The Truth About Universal Credit

[@robbiecrosbie4506]

Never judge anyone in benefits by watching rubbish like benefits street. In reality it's not like that it's just the media like to focus on a small majority of people that drink take drugs etc. Universal credit actually leaves many families in poverty and its hard to budget your money when you barely get enough to survive

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Amen to that

[@jackwatsonepic626]

It's probably people commenting who haven't a clue they have never been on benefits especially u c getting paid monthly and they have never had to last a month with very little money to look after the kids as well as clothe them especially school uniform

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

@@jackwatsonepic626 Good point and well put.

[@ianreynolds8552]

Well put mate

[@ianreynolds8552]

@@jackwatsonepic626 with an increase in unemployment they might change their mind about those on benefits

[@oscargrainger2962]

This guy has hit the nail on the head, UC is only for short term help, a hand up not a hand out. Remember don’t go into this thinking they will let you stay for long without loads of trouble.

[@alishalawrence5976]

I spend 500 on rent a month without bills. I just found out I'll be receiving 690 a month from uc. I have an immune disorder and can't do most jobs. Basically I'm choosing between starving waiting for a remote job, or working and exposing myself to covid. Either way, I'm completely fucked

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

UC isnt there to help. Its to tick a box. Thats the sad thing as it kicks people while theyre down.

[@amanalone3473]

If you have an immune disorder surely that counts as a disability? Do you not get extra?

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

To be honest I dont know what qualifies when it comes to specific disabilities.

[@shorty5346]

They expect you can do a complexed disability system when you would of thought how can you fill in a form if you had a disability to even understand it let alone they don't help you out plus when they interview you for pip all they care about is if you know how to use a microwave and if you know how to put your socks on not like much help I would go for diverse abilities team they could help you out they made it much harder to get dsla

[@peterbuko4857]

UC LIES PEOPLE CALL HOUSING IF THEY PAY YOU RENT THWY NOT I DID THAT YOU GETTING PAYMENT FOR KIDS AS U HAD BE FOR ON TAX CREDIT OR WORKING TAX CREDIT JUST MONTHLY U GETTING ALL AND NO HOUSING INCLUDING AND YOU WANT TO PAY BILLS WHERE FROM ?? they have to stop UC AS PEOPLE STARVING THIS IS JOT A JOKE

[@fionagregory8078]

I do not use heating in winter because I just wear more clothes and a woolly hat and it never gets that cold where I am anyway.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

One way to save money

[@ianreynolds8552]

You must have alot of clothes

[@rrenvrrenv8014]

We don't all live in Miami or the Bahamas

[@carolreilly9424]

Im 64yrs old i do not drink or smoke or take drugs. I went onto UC after my mother went into care after careing for her at home for 10yrs. I do not put my heating on ever! I depend on my daughter at times to feed me. I cannot find a job suitable to my needs. This situation has plunged me into depression and anxiety . I feel sad most days and helpless to improve my situation .

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

That is so sad to hear. Keep your chin up. Easy to get down but something will turn up good for you somehow. Stay strong Carol

[@FilmFan-iv7sz]

Have you told the jc about the issues you are having and seen your doctor they may change your commitment so you don't have to look for work as much. Also if you need food local food banks can help too 😊

[@libertangolyrics3308]

The most demonic, unfair and SAD system of benefit ever, especially for people with health issues and the elderly!! So-called 'work-coaches' phoning people EVERY MONTH/FORTNIGHT is perverse mental harassment that makes us all ill. Disgusting and deplorable joke run by clueless persons. People who are ill should be phoned/visited by a HEALTH coach every year, NOT harassed every month/fortnight to get sick notes from some doctors who even refuse to give sick notes, and then they are told to look at the job-markets when some are even too ill to go on there laptop or take a shower. I hope it goes to hell along with all their staff. The UC staff PLAY TRUANT just as much as any benefit cheats because rather than get a NORMAL job, they get paid wages for mentally harassing us on a phone leading to an increase in nervous breakdowns, suicides and people who can't support their own family. FACT; The staff are not even trained to deal with health issues! Instead they phone everyone including the vulnerable and the sick to try to get them working in the middle of a deadly pandemic when nearly every place is closed and their own government has told us all to STAY AT HOME!! The UC staff are even risking lives by telling people to use public transport when the government has given STAY AT HOME orders!!!

[@pday2722]

Dont you guys get social security payments over there?

[@fionagregory8078]

For a single person it does help if one does not drink or smoke or take drugs.

[@iamrocketray]

or pay rent or eat!

[@GG-hu9dn]

or buy clothes ; or go on holiday; or eat healthy ; and many other relative comforts; then I guess yes ... it's peanuts ? But then the average bigot - daily mail reader doesn't grasp that? Oh ... and let's not forget " corporate - welfare"? Which is consderably more lucrative and has far more lasting issues than smoking or taking drugs! It's an elite -" free - for all" to the tune of hundreds of billions? The billionaire, neoliberal press never mentions that ... does it?!? ;)

[@fionagregory8078]

It pays your rent.

[@fionagregory8078]

@@iamrocketray it pays your bloody rent and council tax.

[@vsculpt]

@@iamrocketray No she did NOT day that at all. But if you're on government hand outs it shouldn't pay you enough for a comfortable life style where you can afford to smoke, drink and take drugs. If you MUST have those thing get s bloody job that pays for such a life style!!!

[@sphamedia]

Here's one for you, I get 350 in housing benefit through legacy benefits, if I bought my flat and paid for it over 25 years with the saving limit of 6000 pounds as a deposit, my mortgage would cost me around 250, if they made housing benefit avalible to mortgages they would save 100 pounds, there would be a redistribution of wealth and I would be more applicable for employment as a disabled person because I would be able to take a minimum wage job that wouldn't be paying me a difference of 20 pounds a week, sometimes it's not about "scrounging the government" and more about practical and long term solutions to problems that more and more people face due to poor employment law

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I agree. Your maths make sense. The problem is the lenders stipulations, home insurance and then other red tape parties involved. I looked into this and looked at doing a possible video on your point and to be fair its more private organisations stopping that being an option

[@sphamedia]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions well yeah, I mean if they did that then that would release millions of people into the housing market and that would drive prices up. If they did it then it would come with stipulations that would make it pointless like the help to buy ISA, looking at the stipulations might make more sense, for example, if the lifted the savings cap to say, 10k, that would mean that people could persue personal actualisation and lesser the odds of debt after redundancy, people have a habit of playing Chinese whispers, a 6k cap goes from the ability to save to savings stop you from getting benefits, so people don't develop good financial practices in there teenage years and end up penny less wether they make 18k or 40k, and with the gig economy mentality of 0 hour contracts and 3 month contracts that renew for 2 years, we need the ability to move forward financially without having to think about what our capital does to our income, I've worked for 12 years but most jobs are fixed term in my area, even though I think all and all I've been unemployed for a year of that total, banks won't touch me and my savings can't do anything that will help out of the benefits trap

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

You make some very good points. With your logic you can see youd make a good employee. And thats a shame that your finding it a challenge.

[@sphamedia]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions thank you for your kind words, I like to think if I would be someone if It wasent for disability, autism makes it hard for me to cope with changes, I'd be fine if I would have long term employment but that's not the world we live in at the moment, and sezures make it impossible to take long commutes or take on any jobs that involve hazards so my options are slim lol, but if your doing anything in regards to the disability elements I'd be happy to give you any personal experience that might help

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Im having to hold off on the videos for now. Our business is very busy and it takes me a couple days to do the videos but id like to do videos covering the subjects you have raised. They are very relevant and important to help with. Thank you

[@brianfreeman8290]

Why when we applied, were we never told we'd have to repay it a year later? Over the last few months we have been crucified as the DWP helped themselves to my pension and my partners salary. I've sent a number of letters for an explanation but they are ignored.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I dont know. Presumably your household earnings have been recalculated so they take their money back. But not surprised about the lack of explanation or clarity

[@starrwinter]

This is why so many people in Canada want to fight for UBI (Universal Basic Income) that EVERYONE just gets paid. So all student, senior, disability, unemployment, and federal old age pensions can be rolled into one benefit - and it would always be there for EVERYONE each month if you filed your taxes each year. And if you make too much it would just be included in your income tax bracket as income for the year. Just the lower administration costs, putting money back into local cities and businesses, and keeping people off of various additional benefits + less healthcare costs from small studies they’ve ran would be worth it! It’s unfortunate that people sometimes just can’t get past the, “but that’s my money going to someone else for free!” No - that’s tax dollars actually being used for the public for a good, universal cause.

[@christopherwinstanley1348]

I'm not in receipt of any benefits, however ten years ago I had a downfall with work, home and bereavement so there was many reasons for me to be in those currcumstance. I'm only commenting to let others know, the benefits system is the problem (it's the cause for people being on the lower income). For anyone to think they'll have job security or face homelessness in this climate then its then they are in a bubble. They are not allowed to cause injury but they do. So they do a lot of things they shouldn't. Why pay so much in tax and insurance. I mean if they're going to twist the very purpose it's designed for.. then perhaps something better should be in place.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I agree. Its a twisted system. It needs altering to make it fit for purpose as its quite dangerous in its current guise

[@jackietreehorn5561]

Why would you want to go and fight for a country that doesn't look after its citizens?

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

It does look after its citizens. But that help seems a lot more of a reasonable level the more tax a citizen pays.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions it doesn't seem to me to be "looked after"

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I was agreeing with just implying that richer people seem to get an easier ride.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions too true bud

[@bassinblue]

Morale in the UK has taken a deep nose dive. Most people blame immigrants, however I'd say it's the system each new generation of government devise.

[@Huds71]

im waiting to see how much uc i get and if it covers my rent this 1st world country really does not help its citizens when in need and its pensioners its a disgrace

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Good luck.

[@hamaadmahmood689]

You’re videos are amazing sir. I’m a single lady and was wondering if Universal Credit has to be paid back (not advance). Can’t get me a job cause of this virus. Thank you sir

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

No. You do need to pay it back as long as you havent claimed for what youre not owed and then you just pay back the part overpaid.

[@hamaadmahmood689]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions I receive 342.72 monthly, do I need to pay that back or not sir

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Nope. Im not an assessor but presuming you know youre not claiming for things youre not entitled to like a disability you dont have then no payback needed. Its confusing as its called credit when it isnt like a credit card at all.

[@AdilKhan-rb4qq]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions Hi, i am new and i have some doubts about claiming universal credit, can you help me solve my doubt? Its that i am a foreigner and just moved to uk a month ago and i have claimed the universal credit but got stuck at the last step where it says to identify yourself online or they will call you, i wanna ask can i identify myself online without having a uk pasport o driving license? I mean its says that you need to register yourself in one of the companies that it gives you and scan your pasport there but i am unable to do that, is that because it has to be a uk pasport? Or there is something i am doing wrong? My final doubt is, is there any way that i can identify myself online without having uk paspord or driving license or insurance number?Or do i have to do it by phone?

[@derekspitz9225]

I'm not on UC, but I believe that rent payment does not go directly to the landlord under the new UC system. The responsibility for paying rent is with the tenant. Although, as stated in the vid, there wouldn't be much left for food and bills after paying rent.

[@learningpianoat61]

You can request that your rent is paid directly to your landlord.

[@learningpianoat61]

My experience with UC and DWP has been 100% positive.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Thats a good thing. I would presume youre in the minority but its great your experience has been positive

[@ianreynolds8552]

Universal credit is the new workhouse

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

It can certainly feel that way.

[@ianreynolds8552]

Hope will always be there, things can change and in my view will for the better

[@Doodlepabs]

Until they tax you hard

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Try running a limited company if you want serious tax. The gov love tax. But then again thats where the UC money comes from.

[@pday2722]

Then get out and get a job. That simple.

[@DanTheMan221]

You said it "few weeks or months", not a lifetime! Benefits aren't meant to be a career! 😅 👍

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I had to slip that in 😉

[@MikeTM-q8z]

I’m struggling like crazy benefits giving me £250 a month only jobs I get offered are offering (£7 hour to £8 hour ) Just because I’m young bearing in mind I have a 3 year old I don’t have a council house because they was offering me hostels with a 3 years old first thing I said fuck off and I put the phone down. I’m living in a private rented costing 520 just rent alone not including everything else that comes with owning a house and soon as I get a job I’ll need pay all that so I’ll be screwed completely left with no money spear and to make things worse money is printed

[@DanTheMan221]

Housing rates apply. Most rent isn't fully paid by UC!

[@stevebolton2547]

MP's from Labour and conservative have both said social security will cease to excist in about 16 yrs from now.

[@nathanarthur1414]

I got on a kickstart scheme and my payment got held for 4 weeks just because they decided to for the fun of it

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Youre not the first who's experienced that but sadly wont be the last

[@nathanarthur1414]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions i know the system is so flawed

[@barrykirkby9626]

I know this is an old post now but its exactly what I suspected for a long time.. UC is touted as the helper of those that need it but isn't a help if your headed for long term unemployment which as of writing this will be on the rise regardless of the government saying we have loads of jobs (its a big lie). Not only is it inadequate in a time of major inflation which we are now in - got to be about 11% in real terms, the sanctions that are handed out for even a minor infraction like missing an appointment can be crippling and even life threatening. To a degree the dingy invaders get it better with free accommodation, food, clothing, paid for mobile, and £35 cash each week - and they don't need tolook for work. And now they're employing 2000 people to claw back £2b of fraudulent payments.. Not concerned with reclaiming the untold billions given to companies over covid who took the money fraudulantly, nope that got wrote off.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

The system wont be invested in order to fix it because it's a loss maker for the economy. So it's open to people to take advantage whilst not providing enough support to the people who really need it

[@deanjohn433]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions you are correct the system is broken for the people who need it most like the disabled and seriously ill and according to stats I can find only 1 percent of any benefits claims are fraudulent who really would want to put themselves threw the ringer for 77 pounds a week

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Exactly. Its crazy

[@deanjohn433]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions it is crazy but some people believe shows like benefits street and the like which mainstream media push so everyone argues while the government gets away with there true agenda

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Tell me about it! They should remember Rule 1: Never believe anything the government tell you

[@peterrayner1119]

I had to get universal credit when I lost both my jobs due to covid, I'm only getting 350 per month and they want me to pay extra costs that they cant cover with this 350 I'm left with per month. So basically I'm gonna have to lie cheat and steal to survive, and I will! And I hope it's someone related to who ever is responsible for this shit. No wonder people are going nuts, I'll surely have to turn to crime and that means I'll probably end up in prison but at least I'll be fed in prison

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I wouldnt recommend prison but oddly the logic makes sense. It costs over £40k a year to house a prisoner. Ironic how they pay more for a criminal than a free citizen isnt it.

[@peterrayner1119]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions They don't mind paying it when they can lock you up, the country is run by peodophiles and sickos.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Despite how crazy the logic sounds youve got a point

[@peterrayner1119]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions You should make people aware of the DAF application for people who have lost their income due to covid if you haven't already buddy! I appreciate your chosen path of helping people in need, massive respect!

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Ill look to take your advice on board. Good on you.

[@alanmctavish4802]

Watch out citizens advice bureau work for the goverments councils. Thats who funds them! Aye asked for help with a form i couldnt understand for an assement and the woman who i saw that day in cab just totally made a mess of my form and deliberatly ticked the wrong boxes and didnt write the answer i gave her. She was aged about 80. And at my assesment the hcp asked me if i filled in the form and i said no the woman at cab made a mess of it. And that same form was used against me to find me fit for work despite the hcp knowing it was all wrong! When i read the hcp report i was sickend and livid with rage. Every person has a breaking point. And that coused me alot of damage mentaly. And uc just made me worse. A had to hand in a sick note every 2 month for 8 month till my appeal date and place came up. And i was getting texts at least 4 times a week saying my appeal was at another place. Ffs. I was demented. How can it be at 2 diffrent places at the same date and time. I know its so i would go to the other place in WELLINGTON STREET glasgow. I thinck. 20 mins before i went into my appeal at the rite place they still sent me a text saying its at wellington street. My support team that day just shook there heads and said this has to be reported to some one this is barbaric. Enufs enufs. I got a good dr who overturned my appeal or i would either be dead or in jail.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Jeez. The system is a joke. Oddly enough though the video we are doing next week is very much along those lines.

[@nikki4976]

No it doesn't, my dad worked all his life till he retired,then he got terminal cancer,passed away,my mum left on her own,my mum worked part time,in a school,she still doesn't,well since the day my dad died,never had benefits before,in her life,she had to go on universal credit,they looked at mum told her she got get full time job,my mum is retiring this year,but they want my mum at 67 to get a full time job,also they give my 25 quid a week to help her,they don't even help mum with her rent,so my mum is living on with her wages ,15 hours a week plus 25 quid universal credit,its disgusting when my dad worked full time for 40 years before his death ,then there's a women who lives below me just moved a man in her home,when she is on benefits ,also she is alcoholic and gets all benefits in the world ....please explain that to me,druggies,alcoholics,get every benefit going,but when someone is genuine they font have time for

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Sadly it doesnt work by fairness. It works by prioritising who causes you the most headaches. So good natured law abiding hard working and honoursble citizens get shafted because they dont cause headaches. But some right scumbag does cause the council problems. Thats how the system works in most cases.

[@ladyn5273]

Nicola your mum needs to go to Citizens advice ASAP.

[@vsculpt]

It's a disgrace, here in Australia they changed the rules you can't get disability payments if you're an addict of any type of any self inflicted problem like smoking related. Should of done it ages ago!!!

[@BlondeSpark5]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions people who have addiction problems with drugs and alcohol are not "scumbags", shame on you

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I didnt call them scumbags. I just said ppl who are scumbags.

[@robmercado8393]

Hello sir! I’m currently unemployed since the lockdown from March. I’m currently living with my mum and doesn’t get any forlough from my previous company I worked with because they sacked half of their staff before the lockdown. Am I eligible for Universal credit? Do I need to pay it back as soon as possible? Thank you for helping people here in KZbin!

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Hi Rob. It sounds like you probably are eligible but it depends on your mums financial situation. UC is based on household income not individual you see. As for paying it back, you dont need to unless youve overclaimed.

[@ladyn5273]

Revorec Recruitment Solutions This is wrong! He may be entitled to UC or New style JSA. His mother is not is spouse and is only counted for housing costs. Apply mate.

[@439bananas]

You might need to look at the rules for unfair redundancy, speak to a union rep.

[@ianreynolds8552]

Remember there is an advance payment yes and you have to pay that back. Under some circumstances you can have your benefit paid weekly or fortnightly

[@robmercado8393]

Hello! First of all. Thank you everyone for helping me here! I did apply for UC allowance and they leave a note on my journal that I need to "Prepare for and take part in your First Commitments appoinment by phone" on the 26th of August. Does it mean that they will tell me If I'm eligible to claim for UC based on all the documents and information I have provided? Again, thank you so much to everyone!

[@liszaf3976]

After my son finished university he suddenly needed to pay rent and council tax whilst looking for a job, applying for UC was not easy and it took time to get a payment but they stepped in and his rent and council tax were payed for a few months until he got his first job and salary! Obviously he didn't enjoy being on it, but it saved him from being homeless for a few months and was enough to live basically! I think in his situation it was great, I currently reside in another EU country and we have absolutely no help at all!! UC is not meant to be lived on it's meant to be a stepping stone! As for so many millionaires, if you live in London you are probably classed as one because of property valuations this does not make you cash rich and to get this money you would literally have to sell and move to another part of the country so your statistics are a bit misleading!

[@atruthseekerwords1941]

My landlord gets 797 a month i get 303 to live on ??? how does that work?

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Supply and demand. The demand for rental property means that if you dont pay it theres plenty of others who will. But theres not much benefit in the government giving away money if they can help it. Its economics

[@atruthseekerwords1941]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions Long-term result poor get poorer and stay in a poverty trap and the rich homeowners that landlords get richer. As I'm sure her mortgage isn't £797 but around£400 I don't live in London i moved because I couldn't afford it. No family support. (Raising a child ) No Humanity in the system. £ Ctax 104 Electricity Food Water Transport ( I don't have a car) How does this make a productive person and family in society?

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I agree. The truth is the government dont care. A government is like a business. If youre a loss maker then youre discarded. Sad but true. However Ive been there, been basically homeless, had 2 kids and nobody helped us. So it can be done just unnecessarily hard to do.

[@briandoyle667]

The background music is very distracting, not good at all

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I heard that before. I addressed this in future videos

[@peterbuko4857]

It’s not helping u go in the work let’s say u earn £300 on week witch is 1200 on moth and u get UC 1200 so they pay u a £600 on moth u pay your rent £500 £100 left for all month with 4 kids is this right uc do on people found

[@rudy2978]

It's made in such a way that you'll die starving no matter what. My house expenses are 900 pounds on 3 people, but I pay most of the bills by myself. Because my mother was on the tenancy agreement the government decides that the rule should be "mom pays for expenses" which is not the fucking case since I pay my own bills. But again, working your ass off and paying taxes for 4 years to receive miserable 140 pounds a month because my anxiety is thru the roof and I can't work. OK England.

[@techtinkerin]

Please sir, may I have some more? .. MORE???

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Oliver quote. Brilliant

[@allanbuttery5297]

Waiting One Month and One Week for your Cheese is not favourable with landlords or yourself.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Bet that is bread and butter for you

[@seasonedgambler9704]

A friend wants me to apply for working credit as i work fulltime and have some businesses under my name. She wants to be able to get a place to live with her kids and use my name as i work fulltime. Are there any setbacks for me? What should i be worried about please?

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

You work fulltime and have businesses under your name? Applying for working credit either means youre likely to be denied or if you lie in order to get approved and then found out that could apply as fraud. I wouldnt recommend it and plus if you were to need it then how badly are your businesses doing to need working credit. Thats what will raise eyebrows even on a basic investigation

[@MySensualWorld]

So they pay rent in addition to universal credit, is that what he said. That still is better than what many americans grt on welfare, but it sounds like universal credit, isn’t near good enough, so did your benefits just get worse the last few years, I’ve seen docs on Bbc America where some families on benefits got alot more money and they paid there rent, and got a food allowance, and none of those episodes did they call anything universal credit, so what happened?

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Universal credit is a new'ish introduction. In short it saves the uk government having to fund multiple departments and streamlines everything. Some people, those you see on documentaries, get various benefits that others see as only obtained through cheating the system. In the real uk benefits system away from tv most people cant afford to live and really struggle. Think people living in the projects in the US that are trying to get out but cant.

[@samanthahardy9903]

Rent is not always paid. It all depends on your circumstances and whether or not the DWP decide to pay it or not. Sometimes they screw peoples claims up and forget to include the rent. It's not always full rent that's paid either!

[@oscargrainger2962]

UC is supposed to be about people having some help when they lose their jobs, however some people in the U.K. think it’s there to support them forever. It’s a hand up not a hand out.

[@FilmFan-iv7sz]

I am still on the legacy benefit system I get £74 a week and my rent covered. I am dreading when the dwp ask me to move over to uc. The part that gets me is you have to do 35 hours jobsearch a, week. I do volunteer, work so I know the time spent on vol work is included up to 50%. Yet even if you do 35 hours a week after 2 days you just come across the same roles. Any chance you can do a video on the pointlessness of the 35 hour a, week jobsearch. Due to covid 19 the, amount of people on uc has shot up like crazy but the gov have given people on uc a extra £20 a week during covid until March next year and I dunno about other people's but my council have said I don't have to pay council tax for rest of tax year

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Thats an idea. I will look into it.

[@FilmFan-iv7sz]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions thank you for your reply. Be interesting to see what you find.

[@rinainlondon8]

Nice info😊

[@halcyonworld1382]

Could you help me, please.I've got UK settled status. I have been receiving universal credit since this May and I had to leave the UK in June. I am still out of the country. Will I be fined? What shall I do? I am planning to come back in September.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

You wont be fined but youll need to pay back anything you were paid but not eligible for. You are meant to update the journal with these details. But not everyone does for brief trips away so use your discretion.

[@vsculpt]

@Flat Bastard Engineering Channel love it!!!! I know right lam from Australia and we God knows how many foreigners sucking off our welfare system. God knows it's not what goes on in England. But l feel for your country!!

[@mikegill1513]

With people like you it is hard for any law abiding tax payer to give you any kind of sympathy...stay out of the UK and stop taking advantage...those that really do need money can't get it because of people like you!!!

[@luludunnejesus]

@@mikegill1513 if everyone gets mad ay the government the problem stops! Remember conquer and divide, is always there objective.

[@punisher6527]

Don't come back do everyone a favour

[@gagewhitaker3309]

It doesnt help when they tell u u have to look for jobs everyday and u have to note down in ur online journal an if u dont list down a lot they will moan about it the most depressing thing going really i dont wish anyone on having to be on uc luckily im only 20 an live w my mom but its just so shitty they really dont give as much help lmao its a joke

[@vanessahenderson1850]

Yes and also let's not forget that in some areas where there's been no investment in years that work is really scarce so how are people supposed to find employment

[@fionagregory8078]

Do away with mortgages. Mort is French for death. Just rent and have done with it.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Debatable but fair point

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

@adrobbo Id agree with you unless you have the money to put into something that makes more money than a mortgage is worth to you such as a big investment. But for most people, who arent hedge fund managers, I agree with you.

[@Anonymous-bu5bk]

Mortgage = Death gauge = How long will it take you to die and pay this back in full?

[@pday2722]

Yes, and if you live like that, you will soon be homeless, because rents have skyrocketed since covid. They have trippled.

[@kariemhamiri2252]

Tell me how many problems your uc with peoples???

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I dont understand. The question doesnt make sense?

[@kariemhamiri2252]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions l know lady she claim uc and she fell under residents test !!! she is disable since 10 years and the PIP pay her every month .. both under the umbrella of D.W.P law residents test . I been call the home office for her state the officer said she have leave to remain and she should apply for British citizenship since 2 years ago . I been in lawyer office To ask same he joke with me and said she is residents by uk law and title to apply for any benefit. Back to uc office job centre kingston ask the officer uc .l have all her documents plus mandatory reconsideration against the decision of the uc .since 3 weeks up today just promised 24 hours the call her from the UC. Now the answer of uc officer her case under the decision maker in the head office of UC ( they doing PH degrees for her case ) l ask for the phone number of decision maker in uc . They don't have but the rest of all the benefits under the umbrella of DWP l can have . So UC God father ( l deal with shadow & ghost) The uc officer tell me l don't have the decision maker number only l can email them . What those in side they cook and butcher the people's in uk ? Where is the law off the people right . Is the one which he make UC did he know what he doing ?

[@nafeesakhushbo1175]

Do my universal credit if my partner start working

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

I dont understand. The question doesnt make sense?

[@nafeesakhushbo1175]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions I said do universal credit will be effected if my partner have started the job

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Yes if you live in the same household and their earnings over the month exceed about 10 hours work. Youll still be eligible but be paid less.

[@nafeesakhushbo1175]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions ok thanks

[@rectify2003]

Dude too many statistics and figures in this video. The average person will click off this video pretty quickly

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Thank you

[@rectify2003]

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[@rectify2003]

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[@fionagregory8078]

Thanks.

[@DanTheMan221]

Very ungrateful people! Free money 💷 and look at all the negative comments! Let's stop your free money then? 🤔 😅

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

They are entitled to that money because just like you- you are constantly taxed. I hope you never need it because it is evil.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Money is evil?

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions no universal credit is.

[@DanTheMan221]

@@orderofmagnitude-TPATP you think free money is evil because?

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

@@DanTheMan221 no i think universal credit is evil because it does not give you enough "free money" as you call it even though it is far from free as you have paid in constantly with every transaction or work you've ever done. Then they hold it over you with sanctions for sneezing. Don't be a scumbag you know exactly what I mean and I pray you never need it and life does not ever put you in that predicament.

[@DanTheMan221]

UC is a scam by the way!

[@DanTheMan221]

@Emanuel Dorian Gandei Padurean the whole system is a scam! It isn't designed to help people but to justify national debt! And yes my suggestion is get a job or a better job!

[@fionagregory8078]

If people cannot budget properly, how is that the government's fault? It is common sense.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

Whilst I agree that common sense should be used, I think a parent who's struggling to provide for their families will not feel as accepting of that solution with the minimal financial help in place.

[@jackwatsonepic626]

I'm on universal credit and I get paid £316 a month and I don't drink smoke or take drugs and I am very careful with my money and I don't gamble either and it still doesn't last me a month the government gets the blame because they knew this would happen it's ok for them on over 60 to 100,00 a year wages isn't it that's what I'm trying to say that is common sense

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

@@jackwatsonepic626 I agree that the amount isnt nearly enough as this is a key component of the video, but most MPs dont earn what you imply. The standard salary for an MP is just over 60k per year. And whilst that's a good salary, it's not enough to live a life of luxury living in london if you live alone. Most MP's, whilst not poor, they're not exactly rolling in money either despite being responsible for running the country. To be honest Id be happier if they justified a top salary by doing a good job, than not addressing UC issues as outlined here. Thats the problem part.

[@fionagregory8078]

A single person can manage on it.

[@mariea1960]

Fiona Gregory you have no clue. I’ve worked my entire life and just recently been made redundant. I’ve had to claim UC and I’m entitled to £300 pm. As I’ve worked my monthly outgoings, insurance etc etc comes to over £400 per month. How am I supposed to eat, heat my house etc?

[@kevinelliott8972]

You have to live on a budget

[@Thelivelyone]

All fun suff.

[@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions]

You bet

[@Thelivelyone]

@@RevorecRecruitmentSolutions the cheek to call your self universal credit when the UNIVERSE has oready provided and for free .