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Carer Element
Hello, I am currently on tax credits but received migration notice. My wife is carer for our child so she will be entitled to carer element. She is also receiving carers allowance which will be deducted from the award. My mother in law lives with us. I am working full time so cannot get carer allowance to look after her.…
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Council Tax Reduction
Can someone explain why on my council tax reduction it's saying I need £0.00 to live on? Extract: Income use in the calculation - £306.11 Less how much you need to live on - £0.00
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access to work coach if are savings too high for UC
If ones savings exceed the 16k limit for Universal Credit eligibility, can one still have access to a work coach? Also is it still possible to get National Insurance credits while unemployed, even when not eligible for Universal Credit?
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LA financial assessment - Charging rent to disabled adult daughter living at home?
HI, apologies that this is quite a long post but.............. We have a disabled daughter who has learning disability and behavioral problems. She has no independence and requires 24 hr care / supervision and this is going to be the case forever. She spent a period of time in a care setting but that has collapsed and now…
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Lcwra- help me understand the assessment period please
Hi I’m just a little confused as to when I will be receiving my first lcwra payment, first Sick note 21st November 2023 received my letter to say I am entitled to lcwra on the 28th feb 2024 My assessment period is from the 8th-7th each month I get paid on the 14th of every month i I know it needs to be 3 full assessment…
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PIP and State Pension query
Hi all My wife currently receives PIP which ends the day before her 66th birthday next March when she will receive her full State Pension. I recently read that if someone is entitled to PIP in the year prior to State Pension Age that they can apply to renew their claim and get both PIP and SP. Will she receive a letter…
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Still waiting on backdated widowed parents allowance
Hello. My partner died in 2004. I have been told he paid enough National Insurance contributions and as my daughter was only two, I still received child benefit when the law changed. When the law changed I was not married and not living with anyone new. However, 10 years ago I lived with someone new for 2 years. This seems…
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Widowed parents allowance claim
Keep reading about successful backdated claims but I sent mine to Government department last September and have still to be notified of outcome. Anyone else never had a reply after sending in their claim??
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Relay UK app as part of commitments?
I’m suddenly in a position where I need to accept commitments for UC. Nothing has changed my end I thought I was on light touch but somehow things have changed somewhere. as part of commitments it says I have to accept relay UK and download the app and let it see everything on my phone and have access to all contacts I am…
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Marriage Tax Allowance and Contribution based ESA
Hi, does anyone know if I'm allowed to transfer my marriage allowance to my husband if I claim contribution based ESA? Thanks.
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Universal credit help/house sale
Hi. Bit of a tricky one here so please bare with me. Me and husband split in 2020. He refused to leave marital home so I moved out and private rented with my 2 children. I am named on the mortgage however is wad his house before I moved in and remortgaged. I claim universal credit and get housing element, single and…
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When to claim Child Benefit for those making a new claim because of the HICBC changes
According to the Finance Bill published on parliament.uk a couple of days ago, any Child Benefit paid for weeks in 23/24 will be treated as paid for weeks in 24/25 for HICBC purposes, as long as the claim is made on or after 6th April. This is relevant because a Child Benefit claim can be backdated for up to 3 months. As…
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child tax credits hours change and migration to universal credit
I had a reduction in hours at work back in September of 25hrs down to 23hrs per week. Due to staffing issues my working day didn't initially change but we were given time back. I wasn't aware that I needed to inform anyone at the time as I thought it was too smaller change. I had it in my head you only needed to state a…
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ESA Reassessment
Hi there, I received a form from ESA to complete and send back by the 26th of December. I have been receiving ESA for around 7 years and am in the work related activity group. I think it is called a reassessment form? I sent it back in the middle of December but have not heard anything again from ESA. I was wondering what…
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Problems migrating from tax credits to universal credit
Hello, is anyone else experiencing issues trying to migrate from tax credits to universal credit? We've been getting tax credits for years and had the impression that migrating to UC would be a simple and painless process but instead it's turning out to be invasive, patronising and a lot of hassle! My husband is self…
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universal credit
Is there a savings limit that will stop me claiming universal credit
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Not eligible for Tax Free Childcare
Is HMRC looking to address the current criteria for this. it seems odd that you can have 2 adults (say mum and dad) earn anything upto 99.9k a year each and benefit from 20% discount but if one person is earning over 100k that and another person on minimum salary, then both not eligible?! Should income threshold be a…
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Cost of Living Payment - is it worth appealing?
I am autistic and it is quite possible I am being overly black and white/not understanding. Please can someone help? I submitted a mandatory reconsideration for the cost of living payment because a summer work bonus pushed me over the threshold to be eligible for one day of the assessment period. From the MRN: "The…
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Giftor and the effects on Universal Credit
My daughter is trying to purchase a shared property. She works full time but is on low wages and so has this topped up with Universal Credit. As her parent, I am the giftor of her deposit. The solicitor she has was recommended by the shared ownership company and mortgage broker, say that the deposit, from me the giftor,…
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Uc from single to joint
So I’m due to be paid my single payment on 20th March my assessment period is 14th to 13th of every month and I changed it to a joint claim yesterday will I still get my single payment next week as I spoke to uc and was told it just gets carried over