Universal Credit
Benefits
Education
Employment
Housing
Universal credit is a maze. This guide is DR UK's essential guide to finding your way through that maze, written by our in-house benefits experts. It will help you maximise income for yourself and your clients and avoid the pitfalls – such as having your benefit sanctioned.
The guide covers:
- The qualifying criteria
- How you claim
- Help with housing costs
- The work capability assessment
- Your responsibilities
- How universal credit is paid
- Moving from legacy benefits
- How to appeal
A new version of the guide has been published in April, fully updated for 2025/26 and is available to download now for free - see below.
Want to donate?
These factsheets will always be free, so that everyone who needs them can access them, no matter what!
However, if you found them helpful and are able to, why not consider making a small suggested donation of £1 towards our work?
