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Migrated over to UC from ESA (SG) and have ESA payment
Hi everyone. I was migrated over the UC in March, they gave me the amount I'd be getting on the 16th of April and paid it on 23rd minus some because of payments I'd received from ESA. Then without me knowing, yesterday they paid me an ESA payment (slightly less) and I don't know why. Is anyone else who transferred over…
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UC Claim effectively ending - should I stop claiming or just let it end through ineligibility?
I was migrated 12 months ago to UC from WTC. Due to having savings earmarked for paying off my mortgage when my fix ends I am not eligible for UC except via the transitional protection so my eligibility will end with the 12 months post migration. Each month I have to have my payment reassessed to include my private pension…
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Council asking for tax from several years ago
My mother has received a bill from our local authority asking for Council Tax. For several years she and my father when he was alive, received assistance from the local council that has resulted in no monies being required towards the council tax. Father suffered with dementia and was registered blind. The support they got…
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Universal Migration Nightmare
Hello all you lovely peeps....I was wondering if anyone else is in the same boat, I recieved my UC migration letter in March 2025, I went online and filled it all in , done what was asked, then letters started arriving saying this has been stopped and this has been suspended, it was confusing , but I think I understood.…
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Worried
Am I in trouble for never declaring savings to universal credit I’ve claimed for 4 years and now under review my statement will show I’m well over£16k for a few years scared this is fraud
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Universal credit and child maintenance
Hello, I’m a newly separated mum of 2. I work 18 hours per week and make ends meet on my small wage (approx £1000 per month), child benefit and my ex pays me an amount per month for the kids. He pays more than the CSA would award if we went down that route. I am aware that child maintenance is disregarded when assessing…
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Pension Credit (Care Home)
Friend's father is in care home it's been made permanent so new calculation. His state pension is £287.41 and share of private pension & annuity is £18.05 totalling £305.46 With allowances his payment towards costs £238.92 having looked at it it seems correct. (all figures per week) The issue I have the accompanying letter…
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CA + Cont ESA, who should pay?
Hi all My wife went off sick from work last year with a back injury, her SSP period ended a few weeks ago and she has moved onto contribution based ESA. She is also in receipt of carers allowance. I know these are overlapping benefits and she would only receive the higher of the 2, ESA, but who should pay that amount?…
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Childcare vouchers (old style) - impact of moving to higher tax bracket
As my daughter was born in 2016 I have been claiming childcare vouchers through my employer since she started nursery, and we didn't switch to the tax-free childcare scheme as her father was about to breach the cut-off point. Although we have recently separated at the moment we are still using the childcare vouchers to pay…
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Universal Credit Transitional Protection Payment When does it end
I migrated from WTC last March. Reported at the time that we had savings of over £16k and still do. Our first payment was on 29th March 2024 and have received 13 payments since then, latest will be 29th April 2025 for £12. Just wondering when does Universal credit stop or do I just request to close my claim. I was under…
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New UC claim and working
Hi, I was hoping for some advice as I'm new to doing this in regards to UC. I made an application recently and it was approved. I was advised I will hear back in May about how much I'm entilted too. I'm confused however, as they offered me an advance of £700.00 which I haven't accepted. Basically my circumstances are that…
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JSA application start date and last day at work (7 days)
Hi, I have been informed that my last day at work will be on May 4th so I am planning on claiming JSA as I won't have any income once my contract ends. I've read that it can take about a week after applying for the JSA to start, so my question is - considering that I already know my last day at work, can I start applying…
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Housing benefit & council tax support overpayment query
Hi I have only recently realised that the build up of state pension and attendance allowance in my parents bank account means they're not entitled to the HB and CTS they're currently getting. I'm going through some bank statements right now to work out a rough estimate of what will need to be paid back before I contact the…
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im baffled with UC
Hi, I have just been swapped over from esa to UC . it should have been paid on the 16th but i contacted them and they said they would release the funds, they did say that they were still waiting to have confirmation that the rental part f my housing costs needs to be confirmed by the housing association. The payment I just…
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Universal credit advice for a friend - search for work or receive sanctions
I am looking for some advice on behalf of a friend who is currently claiming UC and works part time (16 hours a week); she has recently been advised that she needs to search for more work otherwise she will receive sanctions and is concerned that this will end up with her being made homeless; I know she struggles already…
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Problems with Universal Credit awarding National Insurance Credits
Hi there, I'm on the Money team and am back from maternity leave covering benefits and pensions. We have had a handful of readers get in touch with us concerned that their NI credits awarded via Universal Credit are missing. We understand that a relatively new system was put in place to automate this and want to get a…
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Capital disregard period coming to an end
I own a property abroad and have declared everything truthfully, including when I put it up for sale six months (26 weeks) ago. I have also provided ample evidence and explanations. The property is worth more than £16,000. The capital has kindly been disregarded by the DM a few months back, but the disregard period is now…
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help
my mum is 85 and on full pension credit and gets her housing (privately rented) paid for her and her council tax paid etc. She is moving to an almshouse in another county. How do we go about changing her benefits from one council to another?
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Rent Increases and UC Migration Notice
So finally I received the migration notice to be claimed by 17th July 2025 Having just notified the council of Housing Association increases and getting the new update, the new rates start in mid-May from the council. My question is, is it best to wait until new rent amounts are due to start the Universal Credit claim, or…
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subletting a room whilst on UC
Hello, I am a single mum with two boys. I receive UC and the housing element of it. My boys are older and sometimes spend time with their father. I was thinking of letting their room out to students whilst their at not at home to make a little extra money. I read that you can make up to £7500 a year renting a room and that…
