| Comment | Any idea how it works for couples?
I'm self employed and my partner works. Do we get the couple rate + the self employed min rate equivalent to ssp (I think £593.14) or just the couple rate alone? (£498.89)
and then, my partner works in one of the job that just got shut down by the government, so will be getting 80% of her wages, which is going to be around £900 p/m.
On UC, they deduct 63p for every £ earned. They apply this to a joint claim, don'y they? So her £900*0.63 = 837. Am I right in assuming then that the UC claim works out to be zero, because the 837 wipes out the joint claim and they would say we both need to live off the £900 for the month?
edit: also, I think barbers would be allowed to stay open. Whether it's worth it or not, whether for financial reasons or for health reasons, I don't know. |
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