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IB to ESA transfer - question
I am just wondering if anyone knows how the timetable for the move from IB to ESA is going? I am in receipt of HRC HRM DLA which means that I am exempt from the IB reviews. I understood that exempt IB claimants would be among the first people to be moved to ESA, so I have been watching for the brown envelope since last…
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Cars on motability scheme are now limited up to AP £2000
Unless i am mistaken it is bad news to some motability customer who like to have a 'posh' car or any car that commands at least £2k AP. There has been a change announced in the selection criteria for cars. The cars available will be below an AP of £2,000. The limit will not apply to WAV.…
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ESA and being a student please help??
Hi all, I was wandering whether someone in here is claming ESA and they are in full time education as i am not sure if i am entitled to ESA. I Currently get DLA LRM and HRC i am getting income support at the moment but its stopping due to my age, i originally made a claim for income support on the basis of me being in full…
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Accessing Care Support & things like Think Banking
Hi This is as much about the how-to as the financial side of this issue: MSE has just been a really helpful font of information and support so advice outside of the £ is very welcome. Im essentially an unofficial carer for a young man with physical and mental health needs: he is on both DLA middle/higher and income support…
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big toe amputation rights
I have had the big toe amputated a while ago and have 2 toes clawing from my toes getting crushed from a falling iron bar. I do wear special shoes which I have brought myself to help with the balance issue. I do get phantom pains in the toe and limited mobiliability due to the clawing when walking. Jobs cuts are on the way…
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Can you "cancel" a DLA appeal once you start the process?
Sorry just a quick question.Long story short(already posted on here tons so apologies if I'm repeating myself)middle DD has received HRC since she was 3 months old then got the HRM when she was old enough and we then got a motability car.Sent her renewal off in May this year and were shocked to get the care rate lowered to…
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help disabled childern
the group my grandkids go to have applied for a grant from Natwest and they need some votes. little miracles help so many disabled childern and their families in peterborough and help more online on facebook. it is run by volunteers and they would use some of the money to extend the support they offer families by training…
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DLA & Attendance allowance
my mum has been getting middle rate DLA for years . Can she also claim AA .If not which one pays the most.
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Problems with school-DELETED
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Heads up -
The DWP are issuing a new kind of DLA claim for starting this month, here is the adult one >>> and<<< here are the notes to accompany the claim form. I don't yet know the scoring mechanisms for this new form but I expect them to be similar to the PIP test descriptors & points such as those PIP descriptors here :D Hope this…
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Another Community Care Grant Question
Some of you may remember me posting about applying for one of the new homes that have been built in the village. Well, we were successful so we'll be moving. :D Anyway, I emailed the Job Centre asking if they think we'll be eligible for a CCG and someone replied to me saying to give them my address and they'll send a form…
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Minister for Disabled People clueless about DLA
So the minister for disabled people, thinks people on DLA are awarded it, then never ever re-assessed. source.
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Selling a mobility scooter
Looking for some advice from anyone in East Berks sort of area. My mum has got a big buggy (cost nearly £2,000 :eek:) and a small one that fits in the boot. She got the large one to go into town shopping but very soon after getting it she realised that it was really too big to get around the aisles of the smaller shops and…
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Need to cancel a motability car
I have had a motability car for many years. I am now 57 and in really dire financial circumstances (long story) and struggling with debt. If I could give up my car I would save £200+ a month - not sure what it is now, and that would help tremendously. I live in an isolated area so I would not be able to get out at all (I…
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Paralysis and telephone
Hi, Does anyone know of a telephone system that can be used by someone who has no mobility apart from their head. My friend has MS and has lost all use of her body below the neck. This means that even the pendant alarm is not accessible to her as she is unable to press the button. Any help for a system that would enable…
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Replace Bath/Fit Wetroom Shower Pod in One Day Adverts - Who is Good/Bad? How Much?
Hi I've seen lots of ads for these pods where they remove your bath and slide in a full, ready-to-use wetroom/shower pod in the space and plumb it in in one day, all ready to go. (For use by a limited mobility elderly person) Any good/bad ones to find/avoid? Roughly how much are we talking about? Cheers
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Special needs buggy
Hi I was wondering if someone can help me, this is my first time posting on here although I read your threads all the time. I have an autistic boy who refuses to walk alot of the time and has now outgrown his normal pushchair, I am finding it difficult in taking him out as I am 6 months pregnant now. We have been told by…
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URGENT Disabled & elderly coach concessions ending soon
The government is scrapping the 50% coach concessions for the disabled and people over 60, from the 31st October. To avoid the price hikes, you can book until then at the reduced price for coach travel until 31st August 2012. You book through National Express. If you want to take action, National Express has a campaign of…
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Won at Tribunial,
After 10 months waiting, we finally had our Tribunial yesterday and thankfully won, How long is the time scale now on receiving payments? I did ring the DLA and as long as they don't contest the decision, he said roughly 3-6 weeks?. Thanks.
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At last, a paper speaks out. Not all DLA claimants are on the con!
At last! It is about time the press started to see the other side of the coin and that not all, well a small percentage 99.95% of DLA recipients are not on the con! The repugnant moral rhetoric about benefit claimants echoes Victorian prejudices about the 'undeserving poor', writes Peter Beresford…
