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Universal Credit
My son has premium bonds totalling over £16,000. I purchased the bonds for him, using money I had saved for him since birth. He did not purchase them using his own income. Are the bonds still classed as his savings, for the purpose of applying for Universal Credit, or is gifted money viewed differently. Thank you
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Cont bESA
In a claim for CB ESA, are savings to be declared? (if so why is this required)
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Residential Care Financial Asst.
Hi,I receive Carers Allce as I am the sole carer of my husband who has Parkinson’s and Dementia. I requested a copy of the financial asst form from the LA and on the “Care recipient’s income” section it asks “is anyone claiming carers allce for you?” with. yes/no tick box and a space for the weekly amount. As the income is…
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Carer's Allowance warning
Hi. I get Carer's Allowance whilst I am looking after my mum. This is £65 each week and I get topped up by Income Support as I am a single person with no other income. This is £45 each week. Total £110. If I were receiving Universal Credit instead of Income Support, I would receive £80 each month more as the government…
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Self employed earnings with Universal Credit
I’m sorry if this has been discussed before, I’ve looked through the topics and can’t seem to find anything. In error I moved from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit right at the start of the Covid situation when my hours and income stopped over night. But unfortunately that can’t be changed and I’m stuck now. I’ve…
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No longer a carer
I have been a carer recently but the person has died, I was claiming carer's allowance and universal credit the Universal Credit component was the Universal Credit amount for a single over 25 plus the carers element less Carer's Allowance. however I am unsure what happens next, from what I understand the Carer's Allowance…
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NI contributions paid how long before?
I made a bank transfer to pay voluntary NI over 2 weeks ago to fill all my gap years. I logged in to check my NI record and nothing has changed. How long does it normally take HMRC to process NI payments and allocate the payment to fill the gap years?
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New Style JSA and savings interest
I am receiving new style JSA which is not means tested. An ISA savings account I held has just matured and I received some interest on it; as my benefit is not means tested do I need to tell DWP about the interest the account accrued?
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Property income declared
Hello I need some help as following three separate calls to the tax credits helpline, I have been given conflicting advice. I rent a separate property to a tenant and put down the income I receive under ‘profit from property income’ section. However I don’t actually make a profit as the rent is the same as the buy to let…
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DWP suspending appointments and assessments
This may have been asked before. The DWP have paused all jobcentre appointments and ESA/PIP renewals and assessments. When are we expected to continue with our jobcentre appointments and go to assessments?
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Universal Credit and Gifts of Money
A friend receives universal credit and has just received a Covid-19 cash gift of £1,000 from a charitable foundation. Will this affect how much they receive in benefits?
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Government s own advisors SSAC send letter to DWp
The govermnents own advisors SSAC which is a committee have written a letter to the dwp asking or telling I'm not sure which telling them to uplift the rates of ESA and JSA in accordance with the benefits increased by the chancellor in march. Could be intersting
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Lifetime ISA Bonus - taxable? do I need to declare as interest for purposes of Tax Credits renewal?
I have had conflicting advice about my LISA (Lifetime ISA) 25% bonus and whether or not it needs declaring on my tax credits renewal. Does anyone know if I need to declare it? The tax credits people seemed confused when I asked them and told me I did need to declare it, but they seemed unsure. I am on the old tax credits…
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Universal Credit - Capital
Hi, I have a question regarding the £16,000 capital limit with Universal Credit, if anyone would be kind enough to provide me with some information. If you were to have savings of £20,000 (over the capital limit), but had an outstanding personal loan balance of say £9000, could you legitimately declare your capital…
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Can I claim any benifits
Hi the I am new to the forum and was recommended by a friend to look up this site. I have a question about claiming benefits, a little bit of background information, I am 65 and living on a private pension of £583 a month, my wife is 64 and works as a teaching assistant in a school, but due to the corona virus she was…
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Will me working affect my family?
Thanks for the advice - can’t delete post so editing starter instead!
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Unversal credit and tax rebate
Hello, im new to this so I hope I'm in the right place. We have been claiming universal credit as a family for a few months now due to my partner losing his job, self employed. We have no savings but my partner has had a tax rebate that is higher than our monthly benefit amount by about 2 months and a half. From what we…
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Child tax credits and phi payments
Hi....does anyone recieve or know about phi insurance payments? Do they get included in your income total when renewal for child tax credits ? I cant find info on it ..my husband has been let go from work on lo ng term illness ,I work which goes on our income total, child benefit dosnt get included I'm not sure about pip ?…
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Claiming housing costs on universal credit as a lodger
I was living with my friends last time I was on UC. I've been away for a while and just come back and when I've tried to claim UC they've told me I can't claim for housing costs as I'm living with friend or relative. Is this actually the case? As it was never an issue before and if so how am I supposed to pay rent? Do they…
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Tax credits and student loans
I've googled it but not clear on whether student loans, tuition and maintenance loans need to be reported to tax credits? My Husband starts uni in September but I'll be working full time as normal Many thanks
