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Universal credit & Pension lump sum
We currently claim Universal credit and are looking at using a lump sum from my pension (I am over 55) to pay down some of the mortgage. Just spoken to an adviser at Universal Credit and been told I will have to declare any lump sum as income which will reduce our Universal credit that we rely on. Does anyone know if this…
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Retired, housing benefit and property abroad.
My wife and I live in council accommodation, receiving housing benefits, UC and PIP for my disability. I will retire next November on a state pension. My son would like to buy a small property in Spain where he can spend his family holidays. As he owns a property in the UK where he regularly resides with his wife, he would…
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Council non dependant rebate - self employed income
Any question bought up by the Benefit checker online , which I was unaware of ... I am self employed and currently living with my mother who pays the council tax , on the forms it asks to fill in a weekly income for the dependant ( me) but as the money I make is not fixed in weekly amounts but on when sales occur.. Would…
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Spending money before getting uc
A friend of mine has 20k in savings, she needs a new kitchen and downstairs bathroom, aswell as some work done in the garage. This will come to 15000. Can she spend this and then claim uc once the balance left is around 5000. She doesn't work
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PIP delays and Blue Badge
Hello, I sent my renewal paperwork in beginning of December, all confirmed that they received it etc. Since then nothing at all. My PIp award runs out the beginning of July, as will my Blue Badge as that's based on my award. I'm reading horror stories of delays, does anyone know what happens if they haven't done the…
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JSA Question, have a job offer for next week...
I am due to attend an appt at the JSA centre tomw. However I have a job offer to start on Monday. I have been asked to go into sort paperwork tomw. If I email my coach (which she said i will need to do if I can't attend) and explain, will they stop my final payment which I would then be due to receive Monday? Thanks if you…
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Request to change UC appointment?
I have a holiday thing booked when I’m supposed to have a UC appointment, would they change it for this reason?
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Torbay Council Tax rebate for Severe Mental Impairement + Carers
Hi there, My wife and I moved in with my father in 2020 as carers, after he was diagnosed with mixed Alzheimers and Vascular Dementia. He started receiving Attendance Allowance around 1 year later. I have recently discovered that apparently we all can be discounted for Council tax, he because of his mental impairment, and…
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Universal Credit Couples AET and Household CET
Hi, I have seen in the budget that the couples AET is being removed: * Increasing the Administrative Earnings Threshold (AET): the Administrative Earnings Threshold (AET), the minimum amount a person can earn without being asked to meet regularly with their Work Coach, will be increased from the equivalent of 15 to 18…
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DWP & Housing Benefit question!
Good evening all Next month I will start receiving my state pension. As a result my Income Support and Carer's Allowance will end too which I fully expected to happen. Presently I am receiving Housing Benefit. Because of the start of my State Pension the amount of Housing Benefit will of course change. When I first made an…
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Ending ESA claim
Can I close an ESA claim in the middle of assessment (due to stress I didn't send ESA50 and have just been given telephone appt). Will I be able to do a rapid reclaim if I change my mind - and will this involve sending a new ESA50? Will ending ESA affect my PIP? tia
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pension credit and downsizing
I am on pension credit and I'm looking at moving house, as I am disabled and need somewhere on the ground floor and more easily maintained. I own my current house. Does anyone know what might happen if/when I sell and will briefly have more savings while payments are made for adaptations etc?
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Waiting to start new job
I have been a student nurse for the last 3 years, and I have a job waiting. My course finishes officially on the last day of August but my job doesn’t start until 16th September. Additionally I miss the cut off date for payroll so I don’t receive any pay until 28th October. I live independently and have rent etc to pay,…
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Do they check your bank account for pension credit?
If somebody applies for guarantee pension credit, do they check your bank statements, to see how much savings you have? If so, do you have to post off paper bank statements or can you upload digital ones? Thanks
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Late Tax Credit award and cost of Living payments
I was paid my 2023/2024 Tax credit award in a lump sum at the beginning of August. I'm self employed, so it was awarded once I confirmed my income. I was told that I should automatically receive the cost of living payments I am entitled to. Does anyone know if this comes at a later date, or if they could have been missed?…
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Mandatory Reconsideration Form Postage ?
Hello all, I had a PIP review a few weeks ago. Oddly enough the assessor said it would be "a few weeks" to hear anything but the DWP made a decision within about two weeks. I was on the lowest rate anyway and now nothing. Question: I am slightly confused on this and I missed the chance to ask at the Post Office today about…
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ESA (either New Style or Contribution based) and Airbnb income Scotland
Im considering taking a lump sum out of my pension in order to set my house up as an airbnb. From what Ive read a lump sum should not affect my ESA (I hope Ive understood that correctly). However Im trying to determine how it will be viewed once Ive moved out of the house and started to use it as a Furnished Holiday Let.…
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Re-applying for housing benefit at a rental property
Hi everyone, My mother has reached retirement/pension age. She is currently on housing benefit. I hear when she applies for a pension she will lose her housing benefit and have to re-apply for it. She is worried that if she does this, there might be a delay, and then she won't be able to pay the rent for the month. She has…
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Intensive work search
Can anyone tell me the date the threshold went up and what will happen in my situation. Currently work 20 hours employed earning 855£ p/m but get 14 week paid holiday which takes it above minimum wage. But think slightly below threshold, anyway last month had few hospital appts and wage dropped to 745 and got switched in…
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Winter heating allowance
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