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Overpayment of Housing Benefit
Good afternoon I hope that you can help. I have been notified that I have been overpaid Housing Benefit totalling over £6k. I emailed and requested details and they responded stating the following: "The large
overpayment was created due to undeclared student status, you sent Benefits an
email in October and November 2022.…
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UC - non work related requirement and to do list
Hi all, my sister has just migrated across from ESA to universal credit and is in the non work related requirements group. However we keep getting messages for tasks on the to do list. I have called to question this and they said that she will need to check the to do list every day and complete any tasks. is this correct??…
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Setting up a business while on esa
Can I start a ltd business but not make any money would it affect my esa I'm on support group, just want to register the business so I can get some funding for a training course, the job center won't help me with the funding
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Housing association charging a months notice after death
Hi all My grandfather sadly passed away on Nov 14th, he lived in an A2 dominion house. I have notified them and they say it’s a months notice which I will have to pay or they will request it from his estate. It was previously paid for by benefits which stop on death (understandably & quite right)My question is, can they…
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ESA Contributions Based - savings
I uses to get both income and contributions Esa, housing benefit and severe disability premium. I received a lump sum in December 22. Notified benefits and was put onto Contibutions based ESA. Obviously lost housing benefit and SDP. My savings have been paying my rent and I will soon be under £16 k threshold. I know the…
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Quit job after 2 months. Can I claim JSA or NI credits?
My friend was on JSA for 6 months and then was on NI credits for around another 6 months. He then found a job through an agency for approx. 2 months and then quit the job last week. Can he claim JSA or NI credits whilst he looks for another job?
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lcwra first payment
hi need help first sicknote 3rd aug wca assesment 6th nov lcwra awarded 18th nov my assesment period is 22-23 or otherway around payment date 29th i did'nt recieve lcwra in november payment will i get it december and is backpay due
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Is it possible to claim carers allowance if also claiming UC and PiP
Hey quick question. I am going back into work with a new career after having to leave previous job to care for our son (severe needs) so won't be entitled to Carers allowance anymore. Would his grandmother who is going to take over a bulk of the caring allowed to claim it instead if she is already on Pip and Universal…
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Advance Payment
Asking for my neighbour again.. Can you get an advance payment if you are migrating from ESA to UC( due to ESA being paid for 2 weeks after claim). I never bothered claiming an advance payment so no idea how it works. If so what is the maximum you can have taking previous Budgeting Loans into account? Thanks.
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Why are UC asking for my bank, premium bonds , PayPal statements !!!
Hello everyone, I am currently receiving both UC and also Carers Allowance . In late September of this year I received a note in my UC Journal from the UC Claim Review centre in Wrexham stating they were reviewing my UC claim to make sure my payments are correct . They asked me to send an online copy of my 4 previous bank…
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How many have migrated
I'm asking on behalf of my neighbour who gets IRESA/Housing benefit as I'm on UC. She's panicking that she hasn't received a migration notice due to all them stupid newspaper articles stating money will stop in December. Just wondering how many people on the site are still getting ESA? I'm assuming it is still most people…
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Payment Date Advice - Joint Claim
Hi all, I'm looking to move my partner and her two children in with me and I'm trying to plan out our universal credit payment dates so that we're not left short. We both have separate claims with different payment dates. Hers is the 15th and mine is the 28th. What's the best course of action to ensure that she can still…
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Another UC inheritance home buying deprivation sanaro
Hi ive searched the internet concerning inheritance and home buying deprivation of assets rules and because these decisions seemed to be made on a case by case bases I just thought I would run through my scenario with you in order to get an idea if Im doing anything that would be fround upon. Currently I am on IR ESA…
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Self Employed New Style ESA
Hi, Just looking to get some advice on what my mother-in-law may be entitled to and checking I've understood the information correctly. My MIL is self-employed as home help/cleaner. She will reach state pension age on 25/3/25. Her and her husband have savings over £6k so not entitled to any means tested benefits. For the…
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UC statemenbt error
Recently signed up to UC for the first time as became unemployed for first time in my life. Now back to work after 3 weeks unemployed, although self-employed working as a sole-trader. Completed all details on UC portal, and when I recieved the statement is had my earnings as £977 for employment and £977 for…
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Care at home bill
Would be grateful if anyone could help. My mum was vetted for carers to come to look after her in my annex next door. This was done as financial help from the local authority, sadly my mum has passed away in september and has been referred to the coroner due to unstageable pressure sore which led to her preventable death…
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Universal credit overpayment no earnings!
hello, I’m new here so bear with me! 🥹Y partner and I have a joint uc claim, he works full time and I’m on LCWRA everything has ran very smoothly until now. UC have been chasing my partner to go to the job centre for work meetings, apparently they’ve had him down as unemployed since apr 22, yet still taking his earnings…
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UC Advance Payment Query
I've just accepted the commitments for my managed migration from IR ESA + HB. Although I can't see what my calculated monthly payments will be yet I looked on my advance payment application and it says I can apply for a max of £1,416.42. Does this mean that is what my monthly UC payment will be? I was expecting £2482.26 as…
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deprivation of capital and UC
good morning, i have a complicated situation i need some advice on. me and my ex partner recently sold our second home. this was his main residence whilst I lived in the other property with our children. we could never get our names removed from the properties as the mortgage companies would not allow it. Our personal…
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Pension, Housing Benefit & Savings
Hi all, I've been on UC for a while and have claimed my State Pension which will start soon. I've had to reapply for Housing Benefit too, though not heard back from them yet. My question is: am i allowed to have any small savings at all? Is there a limit on what you can have. Seeing that i drive i like to put away some…
