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Repayment or interest only

please help i have recently retired from the civil service
in receipt of employment support allowance and pension is due late january.
but because my wife has state retirement pension .I cannot get pension credit.income is going to be rather stretched.
I have repayment mortgage with 4 years and 9 months to run( £19200) the interest on this is approx £96 per month.
If i repay my mortgage from my lump sum benefits people will start asking questions.
should i switch to an interest only mortgage.?
If i keep paying a repayment i will have to dig into my lump sum.

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