ Bonus ~ Change ~ Child ~ Families ~ Hundreds ~ Law ~ Payment ~ The Law ~ Thousands ~ Uc ~ UK ~ Universal Credit ~ Universities ~ Up ~ Usual ~ work

Petition Action

Don’t consider bonus or overtime payments when calculating universal credit

Petition Details

Change the law so that people who claim universal credits & work, don't get penalised if they receive a bonus in work or if they work a small amount of overtime for a special occasion coming up i.e. a child's birthday, xmas.

Additional Information

We believe this affects hundreds of thousands of families in the UK especially single parents who are doing their best to work and juggle parenting. If someone got a £300 bonus in work in most cases their UC would be reduced by 65% of the net payment. We think a change is needed to allow for these bonuses to not effect their usual monthly payments.


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