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PIP help
I am hoping for some advice for my partner. My partner suffers with significant mental health issues and was previously awarded the higher rate of Daily living allowance for personal independence payment. He was awarded this after attending an appeal in early 2016. He had to reapply for this benefit due to the DWP putting…
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Sleepless nights ahead. Please help
Hi my husband just got a tax compliance notification regarding child benefit payments for year end 2015 & 2016. His annual salary for both years was around £51k before pension, he also pays student loan company. I wrongly assumed student loan payments were made before tax and thought we were ok. For year end 2015 he also…
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Huge TC overpayment that's wrong
Hi there, Hoping someone can give me some advice as I've gotten myself in such a state I can't think straight. I had a childcare audit earlier this year, all fine, sent them all the details, receipts, and statements etc... I'd averaged my childcare out over the year @ £77pw. They edited it slightly to say £55 for a period…
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reclaiming JSA after holiday abroad
Hi, I'm claiming contribution based JSA at the moment. I've booked a week family holiday for end oct. This was booked before I found out I've been made redundant in August and it's not something I can rescheduled or ask for a refund. I'm aware I won't be entitled to JSA whilst I'm out of the country. Will I have…
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Severe Disability Premium Help Please!
Hiya, asked this in a Facebook community and was directed here, very informative so far, thank you for having me :beer: Basically I've been in the Support Group of ESA since 2012. I have been in receipt of PIP on the standard daily living rate since 2013. This was reviewed as recently as 2 months ago and it has been…
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Change of employment and universal credit
Please could someone help. I work 20 hours a week (am single mum with little girl) and claim tax credits and housing benefit. I have been invited for second interview for another job 30 hours a week. I went on turn2us to work out what my entitled to tax credits and housing benefit would be. It said in my area any changes…
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ESA back pay query
Hi. A simple question first, if it's possible to answer without all the details... I have been on ESA since September 2016. I have not yet had a WCA. I believe I am entitled to back pay, covering the difference between what I am paid and what I should have been paid once assessed and placed in a group. My question is…
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customer compliance office interview for housing benefit
Hi all, My husband has received a letter inviting him for an interview for a customer compliance office interview for housing benefit. Can anyone shed any light on this as our circumstances haven’t changed and the letter is addressed to only him and not the both of us? Don’t know why I worry about things like this? 😕
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Help with universal credit please.
Does anyone know of any way of finding out when we will change over to universal credit? I'm really worried about changing over and I'm having a bit of a tough time with my health at the minute and it's something that I'm worried about. Also, I was hoping to change my bank details as I was hoping to get a new and better…
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tax credit and payrises
I will be getting a large payrise over 10K What happens with my tax credits I was claiming? I may be over the amount I can't now claim anything (does anyone have a link to what the ceilings are) If I am no longer entitled to claim do they stop immediately or do I still qualify for this year as it goes on lasts years wage?…
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Benefit Advice needed if poss
Hi Basically my step son has been living at his nan's house (she claimed housing benefit). She is moving in to her fathers address and my step son will not be able to move in there. For reasons i won't go in to he cannot move back in with us. So this leaves him potentially without anywhere to live. His circumstances are he…
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Volunteering and ESA
I'm on ESA. I already do 5-6 hours a week volunteering a week with one organisation which the DWP knows about. I've started doing another 2 hours a week unpaid work with the NHS. I've phoned the DWP to let them know and they've sent me out the PW1 form for permitted work. Only, this form is all about paid work, not…
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Child Tax credits
Hello all , My mother is currently in receipt of child tax credits for a kid she cares for. She has approx £600. My mother is 67, my father had equity release on their house a few years ago / she currently pays 200 a month to keep the i intrest standing still and owes 30,000 to aviva. My father sadly passed away and there…
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Paying household bills?
I’m in receipt of income related ESA and living at home with parents who are nearing and over retirement age respectively but both are still working. I pay them ‘board’/rent' every fortnight in cash to help with household bills, but I was wondering if I could start paying my board money directly into their account since…
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ESA No points ~ Won PIP Appeal
I wonder if anyone can advise me on my circumstances please? After 2yrs of Esa (IR) at Assessment Rate I finally had a WCA but didn't score any points therefore no income for myself for 2 months. In the same month I won my PIP Tribunal which was held and awarded PIP Standard Rate for care and mobility for 2 years which…
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PIP assessment- the useless point!
Anyone else noticed this? For section 3 (managing therapy) part (a) scores 1 point if awarded. But what use is this point if awarded? Every other points that can be awarded are all in multiples of 2, and the target scores to reach are also in multiples of 2.
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Esa hell ..desperate for feedback and advice anyone please :-)
Hi ...i have posted this on anothe forum but not getting the advice im looking for due to it being the weekend ..someone kindly gave me tbe link for here ..so here goes! I applied for ESA last year in November 2016 due to severersl conditions that i could no longer manage to work through anymore and went to the medical…
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PIP decision letter got so many things wrong
It says the claimant has "no specialist care package" but it was mentioned several times at the face-to-face they receive daily care from a care company. How could they get such a significant detail wrong? There are inaccuracies in their letter and they seem to have completely overlooked some info said to them.
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some PIP questions
Hey hope you can help me out 1. I disagree with my PIP decision and wish to appeal, is the appeal a case of filling in and submitting a form/written info or would the claimant need to attend another face-to-face interview? 2. What PIP award would one need to qualify for housing benefit, council tax exception and bus pass?…
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Use pension funds to pay off debts - will this affect benefits ?
Hi all, I'm considering using some of my pension funds to clear my credit card debts but am concerned this might affect the benefits I receive if £10,000 appears in my bank account. If I can prove I've used it to pay off debts should I be okay ? TIA
