Universal Credit

Sign in to your Universal Credit Account

Apply for an advance on your first payment, see your statement, report a change in circumstances and more ...

• Sign in to your Universal Credit account
• Or create a Universal Credit account
• You want to claim Universal Credit again

Check if you can get Universal Credit

• Who can claim Universal Credit
• If you're employed
• Claiming Universal Credit when you're self-employed
• Business expenses you can report if you're self-employed
• Report business income and expenses if you're self-employed
• If you're unemployed
• If you have a health condition or disability
• Universal Credit for couples
• If you're claiming other benefits
• Frontier and cross border workers

How you claim Universal Credit

• Getting ready for Universal Credit
• How you make a claim
• What to do after you have claimed
• Agree your Universal Credit Commitment
• Managing your Universal Credit account
• Unable to manage your claim by yourself
• Sharing information with others
• Contact Universal Credit for help with your claim
• Changes you need to tell Universal Credit about

When and how much Universal Credit you'll get paid

• How much you get and how you're paid
• Universal Credit payments for children and childcare
• Universal Credit payments for housing
• Help while waiting for a payment
• What will affect your payments
• Money taken from your payments
• Who to talk to about deductions from your Universal Credit

Additional help if you're claiming or receiving Universal Credit

• Extra help to make or maintain your claim
• Help to find work on Universal Credit
• If your Universal Credit claim is reviewed
• Who to contact if you disagree with a Universal Credit decision
• Cost of Living information and advice
• More financial help if you get Universal Credit