Benefits & tax credits

Would anyone be able to advise me please?My son who lives with us has a medical condition called Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) and receives the lowest rate of pip for mobility. He has to walk with a crutch and has special orthotics (shoes) and cannot walk far without being in pain. He is waiting for an operation to try and…

hi I have a relative who has just been awarded UC and it’s got a transitional protection of £260 per month Because he was migrated from ESA to UC .He lives in a council property and has a rodent infestation as well as had sewage leaking from his toilet and the smell is very bad. The council want to move him into a better…

Hi everyone, I’m trying to get clarity on how the Minimum Income Floor (MIF) is applied for directors of a limited company (who are considered gainfully self employed) under Universal Credit. Here’s an example: * Company income: £3,000 * Business expenses: £1,000 * Director’s PAYE salary: £1,500 * Profit left in company:…

I have sent a form signed and filled in for asking some money back for the home responsibilities protection . I live in France now . How do I know I am entitled ? And will I get some answer from HMRC ? Thank you 

Hi all, my aunt has an AA claim, now circumstances changed as her husband fell down stairs and broke his neck. so now not only her claim is different as eh has new things but he has a claim now too. I wondered if 2 claims, one revised plus wanting extra support for housing care like stair lift, wetroom etc etc is taken…

I was awarded PIP from November 2022 to October 2025 (award letter dated April 2023). In February 2025, I was notified that my PIP was being reviewed due to the upcoming end date. I completed the review form, which the DWP acknowledged as received in February 2025. Since then, I’ve received the standard 3-monthly text…

General query: Can some-one who works(9-3.30 in a school) and gets the carer element of UC study a part-time Certificate of Higher Education Course(2 year course 16-18 hours a week)? Also will the student loan(for the course) affect the UC award?

UPDATE Ive now started getting payment from ESA they have told me im getting contributions based ESA at £56 a week and I also got some back pay. I also got a payment of £133 from UC on the 3rd of October, I don’t know if I will get this every month now 🤷‍♀️they told me it was that amount because my employer told them I had…

My father does not pay any council tax due to a CPN completing a form for him and getting the SMI exemption. This has been the case for just over two years. He now wants to move into a smaller home but in a completely different area that will include a different council, new GP etc which will take time to register. Will…

I'm a 50 year old woman who has struggled with serious mental health conditions for many years having no interest in life until recently. I made a birthday hamper for my dad who was so thrilled he asked me to make a couple for him to give to his friends. I got such good feedback i started selling them on my Vinted account…

First Post so be gentle Really struggling with this one. A relative of mine (brother in law) worked up until 5 years ago he is 55 now. He was 45 and sustained sepsis losing a limb and is now wheelchair bound with no prospect realistically of. returning to full time employment. thankfully he did survive when it was touch…

Like many who are on the ESA benefit, I’ve had the obligatory ESA to UC Managed Migration letter that is asking me to apply for UC by a certain deadline date. Naturally, I’m feeling apprehensive about, what is to me, an anxiety inducing situation, and ideally I’m looking to wait until I feel more able enough to tackle it.…

Morning Essentially my wife and I are staying with my step father until our house purchase completes in a few weeks time. He no longer drives because of his tremors and general dexterity and this is why he has a blue badge. He is dependant on family or taxis to get to and from hospital/ doctors appointments, or indeed any…

New Job Seekers allowance and tax rebate I was made redundant on 31 Dec 2023 and claimed New Job Seekers allowance from January 2024 to beyond 5 April 2024. I am due a tax rebate on the tax I paid while in my last job. Everything I read online says that this will be paid by the benefits office. The Benefits office have…

I will be recieving a lump sum of around 21K I know this will take me over the 16K threshold but 10K will be used immediately to pay debt and the vast majority of the rest will be used for a second hand car my current 23 year old car that I have had for a very long time is no longer fit for purpose the children are much…

Hello I have been having a review done by universal credit and even though the housing benefit element is much lower than I receive they have been asking me to obtain a rent breakdown from the landlord but he does not offer or want to offer a breakdown. my room is fully inclusive of council tax water electric. UC are being…

My son is currently in receipt of DLA. PIP forms arrived for him in June as turning 16 which I completed and sent off in June as well. I phoned DWP several weeks ago for progress update I was told it's with the assessment centre. I have been waiting anxiously thinking in my head please DWP do a paperbased assessment as I…

Hi, i have a thread on here from a previous claim which went up to tribunal but I wasn't successful. I still suffer from my eye conditions, gout and other issues but at the time the DWP and tribunal said they were not enough for a PIP award. I still disagree but anyway the judge said she doesn't believe me. Recently i've…

Have just been migrated to UC, having previously been in receipt of ESA & HB. I understand that I could undertake some paid employment due to something called ‘Work Allowance’, and earn up to £404pm without there being any reduction in UC. This is something I am considering & would like to try, however, I have been out of…

The council tax support add my current account as savings, as my pension is paid into current account and used elsewhere in the calculation it seems to me it is using same amount twice.Should the income being used in the calculation be deducted from current account before being added as savings?