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  • OrkneyStar
    OrkneyStar Posts: 7,025 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    calleyw wrote: »
    Sorry to say it is both .com and .co.uk, takes you to exactly the same page.


    Yours


    Calley
    lol :rolleyes:.
    Ermutigung wirkt immer besser als Verurteilung.
    Encouragement always works better than judgement.
  • tikka_2
    tikka_2 Posts: 3 Newbie
    You should be able to claim incapacity benefit. You have to put a claim into the benefits office for smp. They will then send you a letter stating you do not qualify but they will pass on your details for incapacity. Why you can't claim directly for incapacity I don't know, silly really. I can't remember how much I recieved but it is definately worth claiming for.
  • mealone
    mealone Posts: 527 Forumite
    500 Posts
    Incapacity benefit dosnt exist anymore to new claimants tikka, ESA replaced it last October.
  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,896 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    OrkneyStar wrote: »
    lol :rolleyes:.

    Orkneystar you where right twice not once :rotfl:

    Yours

    Calley
    Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!

    Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz

    If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin
  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    tikka wrote: »
    You should be able to claim incapacity benefit. You have to put a claim into the benefits office for smp. They will then send you a letter stating you do not qualify but they will pass on your details for incapacity. Why you can't claim directly for incapacity I don't know, silly really. I can't remember how much I recieved but it is definately worth claiming for.

    Who are you suggesting might be able to claim IB/ESA?:confused:
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