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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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Joint UC account, does partner keep claim if I take pension?
Hi, we’ve had a UC claim for years as a couple. I’ve been working self-employed and reporting my varying income and expenses, month by month. I turned 66 in January. Our payment includes components for Carer’s Allowance (to me), and Limited Capability to work (partner). It’s financially advantageous for me to claim the…
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Tax credit overpayment
Hi, I recently changed from Tax Credits to UC after getting my migration letter. I was always afraid to switch due to the delay in getting money. However I was surprised to learn I was entitled to double the amount I was getting with TC. TC have now asked for pretty much all of what they had given me last year due to over…
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State Pension - Applying By Phone
Hello, When applying for your state pension by phone, are you actually applying for it or do they simply send you forms? Also, I worked overseas for around 3 months many, many years ago. Nothing special just a general labouring job, so should I mention this if it's going to complicate things?
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New childcare rules
Hello, newbie here. Apologies if this is already on here. We haven't applied for child benefit before and just had our first child. My wife's adjusted net income is below the new £60k cut-off. My adjusted net income is between the new £60k - £80k threshold. When applying, should I apply (as the highest earner) and do the…
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Universal credit migration and inheritance
We have just moved over through the migration from tax credits to universal credit and had our first payment from it. We are due inheritance from a house sale soon . My question is , is this inheritance going to affect claim or is it under the traditional protection? I've tried looking into it but it's confusing. We want…
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Inheritance & DWP Universal Credit concerns
I recently lost my mother and she left her paid off house and savings to myself and my brother. We are both executors but i will be managing the probate since he lives and works in the states. Her savings were around 90k and the house has a value of 250k or so. The 3 banks have not required a grant of probate because the…
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Personal Pension and UC
Good afternoon, I wondered if somebody could give me some guidance on the following please. I have been trying to sort out my husband's personal pension since his retirement in February and need to get something sorted as I don't want UC to think I'm trying to defer it. Because I am Power of Attorney it is taking so much…
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WTC Migration To UC First Payment
Looking for some advice, just got our first UC payment, migration from WTC and it is £39 for a month. We previously got £35 per week working tax credit. I got the severe disability element of WTC Working Couple, total earnings £2400 and declared £26k savings Thought the transitional protection payment was supposed to make…
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Child Benefits - Self Assessment or not?
Hi All, Can't seem to find the answer online wondering if anyone can answer this for me. I understand 2023-2024 Child Tax benefits you start paying back if over £50k In my personal circumstance my PAYE is £48k, but with bank interest it brings it over £50,600 (roughly). (non ISA, normal savings account) I already use…
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Building society account for UC
My wife is currently in the process of making a claim for UC. It's on behalf of our daughter. It's a long story (daughter has autism and mental health issues) My wife's been told that she has to open a separate bank account for our daughter's UC to be paid into as it can't be paid into our joint account. Which is fine. She…
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PIP claim
I am wondering if i should be claiming for PIP? i have suffered from depression and anxiety for 3 years i take Citalopram and Propanolol for this. I have good days and bad and work full time however i sometimes don't work because if it. Am i likely to get it or is it a waste of time?
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Migration to UC - In-year finalisation questions
Hi there, We are due to migrate over to UC in the next 4 ish weeks. I understand when we hit the submit button on the UC claim, it will end our Tax Credits claim on that day, and trigger an in- year finalisation process. Is this done quickly enough to be used for the calculation of transitional protection, if any is due,…
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Attendance Allowance (AA) - Annual Benefit Statement
Just popping this here to share this information, which might save a lengthy wait on the phone to DWP, who are being inundated with calls on this subject at the moment. I have LPA for my father who suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. Dad was in receipt of AA when he lived at home and I cared for him. He suffered a stroke and…
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Registering a Correspondence address with DWP?
Recipient is in a care home with dementia
(self-funding) and receives State Pension (SP) and Attendance Allowance (AA).
Daughter lives in Australia and has a registered Lasting Power of Attorney for
her mother. No family in UK. DWP currently have the recipient’s former home (now sold) as her registered
address and all…
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Deductions
If over £6k then there is a deduction of £1 per £250 or any part of from income benefits. If you are more than one, can it be taken off each benefit? So if on ESA HB & CTR would that be £3 per £250 or is it only on one of those benefits? If so, which one?
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Tax credit to UC
Hello, I recently moved to UC and not received my first payment yet. It will be end this month. Previously I provided tax credits with my 2023/24 estimated income. I make payments to charities gift aid so I have take that into account. How the tax credit award will be finalised? Will they write to me requesting income…
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self employed UC - new MIF for 2024/25 applied this april or May?
Hello my UC period is from 13th to 12th. So this curent period is from 13th March 2024 to 12th April 2024. I just want to know if the new MIF will apply in this period or the next period on? Last years MIF was £1410, this years MIF I predict will be £1542 - just need to know if it will apply this month. Reason I ask is I…
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Tax credits to Universal credit
Ні, For anyone who has moved from child Tax credits to UC. Are your payments less than Tax credit even with transactional protection? It seems that UC deducted a lot more whereas tax credit didn't and my dad's getting £400 less a month on UC than tax credits. However, I thought with UC you're entitled to the same amount.…
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Child Benefit. ,
Need some advice if possible. I am a PAYE employee and have been for many years now. Until recently and Martin highlighting the changes in child benefit thresholds, myself and my wife did not realise that because I was earning over 50k (from 2020 onwards) that for some years we actually were not entitled to claim child…
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Widowed parents backdated payments
Hello. I applied for the backdated payments for widowed parents, now that the law has changed and we were not married. I applied in July 2023. I am still waiting on a decision. I feel like I am just being ignored now. I've rang them to be told "We don't know" and contacted my MP. Still nothing. Can they just continue to…