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Applying for UC - Before or after April 7th?
Background: I must apply for Universal Credit, moving from Income Based ESA under "managed migration". I have plenty of time but want to get it over with (PTSD). ESA will be uprated on 7th of April with the new tax year. I will qualify for transitional protection as disability premiums on ESA make those payments higher…
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Repay Student Loan to claim Universal Credit
My son left University 3 years ago and has not had a job. He has also been unable to claim any benefits because he was gifted money by grandparents which means his savings exceed the Universal Credit limits. As I understand it, repaying loans does not count as deprivation of assets. Could he repay enough of his student…
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Severe disablement allowance and attendance allowance
I have an 83 year old relative who receives severe disablement allowance instead of state pension as she didn't have enough contributions to receive state pension. She has applied for attendance allowance decision pending but she is now worried that severe disablement allowance will be reassessed and she will end up worse…
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Winter Fuel Payment delay.
Hi folks, I am entitled to the Winter Fuel Payment of £200 as I meet the criteria, state pension and received child tax credits as a joint claim with my partner for the qualifying week of 16Sept to 23 Sept 24. I have contacted the DWP several times by phone probably spent 2-3 hours and it is only today they have told me by…
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DWP proposals
For a long time now it's been publicised the DWP are going to have the power to access people's bank accounts in an attempt to stop fraud. UC has a threshold of £16,000, surely they've been able to check that previously, do people really not declare savings above that when it's so easy to discover?
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Council Tax - Unoccupied. Liable person providing care elsewhere.
Does anyone know the exact rule on the above? I care 5 days/nights a week at the home of the person I care for. I stay at home 2 nights a week for security reasons and to air/heat up the house a bit.
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Potentials National Insurance credits from non-means-tested benefits?
After wading through Gov page, contacting moneyhelper, trying to contact CitizensAdvice, I hope some helpful soul here might just have the information I need, or a direction to it. Basically, I looked into benefits while I was volunteering, but saw that having received an inheritance payment, that now put me above the…
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Universal credit for disabled Uni students
My son has autism and receives PIP, UC and LCWRA. He started a place at Uni, foundation year Oct ‘24 and lives at home. He applied for a maintenance loan and was granted extra because of receiving PIP (total amount £10,158) of which £4,327 is special support element and discounted as income = £5,831 counted as income. He…
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Help with out Universal Credit Application u
Hello, I recently sold and bought a house on the same date which was 21st Feb 2025. My partner and I have 3 young children and moved from Yorkshire to Scotland for a new adventure and fresh start. My partner and I have no current income coming in at all. We are just setting up our new lives now. I do have savings however.…
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29,500 Inheritance. How long do I have to buy a property after inheriting when receiving UC
Hello, I'm hoping someone can help answer this. Has anyone been in receipt of UC and inherited a similar amount of money that they wanted to buy a house with? After doing google searches it seems that, when in receipt of UC and inheriting money; that is deemed acceptable to use it to buy a property to live in. As you can…
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Help
I hope someone can help me please. My brother is 72 and wants to come and live in England. He was born here but lived all his life abroad. His income is about £1400 a month and he would like to rent from a council housing association as funds are low. He has little savings. He does obviously not have a National Insurance…
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Infirm child allowance
My partner and i have been together for around 25yrs, she is in reciept of a benefit which pays £1 per week and never increases, i believe it is paid by the war veterans agency. The benefit is infirm child allowance. My partner was put in to foster care at an early age, went to a special school and she suffers from…
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Had my PIP appeal hearing today, feeling really confused and disheartened
Hi :) I claimed for PIP back in 2022 due to Dyspraxia and Sensory Processing Disorder that I’ve had since I was a young child, along with depression and anxiety. My dyspraxia and SPD generally cause me issues that fall under the care component- I cannot use cutlery properly, cannot use kitchen appliances due to my…
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PIP Changes
I need to know if i will lose my pip when iv just won on the 17th in the pip tribunal, Will i be effected? I scored 4 in "Preparing food" and 4 "Engaging with other people face to face" I'm so confused...
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Acsess to work assessment
Hi all Its been months since I applied for acsess to work on tbe grounds of my deafness making it difficult to get to work along with transport link being poor. I travel to work via a metro but it's being so poor lately that ether the system or the train always seems to have a problem. I am unable to understand the tangy…
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New PIP rules - what to do?
So here we go again, new Government, different colour and regressive changes to punish the disabled!! My situation and what to do for the best? In June 2016 I received an ongoing award with light touch review after 10 years, so due in June 2026. I was awarded Low care and standard mobility. I thought about a MR at the time…
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esa to universal migration over £16000 savings
hi after some advice changed our esa over to universal credit we know we have done wrong so we kind to us i have a rare leukemia we are a couple that was on esa, housing benefit, council tax benefit & p.i p when i clicked on savings i clicked £16000 but in february we had £26000 i bought a new car for £7500 we needed a…
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How will it affect my UC payments?
I have posted previously about receiving a pilon payment after resigning my job to be a carer for my daughter. Thanks for previous info, but they are different as I'm not paying tax (under threshold for the year) I was lead to believe I would pay it and then get it back later. Anyway I am very worried going forward about…
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PIP Mandatory Reconsideration help please.
I have a relative who put in a claim for PIP in November last year. He had his support worker fill in the forms for him as he cannot write legibly. He then has his assessment done on the phone. When this was done I was present with him as well as his support worker so heard everything that was said. He has a list of…
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LCWRA & Studying
Hi all, I've been finding the information online about this topic rather confused. I'm currently in receipt of LCWRA (but not PIP). I want to be prepared for when LCWRA is scrapped and have thought about studying to become a driving instructor, by having advanced driving lessons, most likely once per week. I do not believe…
