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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…
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Work Capability Assessment (LCWRA)
Hi, I had appointment with my GP on Monday to get a three month fit note to start the process of LCWRA as at the moment I am on LCW, but I need to get on to LCWRA as my mental health is bad and I also have new conditions (agoraphobia and social anxiety) which my GP has put them on my medical records and I just want Job…
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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'…
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Housing Benefit Query
Hello everyone, I have a question about the Housing Benefit that I receive at present, which I’m hoping can be answered by someone on here, who is in the know with how it all works. Both myself and my brother currently share a property as joint tenants and we have both received the ESA to UC migration letters stating that…
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Claiming Carers NI credits retrospectively
Hi! Wondering if anyone knows about backdating carers credits. Just got off the phone to HMRC after finding out I've 15 years of missing NI years. At the time my partner was extremely ill, claiming incapacity benefit and eventually ESA with the disability and work group components. I didn't work at the time, was a…
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STATE PENSION TAXED AND HOUSING BENEFIT
My local council do not seem to have an answer to this - My state pension is more than my tax allowance as I have done the spouse transfer thing This means my state pension is being taxed but the council only have the GROSS amount and not the NETT amount after tax because the tax bill only comes from the HMRC after the…
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Home Responsibility Protection
I paid to fill the gaps in my pension due to not working while having children and now I read I could have got HRP payments. Can I do anything to get some money back?
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Termination payment into workplace pension
My employment is ending because of my disability, and I am about to receive payment in lieu and accrued holiday pay, and I currently receive Universal Credit. Is it possible for me to instruct my employer to deposit the holiday pay and payment in lieu directly into my pension fund? Because I am contributing to a pension,…
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Call recording on Iphones IOS 18.1
I know there has been a lot of talk over the years about recording calls especially PIP assessments. I havejust noticed the Iphone has a call recording feature, on IOS 18. Whenin a call a small icon will appear on the top left of the screen (sound wave and a solid circle, inside a second circle) This when activated will…
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I've been advised I am not eligible for JSA as a self employed individual?
Help appreciated here... I was made redundant just over a year ago after 35 years of full time employment (so all my NIC paid up without a break during that time), I started my own business a year ago and have been putting heart, soul and all my hours into getting it up and running. As it's still running at a loss…
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Universal Credit and SIPP payments
Both my daughters are on UC and PIP and are highly unlikely to be in any full time employment. My wish is to set up and fund an individual SIPP for each of them. My and their major concern is that it would affect their UC payments. I believe that so long as the money is and remains invested and not touched until…
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Universal credit and pension op
I'm disabled, claiming Universal credit with LCW, I'm not now 55 and have the option to withdraw from a very small private pension £6k. What are my options and how would it affect my Universal Credit and tax?
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Too late to claim JSA...?
Hi there, would appreciate some benefits advice from those in the know, please. I recently moved down south with my partner and had to leave my job in the north which was a sad thing for me. However, I thought I would be able to start again and find a new job but to my despair it's not been the case. I'm up against ageism…
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Appointee for Benefits Help
My Son has been deemed as not having capacity around finances by his Social Worker. She has asked me to become his Appointee for Benefits. She has rang DWP and they will not speak with her as my Son was not present. I have rang them and been told the same. He is on Universal Credit so have left a message in his journal, no…
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Housing Benefit review - not a FCR?
Hi, and I do hope someone can help with this as I'm worried sick. I reached SP age 12 months ago and in receipt of full SP. I have no other pensions or similar, no earned or other income, savings less than 10k. I didn't apply for HB/CT support until April of this year and received notification the following month it had…
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ESA to UC Managed Migration Deadline Extension Extended.
Hi All, I have a question to ask that concerns a relative of mine, who received the ESA to UC Managed Migration letter back in April, and which gave them a deadline date of 3rd July to start their claim for UC. Due to their Anxiety and Social Avoidance Personality, they made a decision not to claim UC before the initial…
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Child DLA
Hi, My child DLA is due to be renewed in Oct. It was only awarded for 2 years may be because we were waiting for his ASD diagnosis. He was diagnosed in March they sent me a report covering all aspects of there findings. It also shows they consulted school and other medical professionals. A SEN meeting was carried out in…
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Small Pots Pension effect on UC
Hello, I would just like to clarify something. In the near future i will be drawing from my pension under small pots rule, aprox £7k I understand this is treated as capital / savings in UC, and also anything over £6k will have £4.35 deducted for every £250 or part of over the £6k My question is, in the same assessment…
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ESA freak out...😒
Hi 0😊. Im on Contributions Based ESA. I've been on it for about 16 years. No probs. I have a priviate pension that ive also declared too. Im a neat freak with letters and I spilled my coffee over molester etc. So annoyed 😒. So I called ESA and asked for them to send out a replacement letter for my recorded etc. No probs! I…
