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Daughters reassessment
My daughter is in receipt of Universal Credit and cares for her 15 year old son with Muscular Dystrophy. She forgot to tell DWP when her savings reduced below £6000 and when she realised she asked about it because they were taking off an amount because of the savings. Now they want to do a reassessment and have asked for…
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UC - Become a Landlord
I'm currently on Low Earnings and One Child element for UC. I'd purchased a property over 10years ago, never lived in it as it needed refurbishment which due to many factors, never happened. Council tax kept charging me for empty property, as years went by at premium of +200% I could never afford to carry out renovations…
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Help! What will happen with UC PILON payment
I have posted previously about receiving a pilon payment after resigning my job to be a carer for my daughter. Thanks for previous info, but they are different as I'm not paying tax (under threshold for the year) I was lead to believe I would pay it and then get it back later. Anyway I am very worried going forward about…
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ESA Migration to UC
This discussion was created from comments split from: ESA Migration to UC.
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Landlord letter template?
Hi Anyone have a template that can send my landlord so they can do housing costs for uc application so i can upload as not sure what details to tell landlord
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LCWRA & Studying
Hi all, I've been finding the information online about this topic rather confused. I'm currently in receipt of LCWRA (but not PIP). I want to be prepared for when LCWRA is scrapped and have thought about studying to become a driving instructor, by having advanced driving lessons, most likely once per week. I do not believe…
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I finally have a PIP tribunal date
I finally have a hearing date after my reasessment started initially in December 2022. It is a telephone tribunal. How will this work? Will I be on the phone for the whole tribunal or will they just call me when they want to talk to me?
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Can I Apply for Benefits Weeks in Advance of Being Made Unemployed?
I look set to be made unemployed at end of April. I know very little about benefits, can I apply for Universal Credit/Jobseekers allowance, 5 weeks in advance in the anticipation of unemployment. I read it takes 5 weeks just for Universal Credit just to be issued?
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If you lose PIP care component after migrating to UC, would you keep transitional protection?
On maximum ESA and getting LR care and HR mobility on PIP. Would you still get TP until UC is greater than your ESA if you lose your care component of PIP?
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On PIP, told to apply for UC
Hi - a family friend is on PIP, but has been informed by post that they must now apply for UC to continue their benefit receipt (made up of ESA & HB). The letter doesn't say "why" this must be done. Do I advise they just complete the application? Any implications to be aware of?
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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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New rules for PIP Pensioners?
With all the talk of benefit cuts my question is this - as a pensioner with a long term PIP award for low rate care, I was trying to find out about these changes and came across this paragraph - In 2024-25, we are spending £26 billion on PIP and £17 billion on UC-health (referred to as UC-H from hereon). It is these two…
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Uc claimant commitment query
I just got to the to do list part after signing up and it says this as my commitments are these correct as im in esa support group currently
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No photo id for uc
What happens when migrate from esa to uc as don't have photo id to confirm identity online thanks
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buying a home whilst receiving universal credit
My daughter works part time (16 hours) since having her daughter 18 months ago. She's single and has rented privately for 10 years, but I'm looking into her buying a shared ownership property. Can she do this whilst receiving universal credit? I'm going to give her the deposit (I've read and noted the chats on this…
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UC, inheritance and business
My situation is this: I run a business as a sole trader but qualify for UC most months. I'm also disabled and classed as not required to look for work (and yes I get PIP but that isn't involved in this question) and therefore I get a higher amount of UC. My father died and I have inherited two houses. Unfortunately neither…
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Universal credit and one-off income
Hi, asking on behalf of someone who is on Universal Credit with no regular income due to chronic MH problems. However they are about to receive a one-off sum from a previous self-employment of several thousand pounds. This will be the only income they receive this year. How will this be treated for UC? I think they were…
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Not Eligible for Universal Credit
I filled out the “turn 2 us” universal credit calculator, and was surprised to get the following response: “Based on the information you have given us, you aren’t eligible to get Universal Credit because your savings or capital is too high.” I am currently living off roughly £600 self employed monthly employment income…
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Recently had my daughter move in permanently, how to proceed?
On Wednesday 19th March, my ex wife sent our 12 year old daughter to live with me. I am single, work full time, am a private tennant and currently pay child maintenance to my ex wife. How would I proceed with claiming any benefits that I may be entitled to?
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Uc income other than earning part
On the income other than earnings selected i have esa benefit But then when click to review it says this person is not getting any other payments or benefits? But I click view full details open in new tab and it says yes to what I selected??
