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Dementia patient
I'm posting on behalf of my friend whose mum was diagnosed with dementia around 18 months. Things are becoming more difficult for the family to deal with by themselves and they are looking at sorting out carers to come in which from the gist I get they will be paying for privately owing to earnings from the friends dad and…
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PIP Appeal Won - Can I claim interest on the delay of my benefit payment ?
Hi all My brother has won his PIP appeal Assessed by DWP as 2 points total (£0 payment), appeal court enhanced on both parts (Full payment). This has been in excess of 20 months and now due to a typing error its going to be about another 2 months before I see any of this benefit. My question is can I claim for the interest…
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Esa lost form
I have severe mental health issues and on the 15 augest cash wise sent in a esa claim form along with a pile of evidence caashwise had another member of staff who witnessed its posting on the 19 augest they sent me a letter back saying they had not received form and saying my benefit may be affected I had a terrible…
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Universal Credit Cancel claim
Hi guys, So my husband unfortunately fell redundant and was on JSA but tricked into applying for UC in May. During that time I was studying full time for my degree. However we had to apply for a joint couple UC because otherwise we would not afford rent or anything on just his claim (we have a child under 18). Now it's…
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Assessors Report
Hi, I received the assessors report today, added up the points on the self test and it's came back as enhanced on both. Please tell me they will go with this decision?? lol
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Child care vouchers account suspended
I had paid into childcare vouchers till 2016 and was using it in between to pay for childcare. Between us we ended up with 3 accounts(2x computershare and 1xbusy bees) and one of them remained unused(the busy bees) The unused one was temporarily suspended by Busy bees and the balance withdrawn. That is £2900 withdrawn by…
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How long to wait before WCA medical assessment?
Hello everyone I have recently just filled in and sent back my capability for work questionnaire it said after this I will receive a letter an invite to go for a Face to face assessment . I was wondering how long it takes normally from them receiving my questionnaire back to when I go for a face to face assessment ? Any…
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Worse off reducing childcare vouchers
My daughter has just turned 3 and so we are eligible for 30 free hours childcare from next month. As such, I reduced my childcare voucher amount through my employer from the max £243 to £50. My wife is a teacher and so we don't need childcare during school holidays. Having reduced the amount I pay into the childcare…
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Warm Home Discount. B Gas what income is ignored?
I'm with British Gas and would have to apply for any discount under the sick/disabled low income group (less than £16190 per year. Does anyone know if DLA and Industrial Inj)uries count as income for this scheme- they are both non taxable benefits and for means tested benefits the DLA doesn't count. Been told conflicting…
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Uc/esa query
I am helping a friend with her benefits and would like some advice (thank you all for your advice about my other query earlier in August - this is a different friend). My friend was in receipt of IB ESA Support Group until August 2018 when she was awarded 0 points following her assessment. She was not in receipt of PIP.…
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Is this viable? (WTC query)
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Pregnancy / Benefits - Advice Please
Hi all, I'm after some guidance please. Me & the OH have been together for 20yrs+, we are not married but live together and have a mortgage. Unfortunately, he no longer works and is in receipt of DLA & ESA (Support group). I work full time (40hrs a week / £21k) and have savings put by for retirement (over £16k). We are…
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Universal Credit and eldest child .. advice needed
Good Morning all, I would like some help with the following. I am a single parent, I work self employed and my Gross income, before Tax will be £30k if I work at my current rate and current hours. I work 30 hours a week. I was out of work for 2 weeks recently so moved from Child Tax Credit to Universal Credit. I start my…
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Elderly parents need full time care questions
Some elderly parents who have been living alone on state pension only and now due to a severe downturn in health for both of them need full time care. If somebody were to leave their job to provide full time care for them both which benefits would the carers apply for? Can the aged invalid parents claim anything themselves…
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self employed for one shift help
My partner & are are claiming UC. He works full time and I part time. He just got first additional work as an extra, the agency makes him self employed. What's the deal with declaring this with UC when it's only for one job? What does it entail with UC?
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Question about ESA letters/envelopes
Hi.I'm about to apply for income-based ESA, but I don't have a lot of privacy at home and am a bit paranoid about it. Could somebody tell me what kind of envelopes ESA letters (or Jobcentre letters in general) comes in? Are they plain, discreet envelopes or is it advertised all over the envelope? If it's advertised, would…
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DLA PIP AA Confusion ..
Hiya people i would appreciate some clarification as i am confused with the gov website ! With regard to people of state pension age.. previously under DLA you had Living and a Mobility components. I can see that Attendance Allowance effectively replaces DLA for Living, but there does not seem to be an equivalent for…
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ESA Terms and Conditions
I am looking at appealing against the DWP for an underpayment. I remember finding the T&Cs for people claiming any benefits from the DWP however I can't remember where from. It stated that for some people a back payment could go back 12 months from when the DWP were notified on certain conditions. My savings over the past…
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Maternity allowance and self-employed help
Evening all Had a quick search and couldn’t find anything that specifically answers my query, apologies if it’s in the wrong sub. My partner is currently self-employed; she owns her own card shop both high street store and online business. The online business is done either through her own website or via Etsy. She also…
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Which esa, and how do we apply?
My daughter is 20, and suffers from several mental health issues. She has diagnosis of OCD, BPD, anxiety, severe depression, and agoraphobia. She was doing well (for her) and got a place at uni last September, but had to suspend her studies due to a breakdown a few months ago. She is on the waiting list to access the…
