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The SDP-TE has (at last) been increased in line with the TP & AR ruling.
Some will know that I have been a keen follower of this oneThe High Court decision in the 4th case of TP & AR has at last been implemented and written into legislation.https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1238/madeThe result is that anyone who 'naturally' migrated (due to moving house, etc) to UC from a legacy benefit…
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JSA - How often can you apply?
Hello, We are slightly confused by the JSA and how often we can apply for it. By we, I am referring to my wife. She was employed for 12 years at the same place but sadly was let go in November 2024. She claimed JSA from November 2024 to February 2025 (about 3 months total), at which point she picked up a 4 month fixed term…
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ESA calculation
HelloWe are a mixed age couple (my partner is of State Pension Age) and I am in the ESA support group also DLA High care Low mob my partner has state pension and High PIP So still on legacy benefits, including Housing Benefit.(As a side note We are possibly moving to a different council area very soon if all goes well and…
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Retrospective carer's allowance
Anyone know if it is possible to claim NI credit from being a carer 8 years ago, when you did not claim carers allowance?
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Effective date of decision stopping Limited Capability for Work
If the ESA50 form / health questionnaire is not returned even after a reminder deadline, then DWP can decide the claimant no longer has LCW limited capability for work. On what date would the LCW actually stop from? Does LCW stop back from the date of the deadline to return the form? Or does LCW stop only from the date the…
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Esa and dla.
Hello, I'm really struggling to understand all the new benefit changes starting to begin from next year. What will happen to people who are currently on cb Esa only (transferred from incapacity benefit around 2018), and also stlll receive dla? Will they be transferred over to uc now or not? Is all uc means tested? If yes,…
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Surviving on JSA Alone?
Hi, I have to the realisation in the past few days, I will almost certainly be fully unemployed within a matter of weeks. I am not familiar with the system. From my limited knowledge, I believe that I will receive £90 a week. I own my property, so will not get housing benefit (however have expensive ground maintenance…
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Backdated Specified adult childcare credits
When wanting to transfer national insurance credits to grandparents (specified adult) who did childcare back in 2013, is the cut off date 5th April 2025? I understand buying NI years back to 2006 at the end of this tax year and reverts to only 6 years backdating but hoping that isn’t the case for transferring to specified…
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Carers Allowance with ESA OR Carers Element in UC
A
person I know is in the ESA WRAG group pre 2017 benefit disability
premium level. (i.e Still get their WRAG premium of old). They
have to migrate onto UC by end of May. I
have some knowledge of their issue, but am not certain what is best,
so asking for comments.... They
are (to their belief) giving care to someone for…
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New style ESA - in-person health assessment
Has anyone been asked to attend an in person health assessment after submitting an ESA50 form. If so, what is involved/what should I expect?
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UC is impossible
I have been claiming UC for 4 years and much of that time it hasn't been paid, constant sanctions and claim closed for stupid reasons , the system is impossible with two contradicting offices managing my claim, my local job centre and an online only office, the job centre says they can't contact or change anything the…
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UC if due on a Sunday?
This month my UC falls on a Sunday so does that mean i will get it on the friday before? If not early then will i get it a day late on the Monday?
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PIP(personal indepence benefit) in Gibraltar
Hi everyone. We have taken the decision on moving to Gibraltar at the end of November. We shall definitely going for a year. and then see what happens after that. We have family over there and want to take a year out after stresses, and re-evaluating things during Covid! Obviously she will still need certain amount of…
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Cousin on UC, finally getting divorce money, wants to use it for house but in 2 years.
Hi, my cousin is finally getting her divorce payout of about £20k. She’s on universal credit and we know anything over £6000-£16000 changes her entitlement and over £16k stops it altogether. She really wants to use it to help her buy a house, create some long term equity for her but it’s not enough on its own. I’d like to…
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Council tax reduction
Hi does anyone know if claiming ESA support group , PIP daily living component and UC how this will affect my council tax payments ? I already get a 25% reduction for being a single occupant and I own my own home I also have to pay service charges on my mortgaged home and don’t know if I can claim help with this without…
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Applying for UC - Before or after April 7th?
Background: I must apply for Universal Credit, moving from Income Based ESA under "managed migration". I have plenty of time but want to get it over with (PTSD). ESA will be uprated on 7th of April with the new tax year. I will qualify for transitional protection as disability premiums on ESA make those payments higher…
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Repay Student Loan to claim Universal Credit
My son left University 3 years ago and has not had a job. He has also been unable to claim any benefits because he was gifted money by grandparents which means his savings exceed the Universal Credit limits. As I understand it, repaying loans does not count as deprivation of assets. Could he repay enough of his student…
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Severe disablement allowance and attendance allowance
I have an 83 year old relative who receives severe disablement allowance instead of state pension as she didn't have enough contributions to receive state pension. She has applied for attendance allowance decision pending but she is now worried that severe disablement allowance will be reassessed and she will end up worse…
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Winter Fuel Payment delay.
Hi folks, I am entitled to the Winter Fuel Payment of £200 as I meet the criteria, state pension and received child tax credits as a joint claim with my partner for the qualifying week of 16Sept to 23 Sept 24. I have contacted the DWP several times by phone probably spent 2-3 hours and it is only today they have told me by…
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DWP proposals
For a long time now it's been publicised the DWP are going to have the power to access people's bank accounts in an attempt to stop fraud. UC has a threshold of £16,000, surely they've been able to check that previously, do people really not declare savings above that when it's so easy to discover?
