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Universal credit
Hello. I have started taking UC in December 2019 and in July 2020 I took out a loan of 23,000 to buy a flat for my parents who live abroad. The loan was paid in my account on the 9th July 2020 and I have transferred the money to my mum’s account on 31st July 2020 ( within the same month). I wasn’t aware that I needed to…
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Missing child benefit
I've just realised that I haven't been receiving child benefit (for almost two years). I've signed into the gov.uk portal today, and they have the wrong address for me. I live at the same address that I've lived at for 20 years but the address now on my account is the office address of a temporary job that I worked at in…
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DWP chasing me
hello everyone hoping for some common sense advise please,i have received a letter from DWP regarding a benefit over payment. 1/ the debit is almost 28. years old [i have no paper work apart from this letter] 2/they have never taken any money off me via wages in 28 years they have now applied for attachment of earnings.job…
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Universal Credit End of years savings disregard
So I have savings above £16,000 and I migrated over to universal credit a year ago. My savings were obviously disregarded for the first year. That time is now up, so I assumed either my claim would be closed or my next pay period would show as £0. But my claim is still open and it shows I will get paid again next month.…
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Dentist fees & Universal Credit
Hi all. Just seeing if anyone is in a similar position to make sure we are doing everything right. Apologies if the info here is not relevant, I just don't know what is and isn't. Me and my partner claim UC. I work and take home pay for me is usually around £1980 each month. My partner receives PIP and contribution based…
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Query - Returning to ESA?
Hello, Just a query and hope you might be able to help. I'm on ESA and potentially might be starting a temp job that's only 2 months to Jan 25 but wanted to ask a few questions before deciding: 1.What happens if my conditions worsen while I'm in employment and then I can't work again, Can I return to ESA? I’ve had my…
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Wife now works / lives in Hong Kong... can I claim UC ?
My wife has recently moved to Hong Kong to take up a teaching position for minimum 2 years. I now occupy the family home with my 18yrs old daughter who is in full time education. I earn less than £25k per annum. My wife pays the mortgage and most of the household bills from her Hong Kong salary and sends a little to my…
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Will I get the basic State pension?
Hi all. I've been working part-time for nearly 25 years and haven't paid any tax or national insurance in that time. If I continue in that set-up and reach pensionable age, would I qualify automatically for a state pension? If not, what kind of help will be available financially when I'm 70+? Thanks.
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UC savings limit and Council Tax advice needed please
I'm disabled and housebound and cannot work, and am also in receipt of PIP (enhanced rate), I was in the ESA support group, but in 2016 I was left some money which put me over the savings limit so I didn't receive any ESA benefits but my claim was kept open for NI contributions, I used this money for living expenses for…
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Pip missed my assessment
Hi, my assessment was missed because they rang the my old appointee I don’t think they updated their system. And I contacted the assessor provider through email to find out what’s happened and they said this “ I can see that today we have received a new case for you from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It is…
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Car Tax discount via PIP
Hello all, I have just been awarded PIP on the standard rate for both daily living and mobility. When i looked at the gov.uk help, it says although i am not exempt as i dont get the enhanced rate, i could qualify for a 50% reduction for the standard award. My question is, can i get a partial refund for the tax i paid in…
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UC and savings over £6000
Hi, Basically this is on my sons behalf who is autistic so I help him manage his claim. Im aware that you need to declare savings over 6k (not there yet) to UC via your journal and have no problem with this. The issue is that around 3k was awarded from pip backpay. Looking around its not clear, but some have told me UC…
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SMI reduction for my deceased father
Hi. I have joined this forum on de half of my mother. My mother lived with my father when he had suffered a stroke and was receiving DLA high rate. I have looked into Wolverhampton council’s website and they do offer backdated reductions. What isn’t clear is if my mother can claim since he has died. My father suffered a…
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Specified Adult Childcare credits
I am 3 years short of NI contributions to get my full State Pension. After speaking to a very helpful lady at Future Pensions I was advised that I could make up these years by using the Specified Adult Childcare credits system rather than paying for them myself. I look after my grandchildren on a regular basis now as they…
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I missed an LCW group meeting and didn't explain why
Hello! 🙂 As the title suggests, I logged in to my UC this morning and found out that, apparently, I had an appointment - a group LCW meeting as I'm LCW - on the 5th November (which I missed) and had until... Yesterday to explain why I didn't attend. I did have a good reason (I had to attend a Prescribing Review with my…
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looking for guidance please
hi everyone im looking for some guidance on following points. i live in hospital accommodation [not attached to my job] however i could possibly be finding myself out of a job, the rent is paid via my wages, however due to low income i did try to sign on which i did i should have got a small amount towards the rent,…
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UC Carers Element
According to what I have heard you are allowed to claim Carers Element even if your not yet granted Carers Allowance as long as you give the Information to prove who you care for. In regards to this however what happens to your work search if you inform them your caring full time for someone would you be expected to…
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ESA contribution based & support group
Hi I receive contribution (contribution only) based ESA and I'm in the support group. My ESA reduces each year by the same amount my personal pension increases. My wife has no income but can access her personal pension next year. When/if she receives this does that affect my ESA or is it just based on my income?
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PIP review/assessment - Awarded ZERO points and sent threatening letter
Hi, a very close neighbour of ours who has been on PIP for about 5 years sent off her assessment 18 months ago. Finally had a telephone assessment a few weeks ago and the result came through a couple of days ago.. She went from receiving Standard Rate (Daily living) and Mobility (Daily living), to ZERO in both. I had a…
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Universal credit advice
My daughter was in receipt of UC prior to starting university. She put a message on her journal to say starting uni 23/9 and to cancel her claim 22/9 Her assessment period is 24/8 to 23/9. UC cancelled her claim back to 23/8. After lots of phone calls and promises of call back ( she can no longer write on her journal) she…
