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An introduction to Carer's Allowance
What is Carer’s Allowance and who can claim it? Carer’s Allowance is a benefit which is designed to provide financial support to an individual who cares for a disabled person, who is themselves in receipt of a qualifying disability benefit (such as the daily living component of PIP, middle or highest rate care element of…
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Housing/ benefits
Hi Me and my family are relocating from Devon to Worcester, could anyone please tell me the maximum housing benefit in that area? I'm currently out of work as I'm ill with Crohn's disease and claiming pip and universal credit/ lcwra. Another problem is struggling to find a rental property due to landlords not accepting…
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On ESA & had to move in with parents - now having to attend interview
Hi, I had to leave my job in October 2025 due to a chronic health condition and was put on ESA. My UC50 forms have been returned but not had any update as of yet. I received £0 Universal Credit and my appointments have all been over the phone. My circumstances have changed and I had to move in with my parents who are…
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Carer Allowance and Universal Credit.
I am currently on Carer Allowance and looking after someone, if I was to look into getting Universal Credit, would my Carer Allowance be converted into the Carer Element of Universal Credit or would it continue to be paid as Carer Allowance. I have other entaglements that specify Carer Allowance as a requirement, and if it…
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Carers Allowance and UC
we both qualify for uc lcwra one of us one pip can we claim any carers
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sos pls i need help! backdated sdp now on uc
hhello I'm new & I'm in need of some advice if anyone knows I'dappreciateany help or advice etc ....so I was on job seekers but was getting the top ups but even though i started to recieve pip enhanced daily living fr9m 2014 i never got the sdp until 2023 i was then moved to uc & given the transitional protection payment…
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Access to work Support rate £17 per hour
I have not been able to find any virtual support assistant that charges less than £25 per hour. Does anyone have experience of challenging the £17 rate through reconsideration?
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any advise or real situations when CA ( 35 hours0 can be backdated
I am on CA, i got it backdated for 12 months, however, I had cared for my husband for 5 years, simply we did not know about CA.. anyone ever heard when Pension credit for CA (35HOurS) CAN BE BACKDATED FOR LONGER THATN 12 MONTHS. thank you
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Carer's Allowance - Stopped without explanation
Hi Everyone, Not sure if others have had this same experience? Hopefully what I share will help others in times to come. I was awarded CA in September 2024 for caring for my wife. She's in receipt of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) Enhanced on Daily Living and nothing for Mobility. We had not claimed previously on…
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Disability benefits and my child leaving a-levels
my daughter turned 18 in December and she’s still doing her a-levels she finishes in June this year . I get pip and also UC , child element , child benefit and transitional protection because I moved over from esa . My daughter might go to university in September but she will still be living at home or she might start an…
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LWCRA
Hello . I have been waiting since November 11 th 2024 since I sent my forms back . No one knows anything I have not had a message .text phone call or update . Serco Swindon Wiltshire are dealing with it and I call them every 2,weeks and still the same answer is ..It's under scrutiny with the healthcare professionals . So…
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Back pay and debt management
Hi my award was recently increased at tribunal and I’m owed £3000 back pay. The dwp have sent this to debt management for a historical social fund loan- which I have a payment plan for in place for last 5 years. I have called debt management and told them I’m behind on priority bills plus was counting on the money to pay…
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Advice
I am on benefits disability & pip high rate. Also on universal credit. At the moment it is me and my husband and daughter. She is 16 in college. We have a three bedroom house. Which we all occupy one room each. I have incontinence so that's why separate rooms. The problem is my son is moving in with us and wife and two…
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Council Tax Carers Discount - MSE
Saw this on via the Money Saving Expert email and thought it was worth sharing. Martin Lewis: Don't trust councils' online info about the Council Tax Carers Discount – one in five English and Welsh councils get it wrong Click on link for full story..…
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I get LCWRA and PIP. Can someone who lives at a different address to me claim carers allowance?
I get lcwra and pip can someone who lives separately at a different address to me be my carer and claim carers allowance if they do claim it will it affect my lcwra payments
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ESA support group and studying.
Hello, I'm in the ESA support group and have been for a few months now. I've been thinking about going to university in order to gain qualifications for a new career that will adapt to my limitations. Do I have to fill a Work permit form while doing less than 6 hours a week physically in university and the rest distance…
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Pension credit dispute with dwp
Hi wonder if anyone else as had problems with. Pension credit, mine was till 2029 but dwp are saying they changed it too 2016, so my pension credit as been stopped and I am paying the amount back from 2016,i have argued with them as I knew nothing about the date that they say they changed it too, can anyone tell me what I…
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How do I attach evidence/ additional sheets to my PIP review form?
Hi, I am completing my PIP review form and have typed all of my responses. I am going to print this off along with my evidence but l'm a bit confused how or where I should attach it. Sorry if I don't make sense, I'm stressed and autistic so likely overthinking this. I have typed all of my responses and will print them…
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Bedroom tax
hi , we are on universal credit, and live in a 3 bedroom council house, one of my sons is moving out so we will have a spare bedroom , my husband is my carer , we are concerned about the bedroom tax, and how this will affect us please help
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Not sure how much I could receive
I've had an autoimmune condition since before covid (although it was hard to get diagnosed and it took me until after covid to get a proper diagnosis). I've since been diagnosed with a type of blood cancer around 12 months ago. I already get pip - this was so hard to get and the process is so draining. I'm a healthcare…
