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WFP fleshed out. who will qualify and who will have to pay it back.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5yxvdl4d0pt * The payment, worth up to £300, will still be given to pensioners with income above the £35,000 threshold, but will then be reclaimed from them Seems a strange decision to pay & then claim back... We'd like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate
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Newly disabled parent in care home - what benefits available?
Hi everyone, As a family this will be our first foray into benefits so would be really grateful for some assistance with it. My widower dad is 77 and in February had an operation to remove a tumour from his spine. He is now paraplegic and double incontinent as a result. He came out of NHS spinal rehab a couple of weeks ago…
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Change of job UC
Can someone please explain how put a change of job onto UC? We've gone on report a change, work and earnings but it doesn't seem to be right. My husband wants to say he finishes one job today and then starts a new job on Monday. I also need to go on and put that I am starting working in a weeks time. Help please!!
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Winter fuel update 9th June 2025
Hi All, Ive just been reading about the new rules for winter fuel payments and it's confusing. As i have read it today, if a pensioner earns over £35,000 pa then they will not be entitled to WFP If you earn less than £35,000 then you will be entitled to WFP WFP of £200 is paid on the basis of a household having a…
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Private pension and pension credit.
I've just discovered I have a private pension sum. (I had a brain injury several years ago and have no memory of this private pension) My husband & I receive guaranteed pension credit. He's older than me, I'll be 60 in November, but stopped working several years ago due to the affects of my brain injury and other physical…
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Migration from income based ESA support group to universal credit
I have had the statement for my first Universal Credit payment! It has been amended to include a transitional payment! I was in the esa support group with enhanced disability premium and severe disability premium. I have attached a copy of the statement as I can’t see where the LCWRA element is or is this included in the…
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High income child benefit charge and separation
So I have a bit of a dilemma here. My partner (now ex not married) claimed child benefit for the whole 24/25 tax year. We separated in September 24 but have still be living together but as separate households since due to financial reasons, we have no bank accounts tied etc… I have exceeded the threshold for the high…
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What Are The Rules on UC If New Job Does Not Work Out?
I am on universal credit (I was obliged to seek work,) and have a new job starting on Monday. What are the rules regarding UC, if the job does not “work out”? I would imagine if I decide to walk out the door on the first day, I will not be able to immediately claim UC (I have no intention to do this.) However, say the…
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SMI loan questions
Hi, Please move if this isn't in the right place. Unfortunately, I'm at risk of redundancy unexpectedly, just a few months after buying a house. We get UC so can apply for the Support for Mortgage Interest loan payments now, but we're not sure if it's a good idea, so I'd like to ask a couple of questions: - Any ideas how…
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DWP have lost all of the documents I sent by special delivery!!!
DWP are conducting a review of our existing Pension Credit claim mainly to check if our capital went over the minimum. They asked for 4 years of bank statements. Not easy to get, as we have different accounts to gather as much interest as we can (thanks Martin, but no more... as you'll see, it hasn't been worth it...) We…
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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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Adding illnesses to the ESA to UC Migration form
Hello, I have filled in the online form to migrate from ESA Support Group to Universal Credit, but have realised I forgot to list Diabetes among my illnesses in the Health page. Is there a way I can add this, and do I need the specific date of diagnoses? Also, they list the methods of id they accept, I have a drivers…
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Universal credits and council tax
Hi everyone hope someone can help iv just migrated to universal credit I currently get council tax benefits will that now get stopped and I will have to reclaim or will it not be affected?
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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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Benefits while working / volunteering
I am just trying to educate myself on the small chance I could end up out of work, I already worked out my entitlement would be 480 per month which includes council tax help. I am single , own fully my house and have no savings no partner no kids. If I was to volunteer or work a small amount of hours, does that affect the…
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Carers allowance wait time
Hi, I left work 31st May - after having 3 months on paid leave (gardening leave). I applied for carers allowance 2nd June 2025. From 2nd September I will be joining university, so I will need to close the claim then. I have had carers allowance in the past for my daughter and nothing in our circumstances has changed since.…
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Budgeting Advance advice needed.
We moved across from ESA to UC back in Feb of this year and at the time we was paying back a Budgeting loan we had while on ESA and now we are paying that back via UC. but we need to ask for a Budgeting Advance with UC as need to buy a new oven as our one has died so what i would like to know is will UC class paying back a…
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Council tax dole occupancy discount
Hi, my daughter spent the last 10 years working abroad in performing art on various contracts. I claimed sole occupancy discount on my council tax during this time. I’ve been approached by the council and told that the discount was not valid and must repay the amount for the last 10 years, can they do this?
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UC and inheritance
I've been lucky enough to receive a substantial amount in an inheritance from a relative. I thought I just had to declare the amount to UC and this would close the claim but when I posted the change of circumstances on journal they said I had to make an appointment with the Jobcentre and take in three months' worth of bank…
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Joint mortgage and Child maintenance
Hi I am right in saying my ex has to pay half the mortgage payments as it’s joint after walk on us our daughter is 12 and then pay child maintenance he has said he pay half mortgage and will give me £30 a week child maintenance and my calculations show £450 a month any advice?
