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ESA refusal letter
Good morning all. I have just received a letter saying that I cannot be paid ESA because the law says they cannot, I was advised on here to apply for new style ESA as I am classed as severely mentally disabled (lost 18 years of memory rare disorder) I was on UC including nwrg and pip but have recently moved in with my…
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Made redundant, where can I save money?
Hi, I have recently been made redundant and today (06.01.2025) is my first day of unemployment. It's been about 20 years since I last claimed any benefits and I'm sure much has changed since then so can anyone give advice where can I save money between now and finding a new job? I have applied for job seekers allowance but…
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Child benefit and self assessment
I’ve been completing self assessment for many years due to higher child benefit charge. we stopped receiving child benefit in September 2024 so only 6 months of payments as my son has left school. Once I complete my self assessment for this last 6 months of child benefit charge do I have to continue self assessment? I’m on…
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Self assessment and higher rate child benefit repayment
Hello - I have to submit a self assessment by the end of January this year. If my adjusted net income is above £50,000 for the 23/24 tax year I will need to pay some of my child benefit. I have read that I can adjust my net income for charity donations with gift aid, life insurance payments and trade union payments. I have…
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Universal Credit on top of SSP/ how to survive?
Hi, has anyone any insight or experience into initiating a universal credit claim to help cover rent and housing costs once off sick from an employer and only on statutory sick pay? Can this be applied immediately on going on sick leave, after the last full pay cheque? Has anyone had success in receiving more than just SSP…
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JSA low first payment
Hi, I lost my job on 2nd of December 2024. I took some time off as I was struggling with mental health and they failed my probation over it. They told me not to come back but didn’t actually tell me I’d been let go until the 18th and I received my p45 just after Christmas. I applied for Jsa on the 18th and explained this…
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UC and PhD
Based in England. I have been offered a PhD with a studentship of £21.5k a year. This comes from the university. My wife has cancer and we have 2 little ones so we are in receipt of UC. I am confused as to how the studentship is classified and how it will affect my UC. It looks like it certainly will be fully deducted, in…
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Benefit Entitlement
Good afternoon, bit of an odd one. I have an unemployment / Income protection policy that in order to pay out requires me to claim / be in receipt of benefit. On reflection I am not sure I would be now eligible to claim on the protection policy ? I had no intention of claiming for benefits hence the policy but I am woried…
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Adult Childcare Credits
Hi, we are very new to re-claiming NI missing years for my wife (7 missing years from 2015-16 onwards) when she looked after our grandson. The problem we have is our application for the missing years was only submitted in November 2024 and HMRC tell us its August 2025 before we can expect any response. Obviously meantime,…
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Universal credit migration - inheritance paying mortgage
Looking for any help. Seem to be going around in circles as it's so confusing online. I'm in receipt of legacy benefits and I've received a letter for migration to universal credit for the next month. Currently getting Tax credits for 3 children Esa support group with disability premium Pip standard living (I'm aware this…
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New Style Job Seekers Allowance
Just wondering what the process is with this - couple of quetsions? 1. Does savings play any part in the payment or is it not means tested? 2. Does the method of the last job stopping impact this ( it used to be if you left voluntarily you had to wait six months for a payment ) - is this still thesame? Thanks
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Death of parent CHB reclaim backdating?
A friend had a high earning husband who recently died. CHB (Child benefit) wasn't in payment as he had very high earnings. He died in November, so had 7 months paid work this tax year, under the earnings threshold for CHB. My friend has reclaimed CHB and they are backdating it to the beginning of the week in which he died.…
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Swapping from tax free child care to universal credits
Hello all. DH will soon be paid ssp for 3-4 months. We currently use tax free childcare but will hopefully be claiming UC whilst he is off sick after an op. I will pay childcare using the current method till op date and then do we go on tax free childcare website to stop that before we try to claim childcare on UC. I can't…
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Universal credit help
Hi, I'm new here and just hoping for a little advice please . I've wrote in our UC journal but not had any replies and I'm worried . Our assessment dates are 28th-27th My husband was paid on the 28th Nov, 5th dec, 12th dec all correctly ,then the 19th he was paid two wks pay due to Xmas so the 19th pay was for the 19th and…
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New to ESA
Hi everyone My husband is terminally ill and sick pay ends this month so we applied for ESA a couple of months back giving the dates. My question is, I saw that the disability element is automatically paid but how do they know that you cannot physically work unless we tell them? Sorry if this is a silly obvious question,…
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Benefits to UC
Good morning to everyone. I was of the understanding that my benefits were not migrating to Universal Credit but it appears I was wrong. i receive Contribution based ESA support group. I had my neck I broken whilst doing my job and was awarded for life around 2014 ? I received PIP for every day care and industrial injuries…
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Universal Credit?
Hi I've had to switch from ESA to Universal Credit. It seems that I'll receive a lot less on UC looking at flat rates I think I was in some support group on ESA which is why I received more than standard. Would the UC payment be boosted or will I have to make do with less? I tried to speak to someone but they didn't know…
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How many hours do i need to work to get 15 hour funding?
Hi all! My dd is 2 yrs old (3yr next month). She will be starting nursery very soon and i went back to work recently as i read that working parents can get 15 hours free childcare. I work 2 days per week (16hrs - £183) so my question is do i HAVE to work 16hrs? Or can i work 15 hrs? My partner works full time. thankyou
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Pip review text
I have received a text this morning “ Your PIP review is complete. You should receive your decision letter in 2 weeks. Once you receive your letter, contact us if you have any questions. Do not call before you get the letter as we will not be able to tell you the decision. Please remember to contact us if your…
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What is the transition from disability related ESA to its UniCredit equivalent like?
Is it a similar process to reapplying for PIP or ADP? Is it just a form or will there be a face to face interview? Are the questions/scoring criteria similar to PIP/ADP?
