-
Supporting A Partner Through This Time
My partner and I live in Scotland and in separate rental homes. He has ASD and daily life is a challenge and he is not able to work a conventional job. He cannot work due to his conditions, pressures and the exhaustive effects it has and much more besides. He is in receipt of PIP, housing benefit, council tax reduction and…
-
Benefits changers
Hello would love some help to understand about the new UC lcwra and pip changes coming soon I get all 3 and see they taking away lcw and lcwra in the year 2028 how can this affect me as I was given in January 2025 a infinity awarded for my lcwra and under it say about 10 years so what means it gets looked at again in the…
-
Government cuts
I'm concerned and worried the government are using the most vulnerable as scapegoats, maybe stop investing in wars and invest in the country, they're using us to hide their failings. The cuts are concerning to cut it in half next year is too cut my bills and food supply worse than it already is. And then too scrap lcwra…
-
ESA/Pip Assessment
Hi everyone. Thank you for the warm welcome over the last week. I joined the community to gain some serious answers which i am glad to say, i have been given, so thank you for that. This week has been kind of strange, because in my last post i told you all that i had failed to get ESA!! Well, on Monday 17th March i had a…
-
UC migration from ESA Housing Benefit
Please can someone tell me if I will receive the same amount of benefit towards my rent on migration as before. Thanks.
-
Regarding child tax credits and old style esa
hi everyone I’m just looking for a bit of help, so I claim old style esa and have for a while I had a little girl 2 years ago and Ive always been a little bit confused regarding child tax credit as it states to make a new claim you have to claim universal credit. I’m just wondering if it’s possible to claim it whilst been…
-
Housing Benefit, paid every two weeks
I don't know why we have system that pays the landlord every four weeks in arrears and to you directly every two arrears. But we do. I have just moved into my new place. The good news - I will receive the maximum allowed for the LHA, but the downside is because it's paid every two weeks on set days, I will be short for the…
-
Claiming housing benifit and council tax
Hi , my parents are pensioners and claim pension credit , they currently dont pay council tax and rent , however my father recently passed away and the council have contacted her to say the benifits have been cancelled and need to reapply my question is now with my fathers savings going to my mum she will have over £16000…
-
Received a call from the DWP offering me a deal to avoid going to court
Hi everyone, I have received a call from the DWP offering me a deal to avoid going to court, has this happened to anyone else?
-
Lcwra
hello I seen labours benefit overhaul, but I don't understand it what does it mean for UC & LCWRA existing claimants I don't understand and worried a bit as I'm still due a reassessment ☹️
-
Green paper, I think it's called
Hi, I'd rather not join a conversation with others. I got enhanced on both for PIP for 10 years. I've a progressive long term disability. I don't understand how I am going to be affected by the changes. I also only got UC for 11 months as I own a property I rent out but don't earn off. How will UC be affected now?…
-
Hi, my name is welshsue69! Can I claim pension credit if I have a live-in carer?
can I claim pension credit if I have a carer living in my home
-
Good news technically for pip and uc
really good news vouchers scrapped and I believe it was a fair negotiating- but relief to be honest.
-
Hi, my name is helenr67! I’m currently receiving disability living allowance and housing benefit ...
hi I’m currently receiving disability living allowance and housing benefit and esa I’m due to inherit money from a friend that sadly died it could be 40,000 will I not be able to receive any of my benefits
-
Council Tax
I am on long term sick as I am waiting for 2 operations so at the minute I can not work. I have received a letter from the council tax saying i have to pay nearly £50.00 a month, I was not paying anything before due to me being on long term sick. I rang the council and was told the system has changed and I have to pay…
-
Care element
My daughter get care element with universal credit she told me that job centre told her that my esa contribution based allowance stop money or not my money esa every two weeks £276.40 my daughter said not stop esa i am worried about my esa???
-
Access to Work - entitlement and how does it fund?
Access to Work - I applied last week because I had to cancel work as I had a mobility problem, pain! Not receiving treatment but am on waiting list. First time I had to cancel work and I felt bad for letting work down but put my health first. Mobility flucutates from me moving because I have to; moving in pain because I…
-
concerned about incapability benefits
Looks likely not targeting pip but concerned about incapability benefits like LCWRA as I am in receipt of that also do we know anything on that benefit
-
itv
this from itn reporter lost it way her told her 2 shup up scareing people :( heard- the coming welfare changes were set to raise well over £6bn. Senior figures in govt told me they’d been briefed £7bn, with a billion put back into work support schemes
-
LCW over 2 years.
Hi, I don't know anybody who is on LCW so asking here. I was/am on LCW for over 2 years, reassessed and told LCW again end of last year. Assessment report requested, it was missing info and I was about to complain when DWP called to have a telephone assessment which was done by a more skilled person and they told me I then…
