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PIP Home Assesment
Hi all, a I'm a newbie on this site and i'm due to have a Home PIP Assessment in about 10-days time (the home visit was their decision). I'm a double leg (below knee) amputee and have been in receipt of DLA (High Rate Mobility and Mid Rate Care) since 1992. I have had a lease contract car for the duration of that period…
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Carers allowence and backdating question
Hi, up until 2017 I was receiving dla and carers allowence for my wife and visa versa. It stopped and I reapplied in 2017 but did not get awarded because I was receiving top up payment until I got pip decision. Fast forward 3 years and I got my decision and I got my appeal now starting 2017 and ending 2022 am I now…
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Personal loan
Hi I've spent all evening on the Internet searching this question up but cannot find an accurate answer. I'm moving housing in just over a weeks time due to the area I'm living in is not longer safe for me and my daughter. The problem I've got is that my rent will be higher than what I'm paying now but it's a small price…
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LCWRA backpay?
Sorry to keep asking questions but this stuff confuses me. I’ve been awarded LCWRA for 10th July 2019. My assessment period is 21st to the 20th of each month and get paid the 27th so can someone explain which month ill get the backpay from? Tia
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DWP waiting times
Are pip and esa waiting times the same? Last time my esa took about 3 months I think so I'm expecting another one soon as its been just under a year Sent my pip form off 2 weeks ago and called up to confirm they've received the form and supporting information. Is it any use calling up and finding the status of the claim?…
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Unexpected payment
Hi im currently receiving universal credit and had my payment (monthly) of 190 pound on the 3 feb I checked my bank yesterday and a payment of 61pound was put in the bank told me it was a dwp (iscs payment)can anyone tell me what this means I was on esa from 2007 to August 2018 was told I was fit and put onto u.c
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PIP - Moving Around
Hello everyone, I’m just looking for some advice/clarification. I’m filling out a PIP form and on the moving around question. I suffer from chronic migraine which occurs more than half of the month, I’m under neurological care and my medication is ever changing to try and find something that works, I have also been…
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Severe Disability premuim
Hi im new on here my first post i have just taken over appointee for my disabled brother who i have found out his SDP wasnt being paid to him i have been in touch with DWP etc they realise now its their error and will start it up again asap. But this goes back to at least 2006 which they are looking into how it happened…
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CMS Tribunal - costs ?
Having googled extensively I was surprised to find virtually nothing regarding whether legal costs awards in CMS tribunals can be made. Am I right in thinking that awards of costs cannot be made at a CMS Tribunal just like benefits tribunals ?
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New legacy Income Related ESA Claim (assessment phase), Suspended
Hello, Wonder if anyone can help. I have a mental health condition which deteriorated severely over Christmas. I am self-employed on working tax credits with disability elements, required to work 16 hours per week. I also get enhanced daily living PIP. I never thought of applying for ESA because I always hoped I would get…
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New Commitments
Hi I separated from my husband 18mths ago so it is just myself and daughter who turned 5 in January and started school in September. I work 20hr/wk currently earning £10,400 pa. i received a message to log in to my UC account and accept my new commitments. It states that I should ‘do everything I can to find work or earn…
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DWP telephone Compliance Interview
Hello, this is my first post so hope I am in the right place. Please could anyone give some advice on why my son might have received a telephone compliance interview. My son is 26 he suffers terribly with depression, anxiety and self harming, he lived at home but desperately wanted to become independent and felt by moving…
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After the Universal Startup Period?
I'm on Universal Credit and I've been told to be Self-Employed now and I've been given the 52 week start up period. I am worried that if I am making peanuts after the 52 weeks are up will they stop paying Universal Credit completely? From what I understand they apply this minimum floor thing and if you earn below it, then…
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TAXABLE INCOME OR NOT
Good afternoon, I am looking for some advise, I recently received a letter from UNIVERSAL CREDIT advising me they had reviewed my benefits!! and i had been under paid which was a surprise, i was advised i was entitled to just under £1000 and that i would hear back in due course in regards to this money, i then received…
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Council Tax reduction
Can I claim a council tax reduction? I have a total pension of £1107 a month my husband is no longer working due to redundancy I am 67 my partner is 62. We don't claim benefits as I was told I have to manage on my pension by the benefits "people".
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Savings limit for married couples
Hi, My other half is drawing a state pension and I work part time being younger. The savings limits used to be up to £6,000 for single people and up to £10,000 combined for married people and couples. This is for means tested benefits and is the lower limit before it starts to affect income. Is this still the limit as it…
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Taxable income higher than gross income query
I am looking into whether my husband and I will be required to pay something under the high income child benefit charge for 19/20, my husband has a company car, his employer does all tax calculations at source and his taxable income is higher than his gross income, we believe the P60 total taxable income includes the…
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Made to Claim Universal Credit - HB Stopped
Hi all, I was wondering if somebody could clarify this for me. I work a minimum of 15 hours per week, though my hours can range anywhere above that regularly. While claiming Housing Benefit, I email my payslips to the council on a weekly basis to make sure I am claiming the correct amount of HB for that particular week…
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UC - AET
Hi, Quick question. My partner and I have been informed we need to apply for Universal Credit. I am currently working. My contracted hours are 15 per week, though I often work more. If I have a rare period where I am working only my contracted hours, over a month we should just scrape into the £541 AET. The problem,…
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Council tax while living at home
So I had a conversation with a guy at work today who has been hit with a massive council tax bill because he never informed the council he was no longer a student and had started employment. It got me thinking about how I’m 26 and have never paid council tax, it’s just never been brought up to me. I have always lived at…
