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New run on payment if transferring to UC
Thought people might be interested: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/dwp-universal-credit-claimants-can-18622759.amp
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Help with notional capital/income when claiming benefits
Hello, I currently claim ESA and Housing Benefit and am due to receive the proceeds from selling my current home very soon. I will be using the money to pay off my debts and to purchase a 30 percent share in a new shared ownership house for me to live in. I am aware of the rules of only having £6000 in savings etc when…
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help with notional capital when claiming benefits
Hello, I currently claim ESA and Housing Benefit and am due to receive the proceeds from selling my current home very soon. I will be using the money to pay off my debts and to purchase a 30 percent share in a new shared ownership house for me to live in. I am aware of the rules of only having £6000 in savings etc when…
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Is it time to switch from JSA to UC
I've been some what annoyed about the lack of the £20 uplift to JSA. Is it infact about time to give in and apply to UC or would I regret it? Do people think it's worth waiting to see if legacy benefits are also uprated or is it still not worth the hassle and 5 week wait.
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National Insurance Contributuons
I have been in a part time (14hr/week) job for the past 3 years being paid about £100 per week and living off that without claiming any benefits. My husband works and we lived off his wages - less than £25k p.a. so, not a huge salaary. I recently left this paart time job due to Coronavirus issues within the household. 1…
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Universal Credit after graduating
Hi everyone. I'm just finishing a Master's degree and am applying for jobs, although obviously it's a bit difficult at the moment. Am running out of money and have no other income. With this in mind, I have been looking into applying for universal credit. My question is, will applying now - early - help speed up my claim,…
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UC For Graduating Student
Our son has just graduated. For the purpose of claiming UC, and what point is he deemed to have ceased being in full time education? He has his degree result & I believe there is some kind of online graduation ceremony around now that he's not attending. So I guess he has effectively finished his course. However, I did see…
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Universal Credit and Advance payments of rent
My niece is about to start claiming Universal Credit. To help with finding a suitable flat for her and her daughter, and to find a Landlord that will take them whilst she is claiming UC, I have offered to pay the rent upfront for the term of the tenancy, being 12 months. The Landlord has agreed to this but I am having a…
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Calculate my UC entitlment
Wage 1040 every end of month, rent 675 paid on 14 every month, Matternity allowance for my partner 151.20 every week paid every 2 weeks LHA 132.33 Is there any entitlment for UC?
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Question about the end-date for all pre-existing Housing Benefit claims
For anyone in the know, does it still look like 2022 will be the point at which all pre-existing Housing Benefit claims are closed down, and forced to migrate to Universal Credit?Or has the Covid-19 crisis made it likely to happen earlier or later than that?
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Sell house and claim housing benefit
Hi . I split with my wife and have 2 children from previous relationship and another with recent partner . I’m struggling to make ends meet as I squeeze my working hours into less days then when I finish work I have children. This leaves me no time to earn more money . I already claim universal credit but with my mortgage…
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Minimum income floor questions
How long can a family go these days since all the covid19 changes having less than the MIF coming in and still get full UC? For example a family of two adults and kids with only about £640 month earned income so as to be above the level that the benefit cap doesn’t apply. will they get pressured to earn more as they would…
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can you add documentation to a universal credit claim after making it?
HI, If I don't have all the needed documentation for a claim, should I wait until I've got it (and delay any payments) or should I apply now and "add" it later?
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Are there any advantages to applying for "new style" JSA along with UC opposed to just UC?
HI all,As the subject says - I was wondering if there are any benefits to the "new style" jsa as opposed to applying for UC only? I seem to remember back when it was income based / contributiion based, you got a bit more leeway as to what jobs you had to apply for. Is that still the case? Thanks.
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Advice re. medical evidence
Hi, I'm applying for PIP for mental health reasons and wanted to know if I should just supply information from records on my mental health or do I also send info regarding other conditions ie. hypertension, high cholesterol, asthma? Any advice much appreciated.
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Personal Tax Allowance Question
Hi, My taxable income is approx £60k, but I pay lump sums into my pension each year which avoids paying higher rate tax. My wife earns less than £5k. Q 1 - As I don't pay higher rate tax, can my wife transfer 10% of her personal tax allowance to me? Dave
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Buying materials for work?
I've got a couple of part time jobs 1 or 2 days a week and I've recently started to do odd jobs, and gardening bits for people in the village. So I've been making preparations to do my tax return online for the last year. One of my part time jobs is working as a handy man at a small plant nursery, and over the past year…
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Friends moving in
Hi, Me and my husband are moving home. We are buying somewhere bigger, we need more space. We will have a morgage and We have 1 disabled child who is 10. My question is, we have some friends who are desperate to save for a deposit so they can get on the property ladder themselves. We suggested they could move in with us so…
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Housing benefit overpayment issue
I've had a letter saying ive been overpaid housing benefit and its my fault. They say that my circumstances have changed since i made my claim. However, i have the full paperwork that i submitted and not only did my circumstances not change just after i filled it in, the information i entered was still accurate when the…
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Can anyone confirm this please about Council Tax Discounts?
I complained to Universal Credit that I could not get a discount from the council. According to the council website you can't claim for a discount if you are on UC as it is already "factored in". So why would UC ask me to contact the council surely they should know this already?
