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Income ESA to UC migration confusion. Worried. Please help.
Hello. I got a managed migration notice to move from Income related ESA to UC and applied on 31st March. I have no idea what is going on but got a message in the journal out of the blue, saying "records show your getting IR ESA and to tell them I'm moving to UC" but it was worded confusingly, so I asked what it was about…
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Adding illnesses to the ESA to UC Migration form
Hello, I have filled in the online form to migrate from ESA Support Group to Universal Credit, but have realised I forgot to list Diabetes among my illnesses in the Health page. Is there a way I can add this, and do I need the specific date of diagnoses? Also, they list the methods of id they accept, I have a drivers…
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Universal credits and council tax
Hi everyone hope someone can help iv just migrated to universal credit I currently get council tax benefits will that now get stopped and I will have to reclaim or will it not be affected?
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Universal credit and private pension contributions
Ok, I have recently started making the change to UC. With tax credits, we were able to deduct 100% of our private pension (not attached to earnings) contributions from our salary each year. I have spoke to UC and apparently only work based pensions are deductable. Yet I have found lots of info that just uses the word…
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Benefits while working / volunteering
I am just trying to educate myself on the small chance I could end up out of work, I already worked out my entitlement would be 480 per month which includes council tax help. I am single , own fully my house and have no savings no partner no kids. If I was to volunteer or work a small amount of hours, does that affect the…
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Carers allowance wait time
Hi, I left work 31st May - after having 3 months on paid leave (gardening leave). I applied for carers allowance 2nd June 2025. From 2nd September I will be joining university, so I will need to close the claim then. I have had carers allowance in the past for my daughter and nothing in our circumstances has changed since.…
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Budgeting Advance advice needed.
We moved across from ESA to UC back in Feb of this year and at the time we was paying back a Budgeting loan we had while on ESA and now we are paying that back via UC. but we need to ask for a Budgeting Advance with UC as need to buy a new oven as our one has died so what i would like to know is will UC class paying back a…
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Council tax dole occupancy discount
Hi, my daughter spent the last 10 years working abroad in performing art on various contracts. I claimed sole occupancy discount on my council tax during this time. I’ve been approached by the council and told that the discount was not valid and must repay the amount for the last 10 years, can they do this?
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Joint mortgage and Child maintenance
Hi I am right in saying my ex has to pay half the mortgage payments as it’s joint after walk on us our daughter is 12 and then pay child maintenance he has said he pay half mortgage and will give me £30 a week child maintenance and my calculations show £450 a month any advice?
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Sons Student maintenance grant and the effect on my Universal credit.
Hello there, Ive actually asked this question on here before and someone very helpful answered but I'm double checking as Ive been told the opposite. I claim Universal credit, I also claim PIP and have a doctors fit note to say that my max hours are 20 a week. Universal credit are ok with this as long as I keep providing…
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ESA to UC migration
This discussion was created from comments split from: Universal credit and the £6000 threshold.
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New application for JSA, will I be eligible for any cost of living payment?
Hi all, I'll be applying for JSA sometime over the next few days, can anyone say if I'll be eligible for a cost of living payment, if I've understood correctly, one is due around now.
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Universal credit: refusing legacy = deprivation of capital?
If a person refuses an amount of money, say £20k, which has been left to them in a will because they want to remain on Universal Credit, is this considered as a "deprivation of capital" for UC purposes? Even though they have never received the money? Thanks!
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Claiming ESA while on UC
Hi all, just a quick question I work part time (24 hours a week) am single and receive a small amount of UC to top up my wages. I have had a bad back for a few months, managed to carry on working (strong painkillers) and my employer has been very understanding. The condition seems to be ongoing so have applied for ESA but…
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why are uni credit requesting 10 months of earnings before the date of our uni credit claim?
why are uni credit requesting 10 months of earnings before the date of our uni credit claim ? they want combined earnings from april 2024 until january 2025. Febuary we put a universal claim in as my wife was starting university and i would be the only earner although she gets a bursary of £430 a month. so we didnt recieve…
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Mandatory Universal Credit “Appointment” to Discuss Retirement!?
I got a weird message saying in my Universal Credit online journal, saying that I had a mandatory appointment at the end of June, with one of the topics of discussion being “my preparations for retirement”!? Has anyone else had this? I am over a decade away from retirement, and to be honest just focus on trying to get to…
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Will Transitional Protection continue if you lose PIP Care Component?
Having to migrate to UC Currently on top whack IR ESA, PIP LR Care and HR Mobility. If I lose PIP Care Component due to the 4 point rule (if it comes in), will Transitional Protection continue?
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ESA to UC Migration - ESA letter about contributory element counting as taxable Income.
For the attention of Newcad (or anyone else who might help me understand?): I successfully migrated from Income-related ESA about 3 weeks ago. My first statement is due in about 10 days. I got a letter from ESA to say my income-related ESA was ending and have been paid my run-on in full with no overpayment, as I submitted…
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JSA - experience and commitment
Hello, I’m new to JSA and finding the whole thing a bit of a challenge. * Twice my appointments have been changed with less than 24 hours notice. But each time I’ve been told I must attend. Is this normal? * My work coach told me I’m not allowed to leave the town (I went to London to see my aunt for a few days). The work…
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Council Tax Reduction - Waited Almost One Month and No Response
I applied for Council Tax reduction, almost one month ago, and then sent a follow up email a few days later. I have heard nothing. I am currently on very low income, and a minimal Universal Credit. Plus of course, they have just increased council tax, and it is now one of my biggest monthly outgoings. The council tax took…
