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Its about helping people get their entitlement! Not about benefits policy!
Its about helping people get their entitlement! Not about benefits policy! This board is here for help and support for those on or looking to claim benefits, not for judgement. Its ONLY focus is helping people with their money. It's here to help people find out what they are entitled to under the current system, and to…
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*USEFUL LINKS*
MoneySavingExpert insert: Huge thanks to Fran for compiling this list some time ago. The MSE article and forum links are up to date but links to other sites may be broken. Back to Fran's original post: ---- The following links may prove useful in looking for information about Benefits and Jobseeking. MSE Attendance…
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Untaken private pension and housing benefit
Hi, I'm asking on behalf of someone else, they live in charity owned sheltered accomodation. She is 59 and probably on every benefit available... This is a question about housing benefit, and a private pension her father set up years ago. I understood she would not be forced to take her pp until she reached pensionable…
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Kind Advice Required regarding sale of a personal digital asset
Hello everybody. Apologies if this is being posted to a wrong section of the forum, first time poster here. I have been on UC for a couple of years now and also claim carers allowance for caring after my mother. I have a question in relation to the sale of a digital personal asset to a international friend living in Dubai.…
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Advice needed for eligibility to benefits
My wife and I are both in our early 60s, our only income is my NHS pension which is around £1140 a month. We are both unable to work for medical reasons. We have modest savings (around £80k) for our retirement which means we are not entitled to social security benefits. With the cost of living rises, energy prices, council…
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Reporting Help to Save Account to Universal Credit: Necessary Under £6,000?
Do I need to report my Help to Save account to Universal Credit if my total savings are under £6,000? Thanks,
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£6000 in savings
When is the £6K threshold going to go up with inflation? It’s been six grand for a long time look how much rents have gone up. we have only £5000 in savings but when UC comes in the same sort of time as wages for the month it takes us over for a short time until the £2500 rent is due. will this be a problem should we…
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Disability Living Allowance ? Smaller than expected payment.
My Disability Living Allowance from 08 April 2024 was to be £72.85 for middle care and £28.70 for mobility every week £101.35. The DWP letter dated 23 March said the entitlement would be £405.40 every four weeks from 8th April and my last payment, before today, was on 02 April. Today I received £399.05. Does anyone know…
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UC Migration Application - Fit Note Question
Hi, I am currently migrating from Tax Credits to UC. I have completed every section apart from the health section. The reason is down to my Fit to Work note issued by my GP in January 2021. The UC application requires an end date from the Fit Note to allow me to finalise the application. But the end date on my Fit Note is…
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update of mixed age couple / pension / HB and THANKS to certain posters
Just an update regarding my situation and a BIG THANK you to certain posters, that being @poppy1234 and @Spoonie_Turtle especially. Also to @calcotti for previous advice last year. Here is the thread Apply for State Pension and query about mixed age couple — MoneySavingExpert Forum The best financial way after SP age for…
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How much income effects Special Guardianship Allowance.
Hi. Does anyone know how much income effects Special Guardianship Allowance? Me and my Husband are in our mid 50s and we have a 6 year old on a SGO, with an income form the local authority of about £150 a week. Plus I work 38 hours a week. My Husband is returning to work after ill health and I wondered if due to his income…
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Help with PIP Award
Hi, I'd appreciate anyone's help with this. My daughter was awarded PIP for a number of reasons, some of which improved with a major improvement with her mental health. She duly notified them of the fact that she needed reassessing. Some of her on-going issues relate to mobility, for example, she cannot find her way about…
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Housing element of UC has gone up but will other benefits also rise?
I'm getting around an extra fourty pounds a month housing benefit and just wondered if the standard allowance and my LCWRA will be going up as well? Thanks.
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Stuck in a name-changing loop with HMRC
My wife is trying to change her name with HMRC. She has gone to this government web-site, and signed in using Government Gateway, which requires her to prove her identity. She cannot prove her identity, because the name listed by HMRC is different from the name on her passport and driving licence. So she's in a genuine (I…
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Charge For Extra Bedroom UC
Hi Can anyone help me. I have for the past two years paid £77 a month out of any award for UC on the grounds that the property has one extra bedroom. However this is not the case as UC have not included the carer that I need overnight who has to use one of the bedrooms which and evidently would be the extra bedroom UC are…
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UC LCW to LCWRA backdating transition
Can someone shed some light on this please. Been on lcw for approx two years and requested for a re assessment due to change in health. Provided deterioration fit note and requested new assessment last October which I requested my via journal. Was put forward for this and was awarded lcwra on 25th April following my…
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PIP means tested
If PIP is not means tested, does that mean literally anyone can get it regardless of whether or not they need it? As in a billionaire could be receiving £180 per week from the state to help with electricity bills?
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Major changes to PIP disability benefits
Really not good news Instead of cash payments, PIP could be replaced by vouches and people who claim PIP could have the benefit stopped and made to have treatments instead and being forced into work. Mel Stride, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is set to announce plans to overhaul the way disability benefit works in a…
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How long does it take to receive first child benefit payment?
My baby is 15 weeks old, we had a long hospital stay so I only applied for child benefit (online) 2 weeks ago, they only backdate it 3 months but I believe the clock starts the day the birth is registered, not the birthdate? Is that right? I got a text from HMRC confirming they’d received my application, and today I…
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Ineligible service charges and pension credit?
I understand some service charges are not covered under housing benefit, but is this still the case if you're in receipt of pension credit?
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Son living in Spain NHS eligibility
Hi, my 24 year old son has moved to Spain, he,s in a civil partnership with his girlfriend who is a spanish resident and he has just been granted residency about 3 months ago. Can anyone advise about his continuing eligibility to NHS healthcare/eligibility for spanish healthcare. I,m worried he may lose the NHS and also…
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Carers Allowance Overpayment when Self Employed
Hi, I could really do with some help and advice please. I have been self employed for around 7 years working part time whilst caring for my disabled teenager. I have claimed carers allowance for approximately 12 years, as my earnings have always been below the LEL I have never worried about exceeding any limits, live a…