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Child Benefit - Advanced or Non Advanced course
My 18 year old daughter has recently passed her BTEC course and is going to be starting a uni course soon. I am trying to ascertain whether I would still be eligible to receive child benefit. The course is a uni course but is run at local college so daughter will be staying at home. The course is an "Initial Year for…
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UC query
Hello Just checking this calculation I am awaiting my first statement. We basically moved into a HA property (from private) the day we applied for UC on a migration, and a new area I was on mixed IR ESA and CB ESA and had a lot of premiums added so was on ESA £328 per week, The new amount seems so much less. The private…
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How will it affect
My 27 year old daughter wants to move back home as her marriage has broken down, im currently on universal credit as my partner died suddenly, im at home with a 6 year old and a 10 year old, i know i would lose my council tax benefit but would i lose any other money if she was just paying towards bills ? The council wont…
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Disregarded capital
Hello How long is disregarded capital disregarded for? I have £2k disregarded in my capital for my Universal Credit calculation, which comes from a backdated benefit payment for DLA on behalf of my children. I receive this for my children so it's not technically my money, I need to spend it on them. However I'm unsure if…
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Claiming Universal credit have i got this right?
I'm so muddled by it all. My ex has decided to leave me we have a house (mortgaged) and 3 children we earn similar amounts. I am still living in the house and ex has moved in with new partner they have their own house and is a super high, earner, but has told everyone that matters that they are still at home all be it…
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Total income households and UC
If both parents are earning just about the minimum income floor to get UC and one child starts earning as well would it be okay if one of the parents earnings drops down low so the total income is about the same with the universal credit about the same
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Graduates & Benefits & EU status
Hi, trying to understand how I can best help my daughter and where to point her in the right direction for appropriate advice. She has just graduated but not yet secured a full time job. Her EU boyfriend has been here on a Student visa, and has also just graduated. They are now hoping to move into a flat together next…
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Universal credit entitlement is part own another property
I part own a property with siblings that was left to us when a parent passed away, I do not live in the property as it already has a tenant, I rent a property for myself but have been told I cant claim UC because of shared ownership on another property my share of the income from the shared ownership property covers my…
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Warm Home Discount 2025/2026, check whos name is on your electricity bill.
The qualifying rules for the 2025 Warm Home Discount have changed from the 2024 rules- the property size/age rules have been scrapped so more will qualify this year than last year. The Government have this week issued a Press Release reminding people in receipt of Income Related (means tested) benefits to check that they…
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Universal Credit Change of Circs not being actioned
My son left college on 20th June and is waiting to start University. I notified UC via the change of circs on the same day that he is no longer in full time education and checked via the journal that it was all done correctly which they said it was. My statement on 9th July included the child element, so I contacted them…
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Help-UC migration
I need some more help re: my sister's migration from ESA(support group) to UC please? I have received a message on the journal to say my sister has a telephone appointment for New Style ESA. I have sent a message back to say she is severely mentally impaired, cannot read, write and limited speech etc and is this…
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UC making up my earnings amount so they dont have to pay me.
i was made to migrate from working tax credits to uc in 2024. after 1 year they are now mandatorily making my take-home pay figure £1,642.72 (the Minimum Income Floor amount) every month, despite me earning less than half of this amount. this means that they are no longer giving me any financial aid. so im now receiving…
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Approaching crunch time
I have a number of physical ailments, I won't detail them all here, however I have had a number of investigations which showed an abnormal biology (likely congenital) and an operation. The hope was that the operation would improve things but it was one step forward and one step back, effectively. I am, for all intents and…
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Anyone with knowledge of getting full council tax exemption with SMI
Asking for a friend. They have a relative who was diagnosed with Aspergers, ADHD and PTSD and lives on thier own but at the moment only gets a partial discount based on the fact they cannot work and are receiving Universal Credit and PIP. Would they be entitled to apply for full council tax exemption at all and if they are…
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UC + Pension
Bit of advice needed. My ex partner needs to move to an assisted living flat (which she intends to purchase) due to a deteriorating health condition. She recieves benefits including UC. She has a private pension which she would need to access as part payment for the flat. As I understand it the moment the money hits her…
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Appointee and bank account
19 year old daughter has her UC paid to her bank account every 2 weeks. Her PIP goes into my bank, to a separate account. From that, her phone bill, subscriptions and all other expenses are paid. Am I correct to have the PIP paid into my bank account or should it go into hers? I am the appointee for both UC and PIP. She's…
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Esa Contributions based - bank loan
Hi everyone I am on Contributions Based ESA. I declare the small pension i have. I would like to borrow some from my bank for home improvements on top of my existing mortgage. Is that ok? I am on no mean teated benifits. Is that ok,
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ESA to UC Migration. End benefit claim.
Hope someone can help. I have a partner who has asked me to move in with them, as part of the move and the strengthening of the relationship I want to close my benefit claim as he earns more than enough to fund both of us. I have a migration letter but i am not sure how I go about cancelling the migration and ending the…
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Universal Credit bank question
hi we’ve been accepted for Universal Credit and everything has gone through. I’m trying to make a budgeting more easier and it would be helpful to open another bank account for me to transfer food petrol money in so it doesn’t get eaten up by bills do I need to inform UC ? that I’ve opened a bank account or does it not…
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Aah reclaim
After 9 months of trying to get over the death of my husband, today I have a demand for £217.this has really knocked me back. The death was registered and one stop advised 14 days later..what a horrible thing to happen making him out to owe!! He never claimed anything in his life until macmillan got thus for us in the last…
