Benefits & tax credits

My mother is mid 80’s in receipt of her state pension. She cared for her brother and father for two separate periods in excess of 10 years. We urged her to claim carers allowance at the time but she refused. Her state pension is roughly 60% of the full amount, she would have obviously received credits had she been a carer…

Hi all - been awarded LCWRA due to a major operation, they have stated it is awarded from 22nd May. So, am I correct in thinking, that as you have to wait 3 months, then the 3 months waiting was up on the 22nd August? (22 May - 22 Jun, 22 Jun - 22 Jul, 22 Jul - 22 Aug). My next payment date for UC is on the 22 Sep, but…

Morning all. I have a question and cannot find an answer to this online I'm hoping someone might know. So atm we are renting and on universal credit and receive 610 towards our rent as 610 is our local housing rate in our area for a 3 bedroom. So we have been looking at shared ownership properties recently and the rent…

Hello Please correct me if I'm wrong. But being on Universal credit automatically contributes towards your natiional insurance. So if self assessment gives you the OPTION whether to pay or not, you should pick not. Is that true? I'm a bit confused about the NI optional payments. I will post on the tax board so as not to…

I am currently migrating to UC, can I check I have a structured compensation plan in place that pays monthly this is not over my savings and is liked to my life long injury is this disregarded.

Good afternoon. My brother (58) suffered a haemorrhagic stroke last November. He was paid Statutory Sick Pay for 28 weeks. It is unlikely he will work again and is now in receipt of full PIP and UC. Should he have been entitled to housing and council tax benefit during this time? He is waiting to be rehoused in sheltered…

Hi, in regards to applying for UC. I live in a rental, not employed(4 months), savings under 5k. But I own a studio, make abit of profit(tenant for 1yr) because of this I didnt bother with UC. but im thinking of selling up. If I applied UC how would I navigate the form due to having a tenant and not started the process…

i get the disabled/support rate of Universal Credit. If i sell my home & move in with my elderly parents what happens to my UC? Would PIP be affected? If I sold my house I'd obviously get a chunk of money that would be over the £16,000 savings limit of UC. So would my UC stop immediately? That house money would either be…

Having now had to give up work due to my epilepsy I recently made application for UC and also for ESA. I understand its not unusual but failed to receive either of the promised phone calls min respect of each! Eventually, received a call from UC to be told that it had been granted, check later on my journal for details. No…

The overpayment was made after my mother passed away. They were obviously made aware of her passing. I know they can request the overpayment back for state pension overpayments but are **not** allowed to enforce repayment. Is it the same for Attendance Allowance? Thanks for the help.

Just wondered if anyone could give me an idea of how long they waited once their PIP application was submitted? I initially had an application deadline of 25th July but asked for 3 extensions as I was finding it really hard to complete the form. I posted it on Wednesday 10th September and I was just wondering how long…

Hi, am currently working but have recently reported that I am a full time carer for someone that receives DL PIP. The following day I was sent new commitments and work plan that state I no longer need to be actively looking for work, I am massively confused as my commitments and plan are identical to my previous…

I have long-term health issues and have effectively retired early (63). I fortunately have a private pension which I am using to pay my rent and bills (I am not a homeowner). When I am 67 I can claim my state pension. Hypothetically, could I stop/reduce withdrawing funds from my private pension and instead claim Housing…

So a few years ago, during covid, i went and got some income support, for a few months. I was still doing some casual work, and it was all declared, there were a couple of questionable months, where i didn't declare, such were my conditions at home. Anyway, the DWP have been chasing me for over 11k, which is the whole…

Hello, I have recently come into some money and have enough to buy a 1 bed flat that im planning on renting out or AirBNB. I have three children, so I will have to continue renting a house as we wont all fit in a 1 bed, and my mortgage capacity is too low to buy anything else. My question is, will I still be able to claim…

Hi I currently get carers allowance for my disabled son and earn less than the threshold for eligibility through a part time job. I start a new job in 3 weeks in an education setting and while my weekly pay is still within the limit to still be able to claim carers allowance, my new employer pays Roll Up holiday pay each…

Hi all, I still have a UC claim open but due to a pay rise, I haven't actually received any UC since August, and I'm therefore expecting my claim to be closed next month. Earlier this month I received a £4K gift from a relative. As this took me over £6K in savings, I did the right thing and reported it (even though I'm not…

My kids grandma wants to gift my kids money. It'd be a few thousand. She's not had the best health and is trying to divest bits of her estate so the 7 year law is applied. The kids have their own current accounts and debit cards, but are only 12 and 14, so obviously live with me. I'm concerned the DWP will view it as my…

Afternoon everyone - My son has moved to a new city after a breakup, is 29 and is going to college to study a Higher Education course in Sept '25 - he needs to do this for further University course entry. He has funding for the course but we are not getting anywhere with potential funding for housing/living etc He…

Hi everyone, I've just been paid for my new job which is a £4000 salary increase on the old one. I was a little shocked to discover that this £4000 'pay rise' equates to a weekly take-home increase of just £8.25. I've had the new employer check and performed checks myself, amazingly it seems that is correct. In November I…