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Earning 55k a year on minimum wage
I'm surprised I've earned so much but I've managed it, just wondered if there's any help with tax or benefits etc, I'm doing about 100 hours a week but I've never had any help at all, is there anything I can look into or is it not worth the hassle? 1275l is my tax code
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Requesting a copy of LCWRA assessors decision?
Following award of LCWRA on 25/11/23 I have requested a copy of the assessors decision (not "mandatory reconsideration"). Does anyone know if this will imperil my award?
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Charge For Extra Bedroom UC
Hi Can anyone help me. I have for the past two years paid £77 a month out of any award for UC on the grounds that the property has one extra bedroom. However this is not the case as UC have not included the carer that I need overnight who has to use one of the bedrooms which and evidently would be the extra bedroom UC are…
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WTC Migration To UC First Payment
Looking for some advice, just got our first UC payment, migration from WTC and it is £39 for a month. We previously got £35 per week working tax credit. I got the severe disability element of WTC Working Couple, total earnings £2400 and declared £26k savings Thought the transitional protection payment was supposed to make…
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Lump sum/benefits
Hi All, I got a lump sum off money in June last year £35,000 ( firty five thousands pounds). It's from my ex partner trust fund he was born too early and suid the NHS. I was given a lump sum for caring for him for a year as his carer. I didn't want the money I did everything in my power to not receive it. It's blood money…
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When will I see my benefits increased in April?
I get my PIP on the 11th of April. Will the increase be added to that payment?
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Moving from ESA to new style JSA - is claim time affected?
Asking on behalf of my husband as the Job Centre staff have been very confusing! He was made redundant in October. In January started to claim JSA as hadn't found work. In February nearly died and ended up in ICU for a month. I called the Job Centre when he went in to hospital, who helpfully stopped the claim as he…
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NHS Maternity Leave Calculator
Hello. I'm looking for someone with NHS payroll experience to help me work out what my maternity leave pay will be? My trust are taking ages to work it out !!
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WTC to UC - Is there a copy of the UC application questions I can see in advance of applying?
Can anyone point me in the direction of a copy of the UC application we have to fill in when we migrate from WTC to UC. I'm not applying to move until the end of April, which is two weeks before my claim deadline, and wanted to know exactly what questions are asked so that I can get any necessary information ready and…
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Shares on universal Credit
Hi My company is closing and I'm applying for Universal Credit. I saw that you have to declare your savings. I have about £2000 worth of shares as well as some cash savings, do I count the shares as savings or is it just the dividends I need to declare as income?
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Help to Save and Premium Bonds
Hi, I'm no expert in this subject so forgive me if it's a daft question. My wife and me opened two Help to Save accounts a few months ago, paying £50 each, every month. Last week she won £15.000 on a radio show (happy days) I'm guessing she has to cancel her Universal Credit now? And I'm wondering if £15.000 sitting in her…
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How to calculate UC increase
Hi, How to calculate this year's UC increase based on my current monthly payment? If for example I get £400/month, it's 6.7% of 400 =26.80, so I'll get £426.80 fron April onwards? Thanks. San
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Confused about Council Tax discounts
My situation is that I live with my wife in our home with no other resident. My wife has severe Alzheimer's disease. My County Council has assessed me as having a 25% discount on the rates bill. This is where I'm not really up to speed. I guess that I'm an eligible adult according to the diagrams on Martin's page. So that…
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Tax credits to Universal credit
Ні, For anyone who has moved from child Tax credits to UC. Are your payments less than Tax credit even with transactional protection? It seems that UC deducted a lot more whereas tax credit didn't and my dad's getting £400 less a month on UC than tax credits. However, I thought with UC you're entitled to the same amount.…
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Benefits
I have grown up Children on benefits who are struggling despite working hard and I would like to help. What I would like to understand if how much I can give without these impacting on their benefits. Regular cash and/or lump sum.
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TC migration to UC estimated Self employed income with savings.
Our income/savings interest is normally estimated for TC until the end of april . After April we finalize our SE income and submit the figure to TC. (we usually rush about getting finalized figures) We have just got our migration letter. Is it better to hold off finalizing income/savings or submit it now. Estimation was 8k…
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UC advice for daughter & Granddaughter
Hi, My daughter and her partner separated last year and sold their shared ownership house. My daughter and granddaughter (3yo) both moved in with us with a view to her hopefully getting somewhere to live later. In selling the house they both made around £20k each, which my daughter intends(ed) to use as a deposit on…
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UC Advance payment
I attending ID appointment at the Jobcentre on Tuesday. After the verification done. I checked on the journal and the advance payment was showing £950 which is the correct amount based on the UC calculations which I have done online. Today I checked it and ita showing £1991. That makes no sense. Are they applying this…
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Pension credit severe disability and working
Hi, just hoping for some advice for my mum. She’s just over SPA age, I think gets full new style state pension plus the pension credit severe disability premium. She’s looking into looking some ad-hoc caring work, which would likely be 8-15 hours a paid, in a paid position. If she did this would she lose the severe…
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PIP for depression
Anyone get PIP for depression? How do you persuade the assessor that it's affecting you badly enough to warrant getting PIP?