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First UC UT decision!!!
http://www.osscsc.gov.uk/Aspx/view.aspx?id=4746 - if money is received in the assessment period it counts even if earned earlier so worth thinking about when you start a claim for UC if earnings still due from old job
[ Edited: 13 Jan 2016 at 11:13 am by Daphne ]Well, I’m puzzled as to how it got to UT.
“I gave him permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal for three reasons:
First, this is the first universal credit appeal that has come before the Upper Tribunal.
Second, the submission to the First-tier Tribunal was particularly skeletal in explaining the calculation of the award. I would be grateful if the Secretary of State’s representative would provide a full explanation with relevant legislation.
Third, I am puzzled by the assessment period. It is defined as a period of entitlement, but that seems to assume what has to be decided in that the attribution of income governs whether the claimant is or is not entitled”