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AA/pips and terminal illness
I know that claims of these benefits are fast tracked if someone has a terminal illness, but do that have to still have the health assessment? Ie do they actually have to have care or mobility needs?
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Backpacking daughters National insurance.
My daughter has been backpacking abroad for the last 5 years and is currently doing a course in Australia and has been given leave to stay for a possible 2years more depending how long the course is. Can I pay for her backdated Ni contributions to keep her pension up to date?
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Accessing 15 Hours Free Childcare when taking a new job under the £100k threshold
Hi all, I am in a bit of a weird position where I currently earn £105,000 per year, my partner earns £30k - but obviously due to my salary we cannot claim the 15 hours free childcare for our 18 month old. However, I'm currently going through a restructure at work where probably redundancies are being briefed at the moment.…
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Child Benefit payment discrepancy
Just completing my self assessment tax return, as I have done for a good few years now and scratching my head about something which always comes up related to the High Income Child Benefit Charge. We have three children for which we claim Child Benefit for the entire year (2023-24 in this case). The self assessment return…
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Carers Allowance - Are dividends earnings or income?
Hi, As a sole Director of a ltd company - would dividends be considered as earnings or income? You recieve £81 per wk carer allowance but can only earn £151 per wk (earnings limit) Would (sole director) dividends be classed as earnings or are they disregarded for the '£151 per wk' earnings limit. Some info I've found…
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New to universal credit & Carer
Hi, I have a child who is disabled and receiving middle-rate DLA, and I also receive carer allowance as a full-time carer. We both parents are looking after the child where only one receives carer allowances, etc., and we want to know if my wife needs to work as she is also caring for her unpaid as my child requires…
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Help with PIP question needed please.
I am trying to help my nest door neighbour who is having several problems at the moment health and work wise. Im sorry its a long read but it needs context. He is working but for the last 6 months has been having severe mental health problems all of which are documented and he is on medication but it doesn't seem to be…
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NI contributions to qualify for contribution based JSA
Hello, if I have been credited with ni contributions for the last 3 years because I earned above the lower earning threshold, but below the primary threshold will I qualify for contribution based jsa? Thankyou
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Disregarded Capital and rental income for UC
Hi, I have had a migration letter to move to UC from tax credits. Me and my partner own a second property which we rent out to my mother. She is over pension age and so assume that the capital will be disregarded according to the rules. However I am confused about the income from the rent she pays us. Is this considered…
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Left my employment to care for husband
My husband and I really need help, we have never been on benefits so don’t know what we are doing, we’ve asked the job centre for help but they only seem to be interested in myself finding a job. Our circumstances are as follows: my husband has suffered for 3-4 years with his hip, after many doctors appointments, he was…
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Help Please
Not sure if this is where to put this but can't find a category that covers it. My partner is 75 and in hospital at the moment and it has been decided that he can't come home due to his ongoing care needs and me being 80, not in great health myself and unable to look after him mainly due to him being immobile now. We have…
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Migration from ESA to universal credit
Good morning all, newbie here. Sorry a lot of questions my siblings is having to move from income based ESA to the universal credit. They have severe mental health issues including schizophrenia i their carer so I’m going to fill out the forms 😬 (dyslexic so it’s going to be difficult) I haven’t seen any dummy copies of…
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Compensation disregarded for 12 months for HC1 NHS costs ?
compensation disregarded
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ESA and pension lump sums
Good evening, I am in desperate need of advice I discovere i had a pension with £36k in it and i have taken a number of lump sums from it. My wife is disabled and i am a carer, we have had very little money for years so we have been treating ourselves. For example i took £5000 and bought my wife ipad, watch, pen and a…
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Benefits in Kind and universal credit
Hello all, I’m looking for some advice as I’m really confused by my UC. I work part time and my wages are topped up by UC. I used to get roughly £1600 take home and my UC was around £750. I now have a lease car through work and my wages have reduced to roughly £1300 however my UC has not changed and my employer is still…
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SE losses are not offset against employed income
My wife works an employed job, let's say it's £2000/mo. She also gets employed income which currently is negative because of a bunch of relevant expenses. The UC website payment details says: "Your earnings from self-employment is a minus amount. That means we've treated them separately from earnings reported by your…
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Advice needed about Universal credit review and £6,000 limit
I am wondering if anyone can assist me with this. I had a message recently asking for 4 months of bank statements and the photo ID's. It's a joint claim, me and my partner. The UC is paid into my bank account. I am a carer for my partner and we have children with special needs who get child DLA. She receives her PIP into…
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Filled out new claim for UC and now they'll need to contact me??
Hi. I'm kind of confused why they'd need to get in touch after filling the online form re. low income. I'm sure I've submitted all the necessary info they need. Would the phone call ask me to come down for a full-blown interview? And just to add, the amount I'd approximately get (using one of the benefit calculators) would…
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Mandatory Reconsideration: Specified adult childcare credits.
After reading an article in Moneysupermarket newsletter, I realised I could apply for Specified adult childcare credits for the years I provided childcare for my grandson.I have a shortfall in NI contributions therefore any entitlement to extra credits would take me closer to full state pension.Yesterday I received a…
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Universal Credit Dividends Stocks or Shares
Just read on another forum of someone applying for UC and they're unsure of the value of the shares and only know what dividend is paid yearly and the amount of shares they were designated through a bank takeover. So do they just put the dividend payment in or is there an option for them to enter the number of shares…
