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Gov.uk Benefits calculator

"Your income from dividends and interest on savings is considered to be capital for benefits. We will count this as capital for you; so you don't have to include it in the Capital section.

The value of your stocks or shares and your savings counts as capital and you will need to include it when you answer the question 'What is your capital or joint capital'?"

two different boxes on form. Q seems to contradict itself ? Do I put interest from investment in box AND the amount of capital in the other box or (surely) just one or the other (otherwise its counted twice). Put it in 2 x and no benefit. Put it in 1 x and a small entitlement.
Eg £100000 as capital, and/or £2500 as interest
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