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Cost of Living payments disregarded question?
If you have say 3 savings accounts and the account that the COL payments went into did go below the amount that was received of the COL payment but the combined amount of your savings from your other accounts which the COL did NOT go into, overall your savings never went below the full amount of the COL payments? So if my…
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Advice needed...
Hi, I am currently receiving universal credit carers element as i am unemployed and caring for my autistic daughter. My mum has fronto temporal dementia and my dad is her main carer. Now my daughter is in school full time my dad proposed i become a self employed "personal assistant" to help out with mum and do bits of…
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UC Review.
Have my UC review, this will be fun! Went to upload my bank statements, but limit is 16 files, yet I have 48. Does anyone know if I can do multiple uploads after I submit the first 16. EDIT, ended up just merging them into one PDF and uploaded that.
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Confusion regarding UC LCWRA Payback letter.
Hello, So I was recently awarded LCWRA and I received a letter saying they owed me money, but I'm a bit confused and wanted some clarification. I've done a fair amount of research and understand the 14 week cool down period but in the letter that was sent to me they informed me I was entitled to £1619.28 from 30th of…
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Old Paper National Insurance Card
Is it worth keeping this for anything today, as I believe it can't be used as any proof in current usage and requirements? Apart from a keepsake, it serves no purpose, especially if the address is also not relevant. I think it was issued at my senior school just before leaving.
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UC overpayment
I have just been checking my statements for Universal Credit and realised that they have made a mistake and not deducted my ESA correctly resulting in an overpayment of just over £100. I know that it has to be paid back and am kicking myself for not noticing sooner and leaving the money aside. My rent went up by £110 in…
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Baby Benefits - Scotland
Good Afternoon All, Myself (34) and partner (31) have just had our first child! Obviously she is now on maternity, we think probably for the first year. Between us we earn £64,000 (£32,000) each, and her job package has given her the first two months at full pay, before sliding down to the statutory amount. I have tried…
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Pip/descriptor
My son wears a nappy at night I have to put this on for him as he is unable to I also have to clean him as well as he is unable to clean his self. most nights we have to go through 2 nappies. during the day he also sometimes wears a nappy. But other times wears a special boxer pants supplied by the Incontinence service…
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UC/PIP
Hi all please can someone offer advice or point me in the right direction my dad died on the 24th March. He was on PIP and UC I was advised to notify his bank straight away which I did and the account was frozen. he was due his UC payment on the 18th of April and it didn’t go through due to account being frozen the advice…
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Universal Credit Over Payment
We were migrated from Income Support to UC and filled out all the relevant forms listing all benefits we were on as well as any other income. When we received our claim award paperwork our total deductions for other benefits/income was listed as a total amount. When checking this through our own endeavours we felt that the…
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UC REVIEW AS A FOSTER CARER
Hello, I'm a little worried about a UC review that I've been asked to provide, it's a bit like going through the airport and have nothing on you but feel like you have the world of illegal contraband on you. I'm a foster carer and a lot of my transactions are paid out for different things. I also sperate my funds across a…
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UC zero award some questions please
Migrated from tax credits and have lost transitional capital protection due to being over AET in 1st month and having 3 consecutive months below AET. Claim is currently at zero and has been for three months. I get full PIP, contributions base ESA and partner is self employed, we did get carer element and health element. 1.…
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UC and buying a house
Has anyone ever been in receipt of UC, bought a house and then gone onto to claim govt help with the interest immediately? Smi I think it's called.I work 30hrs a week but I'm a long term claimant of UC.
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ESA UC q please
I moved to UC 4 months ago I currently get 278 per fortnight ESA AND 177 universal credit a month The other day my universal credit was 490. I'm in the partially unfit(?) for work group. The man says it was because my ESA was below 300 but it's been like that for 4 months until this month. Any idea what will happen next…
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Who decides if you get LCW or LCWRA on UC?
With my WCA tomorrow I am wondering who is empowered to decide if I have LCW or LCWRA? is it just the WCA assessor? But presumably the original assessor who looked at my application for must have made a decision also? Or can a GP make this judgement on a sick note? And what about a job coach? Do I have any right of appeal?…
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UNiversalk Credit : if asessed as unfit for work
MY WCA is due next week. At the moment, my Work Coach has agreed with me that I have Limited Capability for Work. Right now, I am really struggling and feel barely capable of any work, but I am hoping to carry on as I don't want to stop work. I was wondering what the financial implications would be of being declared unfit…
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Universal Credit and other income advice
Can someone here with good knowledge of the universal credit benifit please help. I have been pushed from pillar to post for nearly a month now. If my wife and i have an entitlment of 905 pounds with no earnings coming in as my wife is in uni and i am caring full time and on carers element and it states this on are claim…
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Has the criteria for (former ESA) UC support group changed?
I got a message in my UC journal asking if the claimant regularly needs overnight care from a non family member because of their needs. If they didn't before and qualified for support group and still don't, does that automatically mean they will now be moved into one of the work groups?
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ESA assessment and sight loss query
Hi there, I hope someone can help me with a question regarding my upcoming ESA assessment. I know that my vision will be tested during the assessment, particularly when it comes to reading print. I used to use a magnifier to assist with reading, but I can no longer do so because my vision has become blurry. This means it…
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When do new UC rates show on statement?
Just got my Statement for period 31st March to 29th April but it does not have the new 2025/2026 rates on it. The standard allowance is still showing as £617.60 as we are a couple over 25 so when do we get the new rates? Also for some reason the housing cost part of it is the same but my rent went up on April 1st and i…
