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UC and Limited Capability for Work/Related Activity
I have been claiming UC since August 2020 and received the following message from my work coach last week: "(...) you have been found to have Limited Capability for Work/Related Activity (...)" What does that mean? What do I have to do? I have lost my mum last year. I am on antidepressants and once a week seeing a…
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Can I change my UC work coach?
I don't like my work coach at all. My last one was great but I find this one rude. I am not sure if they are new to the job or incompetent - he asks me something, then seems to forget & ask the same thing again. I find him forceful and robotic as though he is reading off a script. Would it be possible to ask for a new one…
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Should my friend and his partner be claiming as a couple?
Asking for a friend. My friend currently lives with his mother, has done all his life. His partner recently had to move in with him because she was in an abusive household from her mother and has no other family who could take her in. So, my friend's mother took her in. His mother set her up in the spare bedroom as a…
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Is this debt letter real?
I received this letter today and have no idea if it’s real! I’ve never seen anything like this before and really cannot understand how if I owed any money I wouldn’t have any idea about it until it was £5k? And also what would I even owe money for? I’m reluctant to type the link in and follow the login, incase it’s a scam,…
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DLA appeal won, DLA ignoring
Won an appeal on 27/5 for DLA have contacted DLA several times since and they maintain they have not received anything from the court and have tried emailing the court to get it sent, I have contacted the court several times and they maintain they have sent it to DLA and have not received any requests to send again, I have…
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How long for a pip decision
Hi everyone I just wondered if anyone knows the wait times for a pip decision I helped my mum submit the form in March and we still have not had a decision. We have rung them a couple of times for an update and to ask if they need anything else but we are just told it is being processed. It just seems a very long time to…
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Struggling to understand UC/Self-employment/MIF
Hi, I'm really struggling to understand what will happen to my UC benefit once the minimum income floor (MIF) is back in effect. Hopefully someone can help me? For background, I have previously had a start up period (on a previous claim), so if I am presumed to be gainfully employed, I will definitely have a MIF, which I…
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Will it affect my benefits pls?
Hello I m considering buying my council house next year. If i buy my council house, will it affect the benefits i receive like child tax credit, carers allowance, housing allowance and income support?
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Universal Credit - need New Email for everytime I make a new claim, Really?!?
I tried to make a new Claim today and have been told I can't use my previous account for my old claim, I must start a new account with a new Email, please this can't be true, I rang them three times talking to 3 different rude people all telling me I needed a new Email to start a new account to make a new claim as my…
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Legacy benefits and housing benefit.
I am looking for some advice for my daughter please. She is on IR ESA (support group) plus the enhanced rate of PIP (both elements). Additionally, she gets the highest rate of premiums. She has been in temporary accommodation provided by her local council for just over a year. The council own the property and have decided…
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Is it standard procedure to be asked the previous years earnings for a universal credit application?
Just applied for the first time and have been asked for my and my husbands monthly earnings for the past 12 months, is this to check we haven't deliberately deprived ourselves of savings as previously our earnings were well above the threshold until I left my job or is it just standard procedure?
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Working Tax credits plus child benefit
Hi, I wondered whether you could help clarify whether I have been given the correct information. My son, who is 17, is registered on a full time Electricians course. He has completed Level 2 and registered for Level 3 which starts in September. He has managed to find an apprenticeship and just started. He will be working…
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Council Tax Support/Benefit with a negative credit balance after successful PIP claim
I was recently awarded PIP backdated to April, and as a consequence I have also been awarded Council Tax Support backdated to April. The council have sent me an amended Council Tax Bill that states there is a credit balance of - (minus)£199.29 and that I should contact them to discuss it. I'm probably being dense, but does…
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Universal Credit housing costs application timeframe
Hello! In July 2020 I was made redundant from my job of 18 years & forced to claim Universal credit from Sept 2020. At the time i first applied for UC I was staying with my parents and had no housing costs. However in April 2021 I had to move out of my parents home & into my own place. I updated my UC journal & explained…
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Overpaid job seekers and now being fined
Hello all, Before covid my dad was made redundant after 30 years he got a job offer two days prior to lockdown and the job was unfortunately pulled due to covid. He found himself in the same situation again with another job a few months later. He decided in June to apply for JSA which he got. In august he started…
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Tax Credit Overpayment
Evening All, If you get a tax credit overpayment when do they ask for the money back? I had a pay rise in January which took us over the threshold, I let them know straight away but obviously the overpayment had already happened due to the nature of the system. No longer entitled so they can't deduct from future payments.…
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Saxo Bank Review
Want to invest some money in cryptocurrency/trading so looking for Saxo Bank reviews.
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Renting flat
My friend has brain damage and some physical damage following a stroke & heart attack at the same time aged 39. He is in temp accommodation at the moment staying with his half sister after his ex partner kicked him out a few years ago. I have recently lost both parents and am taking over their house so I now wish to rent…
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Student finance
hello, I’m hoping somebody can help me. ive applied to do a degree starting in September and just been advised by the council that the maintenance loan I will receive will be classed as income and therefore cause my housing benefit award to be reduced. how can they class a loan as income when I will have to pay it all…
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DWP PIP payment recall
Hello all So I am due a PIP payment tomorrow (Thursday 8th July 2021) but on Tuesday 7th July 2021, I called the PIP helpline and asked for the payment (that was already processed) to my bank to be recalled as my old bank is currently frozen and so I won’t be able to access my money, I gave them my new bank details for the…
