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P45 received for ESA claim
I receive the high rates for PIP and also have been claiming ESA contribution based for many years. I do not qualify for income related benefits. I have today received a P45 for ESA which says date allowance ceased 3rd February 2026. I have had no other notification from ESA at all. Is there any reason they would stop my…
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Dental Charges for 19 year old in full-time education
Hi I need clarification as I am getting conflicting info on this please. My 19 year old SEN is in full-time SEN education and not receiving any benefits. I was advised (and have read on the NHS website) that 19 year olds in FTE are exempt from fees - she will be due to pay the charges when she turns 20 (in December). The…
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Universal credit claim review phone call. What to expect?
I have a universal credit claim review call this coming friday. What should i expect?
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State Pension Overpayment
Very sadly my wife died recently. Because of waiting for various medical bureaucratic procedures the earliest I could register her death was last Thursday, February 5th. Today her state pension has been paid in full into her account. It's now sixteen days since she died. Am I going to have to go through the hassle of…
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Council Tax Reduction Mistake
I recently applied for a reduction in my Council Tax as I'm unemployed and on universal credit. I live in a private rented house with another tenant who is also on UC and yesterday I was trying to help them apply for council tax reduction as well. When filling out the form I came to the question "Do you live with any…
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Repayment of Winter Fuel Allowance
At 85 with an income over £35K, I am expected to repay during tax year 2026. However, my disabled wife (83) with a low income receives half i.e. £150. As I received the other half, will I be required to just repay my half (£150) or, do I have to repay the entire £300? My 2025/26 Tax code has been issued as K3 but the…
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Financial Advisor who knows about Benefits
Hi. My son has recently moved to 50/50 contact with his Dad and I already pay him half the child benefit and DLA. I now understand that the child elements of my Universal Credit can only be paid to one parent and my ex is insisting I pay him half of the allowance. This does not however take into consideration the…
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Paid Universal Credit that wasn't owed to me
This discussion was created from comments split from: Universal credits over payments.
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ESA Award Letter
I know they never make much sense but hope it helps some of you as what to expect if your income related amount migrated to Universal Credit confused 🤔 you will be.
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Cont based ESA help needed
My husband has ben on cont based ESA in the support group for years. We get no income related top up as I work and no rent help. On sat he recieved a P45 through the post saying his benifit ended 16/1/26. His last payment was 14/1/26. There was no reason for this, and no letter to inform him of why, just a P45. His next…
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UC capital disregard - secretary of state appeals etc
Any advice appreciated please! We currently receive UC and have no savings. My wife is on lcwra, and I get carers element while also working very limited part time on a self employed basis. I inherited a 25% share in a property a little while ago and intend to sell my share, which I have agreed to sell privately (e.g.…
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Access to Work: Uber
Hi. I hope someone can answer this for me. I've just been granted an Access to Work grant for taxi travel to work. This is great news, however I'm not quite sure if Uber receipts will be accepted. The lady I spoke to said the cab must be registered with the local authority. As far as I can see, Uber is fine on this point,…
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PIP - Mandatory Reconsideration & Appeals
This one's a bit confusing, but I'll try my best to explain. It involves two PIP claims, for the same person: Claim 1 - Mandatory Reconsideration decision received 17/12/2024 (no award) Claim 2 - Mandatory Reconsideration decision pending Before making the MR for claim 2, I sought advice from Citizens Advise Bureau. It was…
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UC-TE and Unlawful Council Tax
Being discussed on Rightsnet today. A recent High Court Case has ruled It Unlawfully Discriminatory that some councils (with 'banded' CT schemes) have been classing UC TE as 'surplus income' ' which then reduced CTR to zero. It's technical as usual but the ruling should mean that those who had to start paying council tax…
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Universal Credit review asking for specific dated bank statements
I have already provided about 50 statements to my first agent and these were accepted. But for an unknown reason I got a new agent that is demanding that I provide bank statements for Sept 2nd, Oct 2nd and Dec 2nd I have provided the three statements but they are dated 3rd of each month?? But I have been told no, they have…
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Joint UC claim and carers allowance
Good evening all. I have a question on Carers allowance. I have just got married and my wife gets carers allowance. We have a child who is on highest rate for care and mobility. My wife gets 89 a week for being his carer. UC have said because of my earnings my wife will loose the payment. We thought my earning would not…
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Gifted money for a house on uc
Will this affect my single person's uc claim? I'm in private rented accommodation, the rent is going up and even with uc I just can't afford to live after paying rent and bills. I am going to be gifted £550,000 to purchase a house in my name from my mother. I am on uc for rent, children and standard living, when I am…
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Moving from ESA to State Pension - Council Tax Issues
Hi I recently had a thread about moving from ESA to State Pension thank you for the replies and help. My issue at the moment is I have just received a much higher council tax bill for February and March. This is because the council ( Liverpool) have got me down as receiving both ESA and pension. Will this sort itself out…
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Universal Credit - Savings - Financial care assessment for Care
Wow, my son with ASD and moderate learning disability has just turned 18 and now receiving UC. We were advised he wouldn't get the full amount as as were silly parents and saved money for him which he is being penalised for, so our mistake. He has recently undergone a work capability assessment as he cannot work. He now…
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Changing address with HMRC / DWP with no recognised ID =(
Hello, We moved address at the start of November and had informed a lot of the people we needed to of this change beforehand - and obviously some companies after the move.It was easy for me as I am in full time employment and have a full UK driving licence, credit card etc so was able to do a lot of it online after…
