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How to get two names on bills?

Pegasus-185 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:54:38 GMT

Hi all,

For a universal credit application, I need to get a utility bill with both my name and my wife's name.

How do I edit / alter my account to enable this?

Is it something as simple as changing my first name to "[mine] & [wife's]" or is there a better way?

I have added my wife as an account admin, and have tried to navigate the maze of help topics/account admin without success so far.

Thanks for any help!

Re: How to get two names on bills?

Keith_Beddoe — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:14:41 GMT

@Pegasus-185

The bill can only have the account holder`s name shown on it.

Re: How to get two names on bills?

Pegasus-185 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:20:06 GMT

Thanks 🙂

Re: How to get two names on bills?

Keith_Beddoe — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:46:28 GMT

@Pegasus-185 wrote:
Thanks 🙂

I think that may be the case for other utilities.

You may be able to provide two separate utility bills with different names, if your wife has a utility in her name only, provided the address is the same. This would of course, not apply to BT.

You would have to check that with the DWP.

Re: How to get two names on bills?

Pegasus-185 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:09:42 GMT

The cynic might say that this is the DWP being "difficult by design"