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UC split payments.
Can you confirm that when requesting 2 payments a month that you will have to wait a full month for the payments to start. My neighbour wants to do this but I have warned her that she will have to wait a month and then will only receive half of her usual payment instead of the full amount before the changes start. Her work…
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30 Hours Childcare - 4 days a week confusion
Hi, We recently had our first child and will both be back in full time work next September. We are trying to navigate around the free childcare minefield and have got a bit confused with what happens if we don't plan on doing 5 days a week in the nursery. From Sept 25, we will be entitled to the 30 hours for 9 month olds…
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PIP Mandatory Reconsideration
Hello, I am 20 years old and have been struggling with my mental health and other disabilities such as, ADHD, anxiety, agoraphobia and awaiting an autism test since 2023. I was on DLA standard daily living in 2018, while in high school to college I had less and less help with my problems and got a lot worse where I went…
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Transitional Protection on Universal Credit advice pless
Hi all I’m new to this. Can anybody please advise me on if I’m going to lose the Transitional Protection on my UC claim as Universal Credit advisors (work coaches) are absolutely useless with giving me any info on this. My son comes off my UC claim this August 2025 and I’ve written on my journal to ask the question and…
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Should I be claiming Child Benefit
Hi I was hoping for some advise on claiming Child benefit. I have 2 Children (8 & 2) and earn a basic salary of 60k, and usually get a bonus of 5-7k When my first child was born we started claiming this for a year or so but ended up having to pay it all back, which as I wasn't aware of the benefit tax was a bit of a bummer…
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Benefit increase in April. How much is it.
I always like April for the increase in benefits. Does anybody know how much it is for Enhanced PIP for both and ESA support group?
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Switching from ESA to Universal Credit
Deep question in relation to Universal Credit. My partner recently received her migration notice. She currently gets ESA and is in the support group. What complicates the issue is when she first went on ESA she was advised by Citizens advice to do so as a single, and even though I live with her, we were advised that I…
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Disabled son turning 19, what can I claim for him? Will I lose transitional protection?
Hello, last month I was migrated from tax credits to universal credit so have a transitional protection payment included. I thought I had till he turned 20 to worry about him becoming an adult as that was what is was on tax credits. Today I had a message in my journal saying my claim for my son will end on 31st August as…
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Start new job in a month
I recently ended self employment and am starting a new job on 10th Feb. When changing my circumstances it asked if I would be starting work within a month so said I was and inputted date. Now I’m reading loads of comments saying only do it on your first day. Will I end up not getting any UC before I start?
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Keeping letters
How long do you keep your award letters for? I've just moved house and I have a huge box full of letters from dwp and hmrc going back years. I'm itching to shred them but don't want to do it if I'll need them in the future 🫣
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UC Service charge housing costs with net zero income
Hiya, I wondered if anyone had experience with this matter. My partner and I are both disabled, I was working as a videographer before my health took a turn for the worse. I still make a small amount of sporadic income renting out my camera equipment, but overall with expenses such as the cost of insuring my kit, my income…
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UC major problems
I received my migration notice in October to claim UC from ESA...I uploaded all my housing docs, and filled in all required info. I'm now being asked to attend a standard ID check at the Jobcentre the problem is that I have no photo ID( I actually applied for a Citizen Card months ago but nobody could verify my identity…
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Minimum numberof hours for self employed under Universal Credit
I have just been forced to claim Universal Credit after being on Tax Credits for many years. I am self-employed, have a disability, and have been struggling to work 30 hours per week. I have been receiving all the disability premiums. I would like to cut down my hours, probably to 16 per week, but am unsure how the UC…
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Becoming self employed while carer on UC
Afternoon all, Looking for some advice please. My husband and myself currently claim UC as a couple. My husband is self employed (35 hours a week) and is just over the 12 month migration timescale so is now subject to the mimimum income floor. I’m currently not in employment and receive carers element due to taking care of…
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ESA to UC migration info
Hello, I've just received my UC migration notice and am in need of some clarification, if anybody here could kindly offer it. I receive ESA Support Group, but am uncertain if it's entirely, or partly, income-related. I have some reason to think it's possibly contribution-based with an income-related top-up, but I don't…
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AET for Light Touch £1437 net or gross
Having transferred from WTC I had assumed that UC was also based on gross income but the month 1 payment shows me it is based on net. Because of how my pension is calculated, whilst my gross is comfortably over the threshold, £75 PAYE and £215 NI bring it it below the AET. Does this mean as a couple we will not be on light…
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When can I claim Child Benefit
I was made redundant at the end of my maternity leave. My salary previously was too high to claim child benefit but I found it hard to find a new job and my new job pays a lot less (though is still a good salary). I now earn £70k per year. I started my new job in October. I was unemployed for 5 months, but my redundancy…
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pip mobility part while already receiving daily living allowance
I currently receive lower daily living part of pip which is an ongoing award since 2021. my condition has worsened and I would like to achieve the mobility part now having been awarded zero points in 2021. If I apply and fail will this impact on my Daily living award ?
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ESA support to Universal Credit Migration worry
Just the other day I received my UC migration letter, going from ESA Support group. And my nerves/OCD are a wreck. I had to have help from my family to fill it in online. And one of the questions was how much I had in my bank. Telling the truth I put around £6600 but reading online so many people say that anything over…
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Migrating to UC from Child Tax Credits and savings.
Hi folks, Am I correct in thinking if Migrating to UC from Child Tax Credits, full disclosure of saving accounts including ISA is asked for on the Online application for UC, even though savings may be disregarded for the first year under the transitional process? Many thanks for your kind help.
