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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! :)
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Hi, my name is mazypic! I have received a backpayment of 21,000 SDP
Hi everyone I have recieved a backpayment of 21,000 sdp, i am scared to touch it as im not sure what im allowed to spend it on, im also in receipt of housing benefit and council tax benifit, do i need to report this backpayment to them? and does anyone know any rules surrounding this as im now over the threshold, its…
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Hi, my name is Ryan73! can someone give me some advice I’m currently receiving the higher rate of...
can someone give me some advice I’m currently receiving the higher rate of ESA I get £489.30 every two weeks I also get the higher rate of pip included in my ESA is disability premium. I’m currently living at my ‘s house. I’ve been here for over 20 years but I’m having to move out because of disability issues. I had a…
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AWARDED SDP BUT NOT BEEN BACKDATED 6 YEARS OF ARREARS
Could somebody PLEASE help me: I Was awarded DLA and Income support around 2009 then migrated over to ESA(ir) around 2014 Then December 2018 i received my first PIP form to move from DLA to PIP. I was awarded standard daily living and standard mobility for 4 years. Then DEC 2021 i received my PIP review and was awarded…
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Just been transferred from ESA and pip to UC
we have just been transferred from esa and pip to UC. We had 2 different phone calls to prove who we were. We both had 2 fantastic ladies with Brum accent who made me feel like they both cared. Strange but true. Are they actually employing humans now ?
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is the one off £500 considered a cost of living payment hence indefinitely disregarded as capital
So basically my question is, is the one off £500 considered a cost of living payment hence indefinitely disregarded as capital for UC? "The government is making Cost of Living Payments to claimants on certain benefits including Universal Credit. The Cost of Living Payment is disregarded for Universal Credit capital…
