UC help 🫤

Currently on no pay as mat pay has now ended, will return to work part time in the next couple of months earning around 12,000 for 16hrs. My partner earns 25k, we have 2 children. Would I be entitled to anything from UC? I did the entitled 2 checks on my first mat leave and it said I should've been entitled to a little bit, but when ringing they said I didn't meet criteria to gain help from them not even for childcare. So just trying to gage if it's worth applying for this time since I'm dropping hours from full - time to part time and very worried about money, especially with bills continuing to rise 😔

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Use the Facebook groups for an accurate calculation. They discourage people from using the websites as not massively accurate. I can help you do a calculation but you'd need to ping me a message so you're not sharing details.

Entitled to calculator online x

I'm guessing I can't accurately put anything in to entitled to online since I don't know what my actual salary will be once I go back next month part time (just know it will be roughly half of my full-time salary)... I can't apply for UC whilst on my final month of mat pay can I? Do I just wait till I get my first month's salary end of Feb/March to apply? Sorry for the questions... Can tell I'm new to this and just don't want to waste anyone's time or risk not getting anything when I'm entitled to something 😬🙂

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