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pip and entitlement to UC housing element
my daughter receives PIP daily living and has been made redundant she applied for UC but was told it would be zero apart from her jobseekers allowance because her partner earns above the amount needed for her to get housing costs as she pays rent to a estate agent but turn to us calculator state that non dependants…
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Esa/change of address
Is it normal for ESA to ask when phoning for change of address. Partners namePartners dobMartial status Childrens namesChildrens DOBAnd if claiming housing benefit.
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Loss of TV Licence reduction
I am a Tenants in Housing Association Flat. Associations are now allowed to offer to 55year olds and above. Used to be 60. Because of this rule, new Tenants over 60 can no longer have a reduced TV licence fee if not working. When they reach 75 they only get a free TV licence if they are on benefits. To my knowledge this is…
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Spouse not old enough
Just an additional piece of information my wife receives pip and I am of pension age she is not and we are not eligible for pension credit I wonder how many like me lose out
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Underpaid Careers Allowance from the 1990's
I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction.... my mum was a carer for my grandparent's for many years back in the 1990's, on a Martin Lewis show she was made aware she was due a pay out as she was classed as an underpaid carer (she also had to pay over 1k back when she went back to work). Does anybody know how…
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Statutory Maternity Pay- penalising us for one ill month?
My first time posting- hope this is the right place for my query! My Wife started maternity leave on the 1st of this month. Her pay is c 45% lower than her regular income. My Wife works part time, and has earnt between £905 and £1,050 each month this year- except for June, where she only earned £548. This was because I was…
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PIP appeal hearing time
I put in my PIP appeal have just had a text saying the following. How long will it be before I get a tribunal hearing any body have any experience? Thanks DWP has responded to your PIP appeal. They should have sent you a copy in the post and you should receive this shortly. Read their response and send any comments to the…
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Absurdly low Council Tax Support Income Threshold?
I've been trying to get my local council to help me with council tax reductions as I've only been able to work part time. They've gotten back to me and said as a single person earning over £75 a week I am entitled to 0 council tax support or reduction. In 2021 I earned about four thousand pounds and had to pay 1.2k in…
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UC migration
Can someone help, I thought hb run on for 2 weeks, yet my housing benefit was due today and the 2 weeks ends tomorrow. The housing benefit didn't go in and was told it's closed as I migrated over. Won't get UC until October. So who is supposed to pay the rent for the next 3 weeks and do they give this back to me in my 1st…
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UC claim cancellation
Hello I started my UC claim not very long ago after splitting up with my husband as I was left with the children. Things have worked out again between me and my husband and he wants to move back in with me because of his salary as he is a high earner I would not be entitled to UC. How do I cancel/end my UC claim also do I…
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Temporary claim for Carers allowance
I have searched and can't find the answer to my question. I am due to have an operation at the end of this week which will mean that I am unable to walk for 6 to 8 weeks, and then another 6 weeks of minimal walking, so will need a carer at all times. Dh has managed to get carers leave for the first week and will then do…
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Universal Credit + funded childcare = worse off
Hi,I need some help please with the situation my daughter finds herself in.She is a low income earner, with a 15 month old child at nursery for 20 hours a week.For the past 7 months she has claimed back 85% of her childcare costs via Universal Credit. All good.From 1st Sept 2024 she is entitled to 15 hours funded childcare…
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Rent increase
Hi! I hope someone can help me!My landlord increase my rent 1025 to 1250 because the rent was really under the market price Actually still is under.I reported it to UC My question is the UC can complain about the amount ?Now the rules has been so strict so I am afraid about everything.I am working but I am single parent so…
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Income classed as savings for UC
Can someone please explain what they class as income? I understand they say: “Your income is counted as savings if it has not been spent by the end of the assessment period after the one in which it was received.” the example they give is what confuses me: ” Katie’s assessment period for Universal Credit runs from the 8th…
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Housing benefit
Hello I have been in receipt of a very small housing benefit for 5 years. I am also in receipt of a foreign pension. When the pension is changed from Euros to Pounds Sterling, my bank charges a monthly fee of £10. The benefit office has always paid my benefit based on the pension paid AFTER the deduction. On Monday, I was…
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Universal credit - help!!.
I've just switched over to uc from tax credits and legacy benefits and my award is a whole £21 a month 😯 Something must be wrong as I was supposed to get transitional protection. I don't have a job outside the home as I'm a carer for four disabled family members so I thought our money should be the same. Where is the best…
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Ctax summons
Hi all, I got a summons for a £25 that goes back to 22-23 year. It is a bill I tried to pay online but I could not, I informed them of this, but they kept sending couple of reminders at the time then they stopped. Last month, because I complained about my entitlements and my benefit that were not assessed properly when I…
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Can you offset debt against savings on UC?
Good morning. I am being moved from Tax credit soon to UC and was wondering if my personal debt of 5k (credit cards) can be offset against savings of roughly 5k which I wish to keep as savings for emergency money if needed. So thereby giving a balance of roughly £0 Thank you
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SP invitation letter
Hello, first of all need to say I have tried my best (disability) all my life to not be a drain on taxpayers and have managed to pension contribute so I get a work pension of £4000 a year (ill health retirement). No longer work. Circumstances receive PIP high care low mobility, Have legal responsibility (SGO) for child age…
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Universal Credit housing element LHA entitlement amount
Hello, I would be grateful if someone could confirm that I have understood LHA regulation amounts please. My adult son and I rent privately, as you may have read in previous threads. When my son turns 35 will we both individually be entitled to the two bedroom LHA rate in a joint tenancy? If my son qualifies for the daily…
