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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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Universal Credit - Deprivation of Capital.
I am shortly to receive a lump sum from NHS Continuing Health Care which is a repayment of care fees paid by my now deceased mother between 2019 and 2021. It has taken 3.5 years since her death (2022) to get CHC to admit my mother was entitled to nursing funding during the time and should not have had to self fund her…
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Youreable disability forum down?
Does anyone know if the Youreable forum has been taken down permanently? There's just a notice for site maintenance but it's been like this now for several weeks. youreable.livingmadeeasy.org.uk One of the most helpful disability forums that I've been a member of for close to 10 years, it'd be such a shame if it's not…
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UC/LCWRA - Before 5/4/26 & Post 6/4/26
Hi Everyone, I have been searching and trying to find answers online, I have even asked UC, but they couldn't give a definite answer. I guess their advisors don't want to give incorrect information or put themselves in a difficult position. My 18 year old daughter has ESA credits only/in the support group status when she…
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CTR and carers allowance advice please.
My best mate and his wife have moved in with her dad who has had Parkinson's for a few years and last year had a stroke and his memory is not good and talking to the Parkinson's nurse about it she said a Dementia/Alzheimer's test may be the next step My mate is 59 and gets PIP and was had a very bad car crash and hasn't…
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Housing benefit for pensioner if they sell their house
Hi, my mother in law is considering selling her house and buying a static on a luxury site. She receives the state pension and pip. Her house is in a bad state of repair, needs a new roof and is made of wood. It's not worth much, maybe enough to buy a static new, a new car and mobility scooter. It's fully paid off. She…
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PIP reform / Timms Review - have your say
The PIP reform, known as the Timms Review, is requesting public views on PIP. Call for public views to improve disability benefit for millions - GOV.UK www.gov.uk/government/news/call-for-public-views-to-improve-disability-benefit-for-millions
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Council tax reduction
Hi, I'm a lone parent of severely autistic child. My son is 16 and has been awarded enhanced PIP recently. Do I need to tell council about it? I'm on UC and been receiving CTR anyways. Thanks.
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Mandatory Reconsideration
This discussion was created from comments split from: Mandatory Reconsideration.
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Tribunal PIP
Had a phone call from PIP. I applied to tribunal as I've asked for high rate mobility following my PIP review. The representative asked me a few questions, all of which they already have the answers to from the paperwork. The representative didn't say what would happen, just said I will get a letter on the post. Why call…
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Universal credit suspension
My UC has been suspended and is with a decision maker to see if my claim needs adjusting and to verify savings. I did have savings, over the past twelve months these have dropped, no huge purchases no transfers it's just been used to bridge the cost of living, bills, debts food e.t.c and has dropped quite, I was slightly…
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Should I keep our joint bank account ?
A long time back my husband added me onto his bank account, so it became a joint account. This was because he has a longterm illness and was struggling to use his hands for signatures and his ability to speak on the phone. Its worked fine as but as his health deteriorated couple of years back I was forced to use the…
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Care Funding and Pension Capital Disregard Question
I'm looking after my mothers finances, she is in a care home and self funding. She is over state pension age and so far has not withdrawn any money from her SIPP. I was playing around with various AI chat engines trying to figure out the most tax efficient ways of paying for her care when one of the systems mentioned…
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Hi all, help owing money to dwp
Hi, im new and not sure if i am doing this right but here goes. My husband and i were moved to universal credit last year and now we supposedly owe over £2000.00 back as they say my husband never said he was having carers allowance. when it was set up we informed them he had the underlying entitlement to carers allowance…
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3yo about to start nursery, how quickly will UC try and force me to work over 16hr p/w?
We've got a hell of a lot of challenges in our lives at the moment, bungalow badly needs fixing, terminal cancer diagnosis of someone very, very close to us and other major issues not of my making. Single parent not thru death but something similar (don't want to list too many identifying details). I worked full time my…
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Childcare frequency impact on benefits
Hi, Unfortunately, I find myself in the unenviable position of a messy divorce. We have concluded the financial side of things and the divorce has been finalised, but I am fighting for 50/50 shared care of our two children. We have been through mediation, and the best agreement we could come to, was Sun / Mon / Tue nights…
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High child benefit charge, repayment through salary, can anyone explain?
Hi. I owe £973 to HMRC for high child benefit charge. I opted to have this taken through payroll so repaid through my monthly salary. HMRC have adjusted my tax code to compensate for this to S1052L. So adjusted my tax code personal allowance by £2318. Can someone explain this as I just can't understand it when I only owe…
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How accurate are the various Benefits Calculators ?
Hi folks, hope you can help please ! It's really hard to find advice about how much Housing Benefit my 71 year old friend will be entitled to if he moves into sheltered accomodation, as no one dares give him a figure ! And he has to make a decision within the next couple of days. He is 71 and has a very low income from his…
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Child Benefit for 1st born
Hi, we had our first child. We are not married, and live together. Im really confused about understanding tax so seeking some clear answers in terms of claiming child benefit and higher tax Mother earns 45k, and Father earns 68k (plus around 6k bonus a year). Mother is on maternity pay, and will go back to work after one…
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Does leaving a job, when you believe you're going to be fired, affect benefit eligibility?
I'm being put on a PIP at work. I'm aware that if I don't meet the objectives, I'll be fired, unless I'm lucky enough to be offered another role at the company. But, if there is no other role, it will be better for me in future job interviews etc to be able to honestly say that I resigned, rather than that I was fired. But…
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Mandatory Reconsideration
Hi. I have just submitted a Mandatory Reconsideration for PIP as I don't think they took into consideration that my mobility had deteriorated dramatically when they looked at my renewal, and I wondered if anyone has had experience of requesting a Reconsideration and how long it will take. Do they send a text to acknowledge…
