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ESA requesting Bank Statement
Our son recently had a large SDP backpayment made. The DWP sent a letter out saying it would be disregarded indefinately for ESA. Then last Friday we had a letter asking us to confirm if his savings and income were below £5700. I contacted ESA on Friday to ask some questions as the letter was a bit vague. After 2 and a…
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Will my benefits be affected when my daughter moves in?
I have a one bedroom flat my daughter needs to move in to look after me I claim pip council tex and uc she works full time she will be living in the front room will my benefits be affected
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Son waiting 16 weeks and still no carers allowance decision
My son applied for carers allowance on 17th Feb 25. I have full pip and he cares full time. We still haven't heard anything from them and still no money. We ring once a week every week and all they say to us is we will email the back office and mark urgent. Is there anything else we can do please as getting a little…
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Council tax
Hi .we moved to uc in September. We payed little council tax on income support .We our now in arrears with our council tax .they saying we got to pat 154.67 a month .Nothing changed only we now on uc .Any advice
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Do they acknowledge mandatory reconsideration letters?
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Carers Allowance hours
Hi all my partner is just about to apply for Carers Allowance for her mother as she had to stop work to look after her. We are going through the form and it says must help more than 35 hours a week and asked about my details as well how does the 35 hours work as she is not there all the time but easily spends more than 35…
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ESA / JSA reforms any updates
Has anyone any idea when we might have an update on the new ESA/JSA unemployment insurance plans? I'm still not hearing anything on the news about this welfare reform that they are looking at doing
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Pension credits
Hello to everyone and a huge thank you for any advice My mum receives pension credit she lives in a flat but now she is 90 and i would like her living with me would donate her flat to me (her daughter ) affect her pension credit?. Would living with me affect her pension credit? Thank you Jacqueline
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Housing benefit, will it affect pension credit when my son comes back home to live?
I'm on housing benefit. I'm a pensioner. My son, who works full time is coming back home to live. He works full time. When Council sort out how much rent and Council tax he needs to pay how can he pay it separately to me so that it doesn't affect pension credit etc as he won't be paying me anything
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Housing benifit
I've talked about how I received my Universal credit call up. Want I want to know is if my rent will still be paid to my housing company still? I got told I might lose my flat and have to move back in with my mum which would be a horrible nightmare, as I hear Universal Credit drives people into poverty. Can you advise…
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Pension and benefits
I've only just signed up so new to this and I hope someone may be able to help me. I have a question about my retirement that is worrying me a little. I am due to retire in November this year. My partner is 17 years my junior and we have very happily lived together in a housing association house for many years. My partner…
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Pension credit
I am getting conflicting answers to my question on different sites. My partner and I get new state pension of 230.25 each. I have an underlying entitlement to carers allowance and partner gets ADP. Can we claim pension credit
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New State Pension less than my ESA support group
I am currently in receipt of ESA (support group) + severe disability premium + enhanced disability premium. I am also in receipt of PIP and Housing Benefit. I recently received a letter informing me that I will be entitled to the New State Pension within the next four months. My entitlement to ESA will then cease. The…
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Hi, I'm nettypet68! Is there another way to get through to ESA? Why do UC deduct for carers?
Is there another way of getting through to ESA, apart from on the phone, I have been on hold an hour and a half, I have had a missed payment today and we are moving house tomorrow, I just don't have the time for this. And anyone else have an underlaying element for carers support payment but because they receive ESA…
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Child Disability Scotlans
Hi am wondering Haa anyone had any recent experiences with regards to the waiting times for a decision please?
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Pip loan
Morning one & all I need a loan of £500 reaon behind this the the car I have is on a mobility contract and the 3 years is up and I received a letter to say about getting a new car the car that we have is a quashqi & I have to £500 deposit
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Transitional protection
Hi my friend is moving into a property more suitable to his needs due to COPD stage 4 and it has everything he needs on the ground floor. A guy he knows has been homeless sofa surfing and he's tennant 2 on the lease . Both are on transitional cover due to moving from legacy benefits they aren't a couple just sharing a…
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UC
We are a mixed age couple in receipt of UC. I have just received my state pension. My partner isnt pension age until August. I have an underlying entitlement to carers allowance and partner gets LCWRA and ADP. We were given no payment this month. Are we expected to manage just on my pension.
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Benefit Cuts are completely unneccesary and highly abusive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvTw4euk27E
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If you're on some of the PIP and ESA...
if you don't spend it on healthcare what's the ceiling. Is it 6k or 16k. how do they know if it goes over 6k or is it 16k. when do you have to pay some towards the rent? My friend who's a pensioner says for pensioners it's 16k. not that old yet! :)
