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UC won't pay 53 weeks rent
So, I rent from a housing association and have been sent my rent increase letter and it states that in this financial year there are 53 weeks payable. UC have worked out my housing element for 52 weeks and when I contacted them they said "We calculate your housing entitlement by taking your weekly rent amount which we…
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PIP question
Morning. On Monday, I applied for PIP due to my mental health and my issues, but I am just wondering, will DWP get in touch with my GP to gather evidence of my medical information? as I have a doctors/GP appointment on Monday by phone, as I don't have a printer to put them with my form when it arrives. I am just worried,…
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ESA Reassessment
Hi there, I received a form from ESA to complete and send back by the 26th of December. I have been receiving ESA for around 7 years and am in the work related activity group. I think it is called a reassessment form? I sent it back in the middle of December but have not heard anything again from ESA. I was wondering what…
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Housing Costs nightmare, advice needed.
Hi all I received a letter from my housing association asking me to contact them regarding them overcharging for the rent. I rang today and it transpires that the rent has been overcharged since 2019!! We are talking of £1000 that UC have paid me and in turn I have paid them. They have given me a list of how much the rent…
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Will you get the 6.7% UC increase?
Simple put, you may not! The prehistoric and draconian benefit cap could prevent you from seeing a penny of it. This article from The Standard explains. P1 February 2024 (author Tamara Davison.) DWP benefit cap: what is it and is it changing? I apologise for not uploading the link. It seems that MSE prevents us newbies…
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Complicated one
Hi, new to the forum, hope someone can be of help. This is regarding my daughter who is having all sorts of trouble with the UC. She and her husband were living in house A. Her mother in law was living in house B. Due to a need for more room they swapped. Daughter then bought house C, and to save £6k on unnecessary stamp…
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Home warm discount taxed
I recieved my bill from British gas who had billed me twice for same thing but the home warm discount was also taxed leaving £142 .86 before it got to final total where more deductions were made is this allowed
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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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Inheritance & DWP Universal Credit concerns
I recently lost my mother and she left her paid off house and savings to myself and my brother. We are both executors but i will be managing the probate since he lives and works in the states. Her savings were around 90k and the house has a value of 250k or so. The 3 banks have not required a grant of probate because the…
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Will my child's current account affect our benefits once he turns 18?
Hello all. My son's grandparents opened an account for our son years ago and have been depositing money into it regularly. We can't access the money. He is living at home with us and turns 18 later this year and will have full control of the account once he does so. Again, I stress we can't access the account and have no…
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New Style ESA - NI contributions issue
Hi there, hoping someone can point me to where I could find the relevant guidance, or knows more about this than me! This is my situation: Was on income-based ESA (and PIP) for years. Started work under Permitted Work rules January 2022. At the start of April, I ended ESA claim and was working 25+hrs (variable) a week.…
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Bereavement Benefit
I have a question about the Bereavement Support Payments and Bereavement Allowance. My partner died at the age of 29 in 2010 when my son was 3 years old, I seen on your TV show saying about the Bereavement Support Allowance and i thought i would apply and see if i would be entitled to this. My partner was self employed and…
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Universal Credit and RSUs (stock)
Hi all. So for my job we have some stock benefit called RSUs. They become available every few months, to either keep or sell. I have sold some and the sale and taxation of the shares is all handled indepentantly of wages. By that I mean the shares vest, I sell them, I get a wire transfer a few days later. They are however…
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Carers allowance with attendance allowance
I am on the higher rate of AA and can no longer get help i need from my husband who has health issues Can i claim Carers allowance as well as AA . Thank you Beatrice
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Universal Credit - AET Question For Couples
Hi there, we were recently moved to UC from Tax Credits via managed migration, so please forgive me for not fully understanding UC. I am currently a carer for our disabled son and I am claiming carers allowance. My partner earns roughly £1240(roughly 25 hours at minimum wage) per month. She is currently in the light touch.…
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Just moved from Tax Credit to UC, self employed
Oh dear UC . The synic in me thinks this is a ploy to kill off self employment as a form of employment, bit harsh but I hope I've got this wrong So I recently received £120 week tax credit, with disability element Income of around £750 month after expenses Initial meetings with work coach/UC is still foggy they don't seem…
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Carer Element
Hello, I am currently on tax credits but received migration notice. My wife is carer for our child so she will be entitled to carer element. She is also receiving carers allowance which will be deducted from the award. My mother in law lives with us. I am working full time so cannot get carer allowance to look after her.…
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Universal Credit Clawback
Hi, im hoping someone can advise me. Two weeks ago my husband got a debt letter from DWP Collections saying he owes £2333 and they'll take deductions from his ESA. We had mo prior notifications regarding this. On the Mon, I called ESA, she said try the Debt people, they said we don't know why it's being reclaimed.…
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New-style ESA - payments backdated? What's the initial phone call like?
I'm employed (PAYE) full-time but have been signed off work since August last year due to illness (not terminal). I've been constantly employed FT for 20+ years so NI contributions all up-to-date. My SSP has recently run out. My company sent me my SSP1 form, so today I applied for New-style ESA. I've posted off my SSP1 and…
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Short-Term Carer's Allowance
Hey everyone, I'm getting Carer's Allowance for my son, but he's going to university soon so I will have to stop getting the allowance when they move out. When my son comes home for Easter/Christmas/Summer, will I be able to claim for Carer's Allowance then, even though it's only for 2-6 weeks at a time? It doesn't say in…