Benefits & tax credits

Hi, Dad who recently passed just over a month ago, potentially looks like he may have been overpaid his guarantee pension credit due to not declaring savings when they went over £10,000 a few times, his money was abit all over the place in the last year with his dementia. Now we haven't recieved a letter yet but are…

Hi I would like to ask for some advice please and thank you in advance. Can my husband who is a carer for my son 35 hours per week who is age 19 soon to be 20 and he is in receipt of PiP apply for a careers disregard on council tax. In January this year I applied online to our council in England for the discount on behalf…

Hello, I'm both self-employed ( part-time ), and in receipt of U.C. As a driver I receive a mileage allowance from UC, which is not counted as earnings, which is the same as HMRC, i.e. 45p per mile. As this has now increased, to 55p per mile for HMRC 2026-27, will UC ( DWP ) be increasing the allowance also, as they…

Hi all. Bizarrely today I received a final tax credits award letter for tax year 2019/2020 Has anyone else received a random letter recently? I stopped claiming it in 2024 as I changed job and no longer qualified. Very confused

Good Morning to all. Can someone help please. I am a full time carer and I get a Carer Element with my Universal Credit…each month.I am also a Film Extra as self employed as this work is occasional… I understand as I am getting the carer's element …there is NO earning limits. First Question ::…what exactly does that mean ?…

did you hear back within 14 days? Today is the 14th day and I am still waiting to hear from them. I wondered if this is normal,

Good Afternoon. Our 25 year old Grand -daughter lives with us and works full time. I do not know how much she earns. (Not my business). I may lose my job next week so will have to claim UC. My Husband works part time due to age and health restrictions. If I claim UC do I have to tell them how much my Grand-Daughter earns?…

I have just noticed that new legislation came into force on May 1st 2026 that expands the automatic eligibility for Warm Home Discount in Scotland, to bring it more into line with England/Wales. This means that more households in Scotland will now qualify automatically for a £150 Warm Home Discount next winter without…

Hi, i recently started my own ltd company and pay myself wage through paye. I would like to know before I started my own company I was employee and administrative earnings threshold was applied and my partner wasn't required to look for work as long as my wage was over AET. Now I am treated as both self employed and…

Hello Everyone, I have agreed to be an appointee for someone I know. They have informed DWP and a visiting officer is coming round to do the necessary ID checks in a couple of weeks. The DWP said they needed to fill in a form, do the ID checks and ask some questions. Any ideas what sort of questions they ask? I don’t like…

I started a thread about this sometime ago but it got closed due to some rather inappropriate comments: So I thought I'd start a new thread in order simply to update. My wife had her THIRD Tribunal on Monday. What was supposed to be a two-hour hearing to give my wife sufficient breaks turned into just a 20-minute hearing.…

I know PIP often gets extended for a year often due to review workloads. (had that with last review) But just come back from holiday to a letter from them. Advising that Mrs PIP has been extended from March 27 to March 2031, with a possible review contact date of around March 2030 At the time I did question the 3 year…

First some context about the lead up to the situation I could do with some help with. I have been on ESA Support Group since 2010 when I stopped working. I received the Special Disability Element (SDE) top up from 2018 when I began receiving both PIP components at the enhanced rate. My wife began receiving ESA Support…

I’m trying to work out what the best thing to do is, but I need to understand the financial implications. I am privately renting a 4 bed house for me and my 2 children. My ex partner and his daughter were living with us when we originally moved in, but it worked out cheaper for me to stay when he left, even though the 3 of…

If an individual applies for UC on the 1st of the month, does it follow that each subsequent AP is the relevant calendar month. For example, if applying 1st Aug, the first AP will be 1st - 31st Aug, then 1st - 30th Sept, and so on? Thanks!

Hi, will try to keep this as short as possible here is the situation. We are a family of 7 in 3 a small bedroom property. (3 over 18's) My boyfriend is looking at changing job. Currently I work 2 days in work and self employed from home between 3-5 days depending on work load. My oldest lad does shift work and partner will…

Hi I have posted similar before, but can't find my original post…Spoonie Turtle you replied and advised me to ask again. My mam and dad are now living in a care home, and their home which is owned by my 2 brothers and myself is in the process of being sold, we have accepted an offer. My share will be almost £50000. I have…

Hi New on here. First dont please dont judge me im ashamed to death of what i have done and feel the lowest i have ever felt. Basically on universal with my gf we both work full time. I have had a gambling issue for a while now. Although not gambled in 4 months. So in January i sold my car for 7k and withdrew it all and…

I need a little help please. Husband was made redundant, just as well as his health is deteriorating. He is losing his sight as well, he is going through sight assessments at the moment. I am applying for PIP for him. The plan was to claim for ESA and carers for myself. I’m looking to change career direction and starting…

I have had this message from UC saying we are no longer entitled to it but I’m sure it’s wrong. My partner is self employed and I am on contributions based ESA & PIP. As far as I know AET doesn’t apply because he is self employed, have I got this wrong? “You no longer meet the criteria for transitional protection as within…