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Rapid reclaim ESA/permitted work
Hi there, I recently posted regarding being off work sick, and potentially claiming ESA. (Thread here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6561501/not-eligible-for-ssp-can-i-get-esa/p1?new=1) In short, I was in Support Group New Style ESA. Started work, not full time but above the threshold for permitted work,…
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Autism support on UC migration
Hello, can anone please offer up some insights about Universal Credit? I am autistic, alone and utterly confused. I receive the child disability payment for my son, along with Income Support, Child Tax credits with the severe disability element and also Carers Allowance. (I do have long term health issues but didnt apply…
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ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE
My Mother has been living in a care home for the past 7 years and during this time has been paying her own care home fees from her savings. The local council have just confirmed that they are going to take over the payment of her care home fees as her savings have now dropped below the £23,250 threshold but she still has…
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How RSU affect UC
Hi, I have got some RSU vested (£50k) this month. After tax its roughly (£30k) and I sold some share (£6k) last month. In my payslip of this month, this RSU vest has been added as taxable income and the tax has been adjusted accordingly. The take home pay for this 'special' month is slightly higher than normal regular,…
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Childcare Vouchers Error
Hoping
someone might be able to help, I use the salary sacrifice for childcare
vouchers, in October last year I changed the amount from £100 to £180. Duly
thereafter I received a £180 voucher. In August I no longer required the
vouchers so cancelled them completely. I was looking forward to the extra say
£140 (£180 - tax…
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Migration from TC to UC and self employment
We've received a migration notice and need to change to UC from TC. Husband is self employed. Is it best to start the claim on the 1st please so our assessment period would be from the 1st to the 30th? I think that would work best in terms of calculating his earnings from self employment? Also our next tax credits payment…
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Specified Adult Childcare
Hi, Looking to apply for this, says the address you send it to is on the form itself but cannot see any address, can someone advise please?
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How much do I pay for dental costs with a HC3 certificate?
Hi all. I've a HC3 certificate which gives me limited help for dental costs. The maximum I have to pay would be £161.58 per course of treatment or prescribed item. If I was to get a filling which is £73.50 on the NHS, would I have to pay that full amount? Thanks.
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Does it make sense for me to claim UC?
I'm currently employed on a 0-hours contract in a low-paid job but have been increasingly unable to earn enough due to combination of low availability of shifts and my own health issues, I've been struggling with depression & anxiety sumptoms for years as well as fatigue due to past illness, however these haven't been…
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Cashing in small pension
Hi I have a small pension £9000 and am on esa and pip and wondering if I cash it in, pay off my £7000 mortgage will I be hit with having over £6000 in savings?
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Curiosity UC to SP
Hello If on UC with assessment date on 8th each month (paid 12th) what happens when 66 birthday in on 10th of month? How are the 2 days (is it 2 days?) dealt with? Thank you for your help
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adhd and asd diagnoses - benefits question
hi my son has been diagnosed with ADHD and ASD we are about to send dla form off this week but i wanted to know can you apply for extra tax credits, council tax reduction and that if you haven't been awarded DLA ? can you get them with sending of the diagnoses letters?.
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help needed and where to start...
I have a a mess on my hands... i feel very stressed about this and want to resolve it with as less stress as possible. I hope to get some advice. I have been overpaid uc and esa since February 2024, Out of the blue in February, i recieved some inheritance from grandparents who passed away within 9 months of eachother. It…
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Buying shared ownership with universal credit
Hi I'm getting divorced, I will be staying in the main property, we jointly own a buy to let property which we will sell giving my wife 50k deposit that she would like to put towards a shared ownership property. Have worked out based on the property cost she would be entitled to univeral credit and with that and her wages…
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Inheritance advice
Hi I'm 53 & due to inherit from my Mums estate once probate is sorted probably in the early part of next year. It will most likely be around £50,000 & my son around £20,000. He's 14 so it has to go into a trust until he's 21. I've never ever had anything like this amount of money & feel very overwhelmed by it all. Also…
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Winter fuel payment
For some reason (unbeknown to me) I have received a Winter fuel payment on my gas/electric bill. No one in the house on PC (or of pensionable age) but son does recieve UC. But the bill is in my name not his? Before I question it with my provider can anyone explain it?
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What happens when not working but not entitled to anything?
My wife (52) has never worked for anyone else other than my business due to mental health issues, agorophobia, anxiety, OCD. Although she may appear fine she is absolutely unemployable by anyone else, but not diagnosed for anything other than anxiety. Even if she did try to claim UC we wouldn't be eligible for anything due…
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Refused PIP for Dyspraxia/SPD - recently been diagnosed with ADHD, will that help?
Hi, I am a 35 year old male from Wales, and as a child I was diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder and Dyspraxia. As a child I was in receipt of DLA, but I've tried to claim PIP twice for these conditions and I get awarded 0 points for everything. I did successfully get Standard rate Mobility due to anxiety and…
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Confused
I am a single mum with two children, 4 and 6. I have a new partner and he has asked us to move in with him. He has three children to someone else and gets his kids when he is at home form work. He works away more than half the year. There is no shared finances at all and it is very much two separate households given the…
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ESA (support group) and home ownership
Joe (age 45) is disabled, unable to work and receives long term ESA (support group). He lives alone in a house owned outright by his uncle Fred, who receives Joe's housing Benefit directly. Joe is also 100% exempt from Council Tax. Fred wants to gift the house to Joe and Joe is keen to accept it provided that neither his…
