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Child benefit change
I haven’t received child benefit for years, but due to the change now entitled again. How do I start reclaiming? I work part time. My husband earns 70k so we are now entitled
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Moving over from ESA Support group to UC advice.
I got a letter from DWP telling me that i have to move over to UC and to apply by start of Feb and would like some advice please. I am in the support group for ESA so will i have to go to a medical or interview for UC if i am in the support group for ESA? Would i be made to go to Job centre as i do not do as i am in…
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UC & Self Employemnt
Hi all Hopefully i`m posting in the right section! I have had a could search through threads to try and find some answers but im not getting entirely what i want so hopefully someone can help me here. About us and sorry for the waffle! My husband and i claim UC, he works full time and has a good salary we have children on…
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Carer's Allowance / Carer's Credit.
I am at the point that I will have to become a full time cared for my 72 year old wife. She gets a state pension of around £4500 per year and Attendance Allowance at the higher rate. I am self employed aged 60 and get a company pension from a previous employer of £ 88.35 per week. If I become a full time carer what…
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Mixed Age Couple ESA to UC – Transitional Protection Con Forcing into poverty
I am a pensioner and part of a mixed aged couple where my wife is
under pensionable age and is disabled and unable to work. I am my
wife’s carer (min 35 hrs per week). We currently receive ESA and
now received our letter for managed transition to UC. The con that
will force us into poverty is the “Transitional…
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Universal credits over payments
My employer pays me weekly but on random days, this has
cause no end of problems with Universal Credits payments, for
example between the 15th March and 16th of April, I was paid 5 lots of
wages into my bank, BUT only 3 lots were registered with HMRC, so universal
credits paid us more money to cover the 2 weeks they think…
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UC review advice
Hi, sorry this is so longwinded but I've tried to include all the information. I have been contacted by UC and informed I'm to have a UC claim review to check my payments are correct. I have been told to provide 4 months of bank statements. I live with my 22 yr old daughter, we are both in receipt of individual payments of…
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Pension credit and Life Insurance Investment Bond
My elderly mother is denied pension credit and all that goes with it (as a gateway benefit) since she and her husband (deceased) worked hard and managed to accumulate some modest savings. She is left trying to run a home on the minimal state pension. My question if is she could move her savings to a Life Insurance…
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Overpayment of Universal credit
This all started on my last months payment of Universal Credit, I usually get paid £390.65, but noticed on that statement that they was going to pay me £477.19, I noticed they had deducted only £268.36 Carer's Allowance instead of the usual deduction of £354.90, causing a £84.56 overpayment. I immediately questioned it on…
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CA deduction on UC
My UC award has been produced and for some reasons the carer allowance deduction changed from £354.90 to £245. My child has recently moved from DLA to PIP. Last DLA payment was 8 April. I would have thought CA should continue. Do I need to notify CA if the change? Thanks
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ESA migration to UC LWRCA how long
Hi im having to migrate my Husband and myself from ESA support group to UC i have read about transitional payments and that he should be granted LWRCA but how long does that last before they make you hand in fit notes is it like ESAand you stay in the LWRCA group as long as there is no change or does it last only a set…
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Take Home Pay
Hello, i have a UC question. In order to qualify for help with health costs my take home pay must be under £935. On my UC statements there are two different areas saying Take Home Pay with different amounts. Which one is the take home pay please?
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Migration from ESA and housing benefit to UC
Hi all, I’m looking for some advice on the compulsory migration from ESA and housing benefit please. I have received housing benefit for 14 years in the same property, I was full time employed at first but I got multiple health problems so now can’t work, because of that I’ve received ESA for about 12 years. I was told it…
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UC Question
Hi all and thanks for your support. I have a question about UC which I currently get with my partner, we don't work and are both carers. I finished work in December 2024 when tax credits ended and we claimed UC. I am going to receive £250 holiday pay this month (they didn't want to pay it) which I assume I will have to…
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ESA Special Disability Premium and UC
Hi. Bit of a complex one. I get Legacy Income Based ESA (support group) and full PIP. I was getting the Special Disability Premium top-up of ESA. I moved in with my wife on 15th March and informed DWP and as expected the SDP was stopped and it became a joint claim. We've now made our claim for migration to UC as we…
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Moving from ESA to UC
Hi Ok so now im no longer working and won't be able to pay the rent ( although it's been paid up to mid may ) my mum needs to apply for UC so we can get the housing element and pay our rent , she currently gets income ESA and is in the support group. Because she's not migrating over she's applying before a migration letter…
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UC deductions
Delete if political but I saw this and thought it was good news to share "The maximum amount that can be taken from someone’s universal credit standard allowance payment to repay these debts has been set at 25%, meaning the government can take up to a quarter of your payment Now, from 1 May, this rate has been reduced to…
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Tribunal over DWP not calculating capital correctly
Yesterday was the deadline for responding to the DWP moving the goal posts on my appeal… Im really hoping they dont do it again, but fear they will. Back in October I made a typo when declaring my capital and declared my October figures with a date in Feb. The DWP then issued an overpayment letter- I told them it was a…
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Dla to pip
Hello, does anyone know when the Indefinate dla to pip transfers will take place? i can't seem to find a definitive answer about this.
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Requesting Mandatory Reconsideration after time limit
Hello all, I am not hopeful for this but I thought I post this here just in case someone could help. Our UC claim was closed in October 2024 after my new job and it was all ok so far. Then in March, we received a demand letter from DWP debt management, saying that we have an overpayment of £10,000 from Universal Credit. We…
