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Becoming self employed while carer on UC
Afternoon all, Looking for some advice please. My husband and myself currently claim UC as a couple. My husband is self employed (35 hours a week) and is just over the 12 month migration timescale so is now subject to the mimimum income floor. I’m currently not in employment and receive carers element due to taking care of…
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ESA to UC migration info
Hello, I've just received my UC migration notice and am in need of some clarification, if anybody here could kindly offer it. I receive ESA Support Group, but am uncertain if it's entirely, or partly, income-related. I have some reason to think it's possibly contribution-based with an income-related top-up, but I don't…
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AET for Light Touch £1437 net or gross
Having transferred from WTC I had assumed that UC was also based on gross income but the month 1 payment shows me it is based on net. Because of how my pension is calculated, whilst my gross is comfortably over the threshold, £75 PAYE and £215 NI bring it it below the AET. Does this mean as a couple we will not be on light…
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When can I claim Child Benefit
I was made redundant at the end of my maternity leave. My salary previously was too high to claim child benefit but I found it hard to find a new job and my new job pays a lot less (though is still a good salary). I now earn £70k per year. I started my new job in October. I was unemployed for 5 months, but my redundancy…
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pip mobility part while already receiving daily living allowance
I currently receive lower daily living part of pip which is an ongoing award since 2021. my condition has worsened and I would like to achieve the mobility part now having been awarded zero points in 2021. If I apply and fail will this impact on my Daily living award ?
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ESA support to Universal Credit Migration worry
Just the other day I received my UC migration letter, going from ESA Support group. And my nerves/OCD are a wreck. I had to have help from my family to fill it in online. And one of the questions was how much I had in my bank. Telling the truth I put around £6600 but reading online so many people say that anything over…
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Migrating to UC from Child Tax Credits and savings.
Hi folks, Am I correct in thinking if Migrating to UC from Child Tax Credits, full disclosure of saving accounts including ISA is asked for on the Online application for UC, even though savings may be disregarded for the first year under the transitional process? Many thanks for your kind help.
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UC after migrated from WTC - now receiving Carers allowance and money stopped
Hi, So in the first half of this year, I was migrated from WTC to UC. This sucked, as UC penalises for having savings, however at least it was guaranteed for a year. I work full time, my partner does not and cares for our disabled daughter (who we've been battling to receive DLA and now PIP) My previous month, I was paid…
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pension with child benefits question
Hi All My wife and i are in the unusual situation of caring for our own child (7) at pension age. We receive monthly basic child benefit ( 400 month approx.) . I still work and our total income including pensions is 32k annually. No significant savings. We have never claimed benefits for 40 years but we are struggling now…
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Universal Credit - Deprevation of Capital
If someone gets over £3K a month in UC payments and takes all this out through the cash machine each month within their assessment period and keeps their balance below 6k then is this classed as deprivation of capital or are they not bothered what u spend the money on long as your balance is below 6K at the start of…
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Attendance Allowance claim
I have submitted the long form to try and claim attendance allowance for my mother. I recall it is one of the most under claimed benefits and I can see why! Does anyone have recent experience of the turnaround times, successful or otherwise? Thank you
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Housing benefit: when to apply & supporting evidence
Hello. I'm approaching 70 and planning to (finally) stop working in the next couple of months. I'm self employed with a low income but that income (plus my pension which I'm already taking) keeps me just above the benefits threshold. I've completed some online benefits calculators to work out what I can get when I stop…
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PIP appeal seemed to be bringing up my partners claim, when it was my application
Hi, So I'm a carer for my wife, she has long term disabilities and it took us a LONG time to get her PIP, as she was refused multiple times, and then we needed to wait 14 months for an appeal, where the judge and doctor there agreed she was entitled to enhanced daily living, and standard mobility. (she'd originally scored…
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LCW expectations
My daughter has a recently been given LCW and we are tryiing to decided whether to ask for Mandatory reconsideration. She is on the spectrum and currently she can't engage socially with anyone on a regular basis and and never with anyone unfamilar. I have to attend all appointments with her as there is no one else she…
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Fit Note and UC50 form.
So I woke up panicking this morning because it dawned on me that I didn't include a copy of my fit note when I sent off my UC50 form. I thought I read that they weren't interesting in that but now I'm not sure. Should I have sent my fit note with the form and can I still send it if so? Or have I screwed up. Another quick…
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Friends ESA stopped due to fraudulent UC claim.
I will give a full breakdown: Friend received migration letter in November to claim UC by middle of February. Decided to claim in February. Doesn't receive her ESA payment and is told that she has started a UC claim but it is incomplete due to only providing email, nI number, address and name, the email and phone number…
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Means tested
I've read that lump sums in a life insurance policy are disregarded when claiming UC. If I took out the interest on a monthly basis from the policy, do I need to declare this as income or is this also disregarded? Thank you
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Peoples experience with the Universal Credit Capability for Work process.
Hello folks, At the moment I'm in the process of filling in the Universal Credit Capability for Work questionnaire and finding it rather difficult. I'm interested in finding out peoples experience with the whole process of Universal Credit Capability for Work. I noticed that it's being processed by Capita which I dealt…
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Claiming housing benefit
Hi My sister lives in a large bungalow, it is basically 2 bungalows joined together by a kitchen, each has its own lounge, bedrooms, bathrooms, toilets, and access. She lived one end and her mother in law the other. However her mother in law has now passed so it is empty that end. I am disabled and live with my wife/carer…
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Claiming New Style ESA
My dad died in December and my mum who is 62 has no income, no job but too many savings as my dad just drew all his pensions. She can't get any UC because of this. She has been a carer for her elderly mother for 3 years and she is now in a care home and carers will end, at the end of Feb. I thought about her applying for…
