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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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ESA Support Group and lump sum pension
Sorry if this is in the wrong section. I am currently on the old ESA and in the support group part (I have been for a while) I have just hit 65 years old. My state pension doesn't start until I am 67. I have a very small private pension from a previous employer, and I have been offered to take it as a lump sum of…
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Advice: UC and deprivation of capital
I've recently been made redundant. I'm in my mid-50s and had a retirement date in mind based on continuing to contribute to a pension. Obviously I'm making no contributions right now. I've just started my nJSA claim but the job market seems brutal. Far harder than when I was looking voluntarily 4 years ago (when I was…
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Transfer deeds
Another question which is probably an obvious answer, our son has autism and we've been advised to make a will in trust so that when we pass he won't lose his benefits by inheritting. Can we "give" our house to him now? Would it be classed as capital and he'd lose his ESA?, tia
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UC and living together
Hi, will try to keep this as short as possible here is the situation. We are a family of 7 in 3 a small bedroom property. (3 over 18's) My boyfriend is looking at changing job. Currently I work 2 days in work and self employed from home between 3-5 days depending on work load. My oldest lad does shift work and partner will…
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No trusted people as trustees
Hi, our son has autism and we've been advised to make a will in trust so that when we pass he won't lose his benefits by inheritting. I don't know if there is an answer to this but we don't have 2 people we trust for trustees, the people we do know and trust are in their 70s,so who would take over if they passed? If anyone…
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Can you help me help my friend?
This discussion was created from comments split from: Pension drawdown query.
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PIP is new to me - how long does it take? And what changes do I need to tell them & when?
I'm in a period of sick leave due to what I'd call a physical disability from an accident. I'm sure others would have a more official name for it and not "physical disability" but basically an accident prevented me from doing a number of things we all take for granted. Someone told me to apply for PIP. Back story to that…
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Universal Credit - Super Sanctions
I would be grateful for some informed advice concerning an unusually long-running Universal Credit sanction. Claimant inadvertently missed attend a Jobcentre appointment in early 2023, and received a low-level sanction as a result. It was the first sanction he had ever received. He had been told previously at the Jobcentre…
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Does Child benefit count as income?
Hello. The Child benefit has been set up in my partners name, but I noticed on my HMRC account it shows the following for this tax year. Under the section.... All activity on your PAYE account(current tax year) Child Benefit of £3,268.20 added My last two tax years have still not been finalised. I understand 25/26 is too…
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Is there a 2 year wait, before you can apply for PIP again after residency fail?
So I failed residency I was out the country for 3 years , I failed the appeal. Its now 1.6 years since arriving back to the UK.
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Confusion over when Transitional Protection ends, help needed please.
Hello, I am new to the forum and need a bit of guidance as I feel quite confused and slightly overwhelmed. I apologise for the length of this discussion and if anyone has the time to advise me, I would be extremely grateful. My query is around Universal Credit and Transitional Protection in particular. For context, I was…
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Legacy income related ESA
A close friend that is on the above benefit (and has been for many years due to an acquired brain injury) that is possibly in line for income from a rental property of approximately £13000 has asked me how much will this income affect his benefits. As far as I am aware the reduction is on a sliding scale from 6 to 16…
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ESA
Hi all ! I would be very grateful if you guys could help me to clarify a few things regarding the new style ESA For a bit of background: I’m 61, I work 30 hours a week. Partner receives his state pension and a state foreign pension and also still works part time. We have about 30000 in savings. Unfortunately my health has…
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DWP visiting after submitting carer’s allowance claim
Hello all, my 26 year old son lives at home and has always received DLA and transitioned to PIP with enhanced living component as well as UC. I am his official appointee. I have never claimed any benefits and stayed at home for the past 10 years when he finished school, relying on my husband’s wages.I began working last…
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How to know what benefits you could be entitled to?
Asking on behalf of my mother as she wont seek help herself yet if we insist on it she'll accept it then. Going back quite a few years I know she was on DLA & something else. I forget what. One was means tested & the other wasn't. I remember her getting herself all worked up over one of them she had to be assessed for…
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PIP - 4 points on a descriptor?
Hello, There was talk some time ago about needing to get at least 4 points on a daily activity descriptor to be eligible for PIP. Did that idea get binned? Do you now need to get at least 4 points on one of the non-mobility descriptors? Is that rule coming into force soon in the future? Renewal PIP forms dropped through my…
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UAL level 3 art foundation diploma + child benefit
The UAL level 3 one year standalone foundation diploma (for an 18 year old) = full-time non-advanced education but the HMRC webpage hasn't got a category for it, so you have to phone the office on 0300 200 3100 and ask them to add the extra year on your account.
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Gifting Problem
What is best way to gift money to adult relative on benefits due to childhood illness? If I gift the money, the relative will have benefits withdrawn. Is a Trust best way of doing it? or will my relative still lose out?
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Anyone else been this unlucky with UC?
For years, i claimed Child Tax Credits. My husband works full time and i was bringing up 3 children. 2 years or so ago it all ended abruptly when they became UC. Applied for this, attended job centre interviews, only to be abruptly told 'we have stopped your claim'. Looking into it, it's because, even though we are classed…
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Universal credit
if someone has a wife who looks after their only disabled child, what would their earnings have to be to claim uc?
