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Attendance Allowance/Pension Credit
Hi Can I pick your brains please. I have a friend who is on State Pension plus a couple of small works pensions. She has too much to get Pension Credit. She has a number of health issues and I helped her get lower rate Attendance Allowance. I put her details into one of the benefit checkers to double check I hadn’t missed…
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Contribution ESA
I am on contributions based esa. I also have a privite pension that has been declared. My husband and I want to borrow some cash from our house for house repairs. Is that ok to do?
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New Job at 12 hours p/w while on (NS)JSA - does claim end on start date or first pay date?
HI all Sorry for the long title! Wondered if anyone might be able to help with this please? I'm on (NS)JSA and recently started a job at 12 hours p/w. Once I started, I called up the number I was given to end my claim, but the adviser said the claim does not end because the job is less than 16 hours. More importantly…
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CHILD MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS
Hello Everyone, This is my first post on the Forum but I am sure there will be people out there with the experience and knowledge I need to tap into? My son turned 18 at the end of May of this year. He is in full time education studying a 3 year Motor Engineering Course. The course appears to run for only a couple or three…
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Partner needs care... can I afford to give up work?
Hello all, I am hoping somebody could help me. Im 64yr female and my partner is 78. He is in hospital and he comes home he will need full time care. I am willing to give up my part time job to care for him. But I'm not sure we can afford to. I will list some brief notes. We live in a rented flat at £320 monthly. My partner…
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Tax free childcare and free nursery hours with borderline/ variable monthly salary
Hi everyone, Getting myself in a right pickle. My baby is just about to start nursery so I am applying for the free hours and tax free childcare account. I earn under the max threshold but hubby earns just below it after pension taken off but sometimes has to take extra shifts that would push him over depending on how many…
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Managed migration ESA to Uc and Appointee
I have been appointee for my son’s benefits for years as he is mentally impaired autistic etc. The migration letter was sent to me as his appointee and I filled it all up online yesterday. I was unable to verify his identity as he doesn’t have a bank account, credit history or anything. I have received an appointment to…
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ESA Assessment Decision Timescale?
Hi all Wife is currently on the assessment rate of New Style (contribution based) ESA, has been since early April. She had her work capability assessment just over 6 weeks ago. Was supposed to be in person, but was changed to a phone one just as we set off in the car to get there. Still no decision yet. What's peoples…
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On Long-Term Fit Note, Awaiting WCA Assessment but Asked to Join Restart Scheme UC
I have been on UC for six months and have a fit note until the end of September due to a long-term mental health condition. At the beginning of this month, I attended both a 'work coach support – health' appointment and a 'work search review.' At these meetings, it was agreed that I do not need to look for work and could…
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UC while on zero hours but want to change jobs
I'm currently on zero hours contract as a relief worker in the care sector (support work). I would like to move on to a different type of job. The main 2 reasons are that it affects my mental health (although I don't have any formal diagnosis) and it's a low paid job in a sector I feel is not a good fit for me and frankly…
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Partner moving in
I'm disabled and currently claim ADP, New style ESA and UC which is currently topped up to my old benefits level because I had to migrate over from legacy benefits. My partner is moving in at the end of the year, he has a job with varying hours so I'm just wondering what to expect when I declare him moving in? Will my UC…
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DLA telephone review - mid award.
I have today received a letter from dla saying they are reviewing my son's award. It runs till he's 12 and I've still got 3 years left. Why would they be reviewing it? It seems like it's mandatory so does anyone know what they will be talking about? I don't feel comfortable going through it over the phone because I don't…
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Late in reporting changes
Hello, I get RSU vested quarterly from my company I work for. In May, I got some RSU and it was reported to HMRC by my company in June. The amount of RSU I received in May exceeded £6k (less than £16k) and I didn't sell those RSU. There is a restriction on when I can sell those, usually in each three months, there is an…
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Anyone been through a Carers' Allowance Overpayment tribunal??
Hi - has anyone been through a Carers' Allowance Overpayment appeal tribunal and would be willing to have a short chat with me to help me understand what happens? Ours has just been scheduled and we have no idea whatsoever (apart from the short paragraph of standard info, which doesn't tell us much) how it works, what…
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reporting business expenses as self employed on universal credit - working away from home.
married couple, one 19yr old with disabilities, one 12yr old. Does anyone have any advice on this? we were called for an appointment at the job center 3 weeks ago, JC employee said there was expenses listed on our monthly inc/exp that were not allowed. She said specifically that accommodation and meals are not allowed when…
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ESA to UC migration - biographical phone id test
Hi Are the appointment times accurate? Relative waiting and stressed. Thanks
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child born in 2010 martin say may be owed thousads by gove
Hi Hope all are well Marin said news paper that could be owed thousd by goverementt if child born in 2010
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DWP letter saying I owe money
Hi, my wife and myself have both received a letter from DWP saying we owe them £245.03. I looked up the telephone number given and more than one "who called me" website says the number is a scam. I looked for the number given on the letter (0800 916 0647 & 0800 916 0651) via the gov.uk website and they say it is for the…
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Attendance Allowance Pension Credit
My pension credit that I have received for 16years, was stopped a few weeks ago when i was given Attendance Allowance. I realise now that I should have informed them, I have spoken to pension credit and confirmed all details, was told this would be processed and I would receive a letter. Is this usual and will the Pension…
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Dwp checking what you spend your benefits on
i am reading in the press that the DWP are ringing people asking about certain transactions on their account and how they spend the money they get are they allowed to do this it seems like an invasion of ones privacy so what Authority do they have to do this?
