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affect on benefits for my 94 year old mum
Good soggy morning everyone - advice appreciated My mother is 94; seriously disabled; living at home with appropriate equipment for her disabilities; cannot do anything for herself; is unable to walk. I am her full time carer / daughter and I live next door to her - I am responsible for all her care needs. Our housing…
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365 days ESA
Hello everyone. I have received a letter from Jobcentreplus to remind me that on April 1st my contribution based Esa will come to an end, and based on information held I will not qualify to receive any money. However, they will continue to credit NI contributions. I am now 59 and maybe think its time to retire, I have a…
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ESA/health centre driving me mad...
ESA claim started July 2019. (Althought we didnt receive any money or that decision until dec 2019 as my husband was wrongly denied it) I have had to chase everything about this claim including asking for the ESA50 form in Jan 2020. I am getting sick to death of the incompetence of ESA/health assessments and their…
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Questioned every time collect a prescription
What are the requirements for collecting a prescription from a pharmacy for someone who is currently unemployed and claiming UC? I’ve a friend who gets questioned every time they collect their repeat prescription and asked for letters or emails to prove their are unemployed and it makes them feel uncomfortable when there…
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Daughter off to Uni...tax credits
When do I tell HMRC if my daughter , who has just turned 18,may be going to uni if all goes to plan? When do my working tax & child benefits end? Getting stressed out & worried!
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Pensions and investments on PIP/ESA
Can you invest money while on long term disbaility benefits, or are you restricted by the £6-16k capital limit allowed? I have read that a private pension would be discounted from capital as it is out of bounds until you are 55 or more, is that correct? Are there any other ways that you can save without affecting the…
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Taking Pension Lump Sum and/or Pension Drawdown Income whilst receiving Means Tested Benefits
A relative receives Income Related ESA. He has a small Pension Pot from many years ago when he worked and as he's just turned 55 could now access it by taking either some Tax Free cash or Income Drawdown or a combination of both. I presume that as long as he takes less than £6k from the Tax Free cash it won't effect his…
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Habitual Residency & PIP
My friend is 57 years old. She was born in the UK and lived and worked here for 40 years. She then married a Turkish guy and lived in Turkey for 18 years. She returned back to the UK in August 2020 as she was suffering terrible domestic violence, she was not allowed to leave the house and her husband put in security…
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Child benefit tax, is there a reason why its made in 13 payments
hi all, i'm trying to budget for my self assessment we do claim CB and HIC i have to pay quite a lot of it back. the calculators online suggest we should have got for 20/21 £2594 (3 children) but we have added the payments up and its £195 a month which if x 12 £2340. My wife said there was a double payment in august and…
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ESA or Universal Credit?
My son is 19 and disabled we are getting child tax credit for him but this will end in September. He will be going to college to improve his Maths and English as well as helping him to prepare for getting a job. I've looked at the .GOV website and seem to be going around in circles! Should he apply for ESA or for Universal…
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Universal Credit and working overtime
I am teying to find out how earning a one off extra income will affect our universal credit payments. Basically in May, i should be due a payment for working overtime which will be about £5-6000, with my usual salary of £1760.i am obviously expecting our UC payments to stop but at what point do they start to get back to…
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Universal Credit LCWRA and ESA Support Group
Hello. My partner had a capability for work assessment recently and has received a letter from Universal Credit saying she has been deemed as having 'Limited Capability for Work and Work Related Activity'. As such she is not expected to look for work, doesn't need to provide sick notes etc. Her UC claim is running…
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ESA and Savings
I read on citizens advice that if you have over a certain amount of savings it can affect ESA.However on the ESA forms I have received previously it never asks about savings, so i'm confused ? It says between £6k and £16k can have upto £40 deducted each week. Would I be right in saying the more you have saved, the more…
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NHS Car leasing
My sister is a community nurse and desperately needs a new car. She has been accept onto this scheme but has been told that this will affect her housing benefit as it will be shown as an income? I just wanted to check if this sounds right? She needs the car to do the job and as a single parent she can’t buy something…
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Benefits mounting up in bank account
Can anyone help please? both myself and husband receive dla/pip plus my husband also receives state pension and pension credit. since Covid and being shielding for the last year our benefits are mounting up in our joint bank account as we haven’t been anywhere!We also have a small amount of savings, we call it sad money,…
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Universal credit v inheritance
Hi my friend gets UC. Her 10 year old daughter has been left 50k in a Will. Although she will report this to her case worker will it be classed as her income and therefore stop her UC?The solicitor says no, it is strictly left to the daughter (named in Will) and there for has no consequence to the UC claim. This money will…
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Universal Credit new claim
Hi, I was recently made redundant and started a claim for universal credit yesterday, i have my telephone interview tomorrow morning for it.What I was wondering was how do i get housing benefit for it, as I live in a housing association property, is there a part i am missing i have to fill in, do i just say on the phone…
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Any hazard in coming off income-based JSA?
Asking for a friend (yes, really ;) ) so unfortunately I don't have complete details about NI history or dates about previously claimed benefits. Friend is unwell. Previously claimed ESA ~3yrs ago, failed WCA and MR didn't change, didn't pursue challenging further. Went onto ib-JSA and claimed Carer's Allowance (not sure…
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Universal Credit Questions
Hi all, A little background. My family consists of myself, my wife and our three children (ages 8, 5 and 1). I work in retail. I am contracted 15 hours per week, though often work more. We receive legacy benefits (Housing Benefit and Child Tax Credit). Up until recently, I have always worked as many hours as possible,…
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Claiming UC and have tax-free childcare account
Hi all Im very confused atm i have been using tax free childcare account for 2 years and receive no benefit except child benefit. My partner has decided to leave so I know need to claim UC but i know you cant have both at the same time. Their is no guidance on how to do this but ive seen online that you can keep your…
