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Its about helping people get their entitlement! Not about benefits policy!
Its about helping people get their entitlement! Not about benefits policy! This board is here for help and support for those on or looking to claim benefits, not for judgement. Its ONLY focus is helping people with their money. It's here to help people find out what they are entitled to under the current system, and to…
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*USEFUL LINKS*
MoneySavingExpert insert: Huge thanks to Fran for compiling this list some time ago. The MSE article and forum links are up to date but links to other sites may be broken. Back to Fran's original post: ---- The following links may prove useful in looking for information about Benefits and Jobseeking. MSE Attendance…
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Losing UC Transitional Protection
This might be a bit long so I'll try my best to keep it concise! Current situation: Me, spouse, adult child, child's spouse in social housing. I, my spouse, my child all claim PIP (I get standard DL and Mob, spouse gets enhanced DL, child gets enhanced DL and mobility). Child is uni student with no other income, I'm a…
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PIP assessment - advice
Well, I got my assessment tomorrow morning for my PIP and I am nervous as I never applied for PIP in my life, does anyone know what questions they will ask? I give them my medical evidence when I applied online. Also, the call is going to be recorded as the assessor is going to record it and so am I, so I got my back…
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Contributions based ESA support group to New Style ESA do I need to answer health questions.
Transferring from contributions based ESA support group to New Style ESA. Have been told I need to talk to a work coach to explain how my illness or disability affects my ability to work and agree to claimant commitments. Can I just say I am being transferred from contributions based ESA support group and do not wish to…
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Disregarded Capital and Universal Credit
Hoping someone can clarify as I think I'm correct. I'm having my Universal Credit review and need to wait for a decision maker to make a decision. I have a pension pot with a small amount in it just around £3.000 but am too young to cash or draw it anyway. My understanding is that pensions are not regarded as capital with…
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Universal Credit won't deduct SIPP contributions
Anyone else having problems getting Universal Credit to deduct SIPP contributions from earned income? We were migrated to UC in April and have transitional protection for 12 months (due to capital above threshold). My partner doesn't have an occupational pension but pays monthly contributions into a SIPP. We have had no…
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UC Self employed - should I put bank account switching incentives as income?
Three scenarions. 1) An employed person on UC who gets £200 to swith their personal current accounts 2) A self employed UC claimant who gets £200 to switch their personal current accounts. 3) A self employed UC claimant who gets £200 to switch their ltd co business accounts There were some good incentives to switch…
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Mesher order and universal credit
Currently I live with my wife and 2 kids and are getting divorced. We are both on the mortgage. One idea is she moves out and rents as she would be entilted to quite a lot of universal credit which means she could afford a place locally. It would be with a mesher order ie in a set number of years house is sold and she gets…
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London Black Cab driver UC under SE claims - a few clarifications
Hello This is not my claim. I am a UC claimant as a business owner. This is for a friend of mine whose just terrible with math and is struggling with their claim. They recently had to claim UC becasue of a disability - massively reduced hours. They had their first self employment review and the case worker asked them to…
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Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction and Savings Query
Hello, This is a fairly complex query (well to me it is anyway) but I will try and explain it as simply as I can. Basically I am the sole caregiver for my dad for which I receive Carers Allowance only (I have never applied for UC or the carers element of UC). I also live with him. He gets Housing Benefit and Council Tax…
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Uc joint claim
Hi good morning.l am on a joint claim but l am only working with me earning £1650 per month from June before tax .would my partner need to attend uc appointments
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UC Migrated claim - one year later
Hello and sorry to have to ask here, I'm getting no response to my query in my UC journal. So, wife, I, and daughter, claimed CTC and WTC and were migrated over to UC the early part of last May. No disability elements were claimed for. As I understood it, our claim would only last for one year as we have savings in excess…
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6k threshold on a couples UC
Hi, I'm needing to know if I would be over the 6K threshold for UC, based on the fact that my partner needs to learn to drive and has taken out a 2k loan to do so. If we are claiming UC as a couple and this loan takes us just over the 6k when you add our bank accounts together, does this count and we'll be deducted?
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Universal credit and social care costs
My husband and I have recently been migrated from a joint Income Related Employment Support Allowance (IRESA) to a Universal Credit (UC) and New Style Employment Support Allowance (NSESA) combination. We also receive Transitional Protection so no loss of income. The NSESA is in my name and was a suprise as I've only ever…
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Income ESA to UC migration confusion. Worried. Please help.
Hello. I got a managed migration notice to move from Income related ESA to UC and applied on 31st March. I have no idea what is going on but got a message in the journal out of the blue, saying "records show your getting IR ESA and to tell them I'm moving to UC" but it was worded confusingly, so I asked what it was about…
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PIP Advice
My wife had her telephone PIP assessment today and at the start the assessor said it would last an hour or so but it actually lasted 2hrs 20mins absolutely excruciating for my wife the assessor went into minute details about every little thing about her conditions. Anyway we phoned the DWP later in the day to ask how many…
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Scottish Child Payments stopped?
Hello all Hoping someone can help with this. We normally get Scottish Child Payments for our children and have been since they started. We migrated over to UC after the migration letter last year after being on Child Tax Credits. My children are under 16 We also get Scottish Child Disability Payments for them. But out of…
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Universal Credit and Tax-free Childcare
Hi, I just learned that I can't claim Universal Credit and Tax-free Childcare at the same time. Does anyone know how I can work out which one will be better to claim? I wondered if there's some sort of way of establishing how much childcare costs I would get back from a UC claim, and then comparing that with how much I…
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Universal Credit. Private Home Owner. Eligibility for Help with Service Charges.
I am on Universal Credit, and live in a privately owned property with no mortgage. I am required to pay over £1000 per year in maintenance service charges. So, far I have received a single small payment from UC. I have increasingly low earnings from self employment, and they have deemed me “not gainfully employed,” meaning…
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Universal credit and private pension contributions
Ok, I have recently started making the change to UC. With tax credits, we were able to deduct 100% of our private pension (not attached to earnings) contributions from our salary each year. I have spoke to UC and apparently only work based pensions are deductable. Yet I have found lots of info that just uses the word…
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U.C overpayment
Hi in November 2023 we became first time foster carers for 3 siblings. I informed u.c that the children had moved in. I got a reply saying we would receive more money in our u.c for the children. We are been paid foster allance by the local authority. When talking to other foster carers Some was saying the payment from the…
