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MY NAME IS PETER - where can I get help with carpet?
II NEED HELP WITH CARPETS ps I AM ON BENIFITS CAN YOU HELP ME
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Should I be paying council tax while on ESA and PIP?
Hi everyone, Nice to meet you. I was just wondering should i be paying counsel tax on ESA and high rate mobility middle rate pip..!?! I have lived in Blackpool for 4 years and have paid a reduction but people keep telling me i shouldn't be paying anything, i didn't when living in other parts of the country. Thanks for…
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Just Found
DWP new payment rates for State Pension, PIP and Universal Credit from April
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compliance telephone interview
hi ive just got a letter for a telephone interview compliance one i haven't been on universal credit for a year now i did take an advance which i owe will this be about that i'm so nervous i've been poorly lately as well so i don't really know what it's about
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Can I get winter fuel payment?
hi
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Channel 4 Dispatches - Britain’s Benefits Scandal 2nd dec (trigger warning topic)
I tossed up whether I should post this times article as it is a hard read but as there’s going to be a dispatches, the topic will become public on mon/tue so I think it’s worth discussing) (however it also highlights a point I’ve been trying to make for a while that there’s a certain ‘language’ to filling out dwp…
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Housing benefit and council tax
hi I am new here. I am in receipt of PIPand housing benefit and council tax If my grandson who is 18 moves in with me. He is in receipt of advance PIP for both care and mobility. He also works Will I lose my housing benefit and council tax which the council tax is paid in full Thank you for your help
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Access to work grant rejection
Hi, I have recently started work at a large energy company, I had a T11 spinal fracture in June of this year and this causes pain to some degree every day. I applied for and access to work grant and the assessment recommended a standing table and an ergonomic chair and a few minor items This was rejected on the grounds…
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WCA Changes/ Mobility Descriptor
Dear Everybody, I claim PIP (higher rate for both components) and CB-ESA. I’ve been disabled since childhood. I was terrified by the move from the “old” legacy benefits to IR-ESA (as I claimed then) and from “lifelong” DLA to PIP. Ten years on I’m a mental wreck again. The prospective changes to the WCA with reference to…
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Housing benefit full case review
Hi all, I really need some advice. Does anybody know if you can have a full case review in under 2 years. In December 2022 I received a letter informing me I had been selected for a full case review for housing benefit. I submitted all my evidence and received a confirmation email that everything had gone through. I had…
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Hi, my name is Jomph! What do the DWP class as enough money to live on if you've got savings?
Hi I'm Jon. New on here. Got a question. Does anyone know what the dwp class enough money to live on if you got to live on your savings. I'm a bit worried.. any information would help. Thanks in advance
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Do you need advice on your energy costs?
Scope’s Disability Energy Support service is open to any disabled household in England or Wales in which one or more disabled people live. You can get free advice from an expert adviser on managing energy debt, switching tariffs, contacting your supplier and more. Find out more information by visiting our Disability Energy…
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Winter fuel allowance
Hi Sorry just after some help with the winter fuel allowance. My wife is older than me and is claiming her pension I've still got 3 years to go but since she retired she has been getting the allowance. Due to our age gap she can't claim pension credit. But due to my disability I had to stop working 3 years ago and as a…
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Benefit changes.
Hi everyone, I'm new here, and I'm hoping for a bit of advice please. I'm currently on PIP higher levels for both. UC, and ESA income related. I also get housing benefit and most of my council tax paid through my UC. My 21 year old son lives with me, and gets carers allowance as he's my FT carer, and also gets some UC. My…
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Hi, my name is gasmeter65! Haven't been paid, what can I do?
not been paid this month
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Hi. Still haven't received carers allowance forms
Hi i have contacted the carers allowance and I have asked if my letter has been sent out it's been 3weeks now they should have sent it out. What do they have to check. I'm not working as I have been caring for my mum past 10years. I don't claim child tax credit,working tax credit etc. So what's the problem
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LCWRA application
🎄 Hello there, I was wondering if anyone can help please. On the 6/2/23 I was awarded LCW. Later that year I was diagnosed with further health issues and on the 21/12/23 I made a 2nd application for LCWRA it has now been 11 months and Im going round in circles without any resolution despite multiple attempts to trace the…
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If i move back in with my parents will this affect their benefits?
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council tax
This is a letter I have just got from the council I think universal credit amount is wrong my award for this period was £726.99 but this is stating I received 809.64. I had £82.65 taken off for the savings so does anyone think this calculation is wrong Council Tax Support award from 16 Sep 2024 to 23 Sep 2024Council Tax…
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Unauthorised Appointee
Hi. My mom has been my appointee for my Pip for 5 years, but due to financial abuse and other abuse at home, I've had to move out and request that she be removed as an appointee, which has now been done. I started claiming UC last year, and have just discovered that she is also the appointee for that, even though I never…
