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UC Carers Element Dental Treatment?
Does anybody know if a person receiving Universal Credit and Carers Element who cares full time and does not have another Job needs to pay for dental treatment. All I can find online is if your take home pay is less than a certain amount you might get free however, a one hundred pound fine awaits if you get it wrong so…
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Scotland, ADP, LCWRA, and Rent question
Son is in receipt of ADP (high living, low mobility) and LCWRA, currently still living at home. Son wishes to move out to live with partner and her daughter, which we wholeheartedly support, and have been working towards. We have a couple of previous homes available, a three bedroomed house which is rented out and still…
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Redundancy, UC and loan repayment
Hi all, My partner may be being made redundant in May with a pay out of £13k. We are in receipt of UC as join claimants with two dependents. We are both employed me full time and him part time. My question is would we be allowed to pay off our debt before we submit our savings? We had a meeting with the job centre today…
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Uc requesting filled out A64A form
I've recently changed my uc claim to include my partner. Unfortunately I own a property with a previous partner that I am estranged from. I pay no mortgage and receive no income from it. My original uc claim stated this, but with creating joint claim it's thrown me back to the start declaring any property I own etc and…
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Childcare benefits after redundancy
My wife and I both earn over 100k gross. We are both capable of bringing our taxable income to below 100k. We have a 9 month old boy (born June 2025) who will start nursery in June 2026. My wife will be made redundant in July 2026. I'm not able to get any 30 hours childcare benefit for Apr26-Aug26 since i will be on…
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Pension lump sum and benefits
Does anyone have a good source of information in regard to accessing DC pension pots when on state benefits, before state pension age. Specifically I am endeavouring to identify, under current legislation, the impact on NS ESA and UC if, for example, a £20K lump sum is withdrawn from a DC pot, and the whole net amount…
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Money taken from Pension Credit
Hi all, newbie here so hope I'm in the correct forum! I'll try to keep it short….. Since September 2025 over £55.00 has been taken every month from our joint claim for Pension Credit. This is repayment for an outstanding Working Tax Credit overpayment they say. However, this overpayment was repaid in full in August 2025…
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Fibromyalgia and ibs
Will be having my first reassessment at some stage and I've heard it's changing. Has anyone been successful with fibromyalgia and ibs? If so could you please let me know what type of evidence you used and what if anything it stated ? Thanks
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UC/New Style ESA payment
I was living alone and claiming income based ESA. I was in the Support Group. I got married in October 2024 but continued living alone whilst my wife lived with her mother. In December 2024 my wife moved out of her mother's house and bought her own house. I moved in with her March 2025. She successfully claimed New Style…
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Universal Credit transition protection withdrawn
Hello, I am wondering if anyone can help me. I have been claiming Universal credit since migrating from ESA last year, with the transitional protection included. I live at home with my sibling and mother, but unfortunately at the end of last year my mother was taken very poorly in to hospital where she still is and will…
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safest way to save on benefits without affecting claims
in short i'm a saver my wife on full pip (full time) and joint uv claim myself on carers allowance full housing minus 1 bedroom tax and full council tax both over 50 we are past the splashing the cash and partying We struggle to spend what we get coming in financially but find we are approaching the 6k mark quite quickly…
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30 Hours Free Childcare
Situation is husband (self employed) earns c £15k per year per ITR, wife (self employed) earns c£8k per year, both parents work in farming and work well in excess of 16 hours per week are they eligible in this circumstance to claim for the 30 hours free child care or are they prevented from doing so because the lower…
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Pension credit what is counted
hello I was wondering if pension credit has the same system for calculating capital as UC - that income is disregarded in the assessment period it is paid. I am wanting to apply but have no idea how this income/capital works and thresholds etc as if everything all the time is capital I would keep dipping in and out. Thank…
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JSA - 4 week wait for initial interview
Hello, So on Friday 21st I became aware that my employer had filed for administration, we were told to come to work on the Monday, got there sent home and told you won't be getting paid on Friday as planned. On the Friday the administrators advised we were all being made redundant. So I registered on line for JSA that day…
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I was underpaid UC due to a failed change in circumstance, will I receive backpay?
Hi, I just realised after moving for the second time, that the first time I moved in April 2025, I failed to report a change in circumstance which means I was underpaid UC for a period of 8 months due to housing costs etc as I was single renting a 1 bed with my child. I have since moved again (Nov 2025) however this time…
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Universal credit AP dates changed in Feb?
Good Morning all, I was wondering if anyone happens to know.the reason why the dates of our last Assessment Period are 29 January to 26 February 2026 As our Assessment Period has always been 29th - 28th of every month, the same last February the AP changed to 29th Jan - 26th Feb as I just checked. I know Feb is a short…
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Christmas bonus
Hello everyone and hope you're all having a lovely Christmas!! I'm on Universal Credit and PIP and I'm sure I should be entitled to the £10 Christmas bonus this year but haven't received anything. I've had a search online and it said you should receive it the first week of December but not to contact anyone about it until…
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Access to Work Taxi query
I have just applied for the Access to Work scheme. I was unaware of this and had been using my ADP to fund my taxis as I get the higher mobility element. The DWP site is as clear as mud on how this works. Someone had mentioned you need to get quotes from a taxi firm. You pay yourself and claim it back; which is fine. Does…
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LCWRA and Council Tax Support
Can anyone advise whether my recent LCWRA award reduces my council tax support? I got a statement today saying I owe them money, so I'm assuming it must, but it doesn't seem very fair as I'm getting the LCWRA because I can't work many hours. It's Northumberland if that makes any difference
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BT Home Essentials Unlimited Broadband- check your renewal.
Not a DWP benefit, but releted to them:If you have an existing BT Home Essentials Unlimited Broadband that has renewed recently then check your renewal details and billing.This morning I received 2-emails from BT (strangely both at 2:07 am, but they do check as being genuine so I guess it was an automated 'Monday/weekday'…
