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Uc with disabled child 2 carers help
Hi looking for some advice if anyone’s been in the same situation. I’ve received my migration notice from universal credit for me and my partner however I’m worried about what happens next as right now I only claim carers allowance & child tax credits my child recieve high rate dla my partner is named on the tax credits…
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PIP Change of Circumstances - Mandatory Reconsideration
I have already asked and sent in further evidence for my mandatory reconsideration, which is now being looked at by another DWP decision maker confirmed by text. What I am wondering is my condition has changed since then in that I am now in receipt of physiotherapy and my treatment for another disease has changed and I am…
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Hi, my name is elli8888! Why are they ringing?!
it’s a Saturday and at 9 am they rand dep - I ignored call as I was asleep - I have terrible sleep so I sleep when I can. When I checked they’d also sent a text saying they’d called and they’re calling again tonight at 10 am Freaked me out I’m waiting for a tribunal date Why are they ringing?! I already had advice from cab…
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I feel trapped and I don't know what to do anymore
Hello, I have a part time job (I work in retail in a stockroom and I've been there for over 7 years). I usually work up to 16 hours a week and I also volunteer for an MS charity as a video editor because this charity made a huge difference to my life when I was diagnosed with MS almost 5 years ago. My part time job…
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Labour MPs to be given book about the ‘enormous suffering’ caused by Tory welfare reform
Every Labour MP will soon be given a book about the failures of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after a crowdfunding campaign was launched to buy more than 400 copies to help the new government “understand the enormous suffering that the Tory ‘welfare reform’ agenda caused”. Here's the full story: A small bit of…
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LWCRA - am I entitled to free glasses and eye test?
thanks for reading. I’m finding it difficult to understand the NHS page re. Funding and eye vouchers for those claiming benefits. I get the basic universal credit allowance plus the LWCRA rate on top amounting to £808 each months. I’m really overdue an eye exam and haven’t been in 3 years due to my mental health condition…
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Hi, my name is Mariech28! Will taking an amount out of my pension affect my benefits?
hiya, I’m on income related esa and in a support group I have a pension that matures in august as I reach 60. It was an opt out pension back in the late 80’s/ early 90’s which retirement age was 60. I’m on the understanding if I take the full amount will affect my benefit ,It isn’t for a large amount so I’m wondering if I…
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Hi, my name is jmelbar! Could I claim for LCWRA? Can I get 30 hours free childcare if on PIP?
Hi, I wonder if anyone is able to help with this query? I’m married and have been on SSP for due to having MS for the last 6 months but this is due to end . I am married and my partner works full time. Am I able to claim LCWA? I am also in receipt of PIP which I know isn’t means tested. I also want to know if I can claim…
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Almost can't help laughing
At least the focus is for the mo off PIP. All the little journos can now drivel equally without much relevance to fact about pension credit, the WFP, pensioner poverty or alternatively pensioner wealth. It doesn't take Einstein to work out that pensioners are everyone, all the people who were the very poorest, all the…
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Benefits change in circumstances
Hi everyone I'm just looking for some benefits advice if anyone can help. Basically I separated from my husband in 2014 I moved out not long afterwards but due to health reasons I had to move back in to the family home in 2017, I'm no longer allowed to live alone due to ongoing health issues so my ex said I could stay in…
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Here we go again
pick on the sick when there is x amount of fit abled bodies out there
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UC and 17 yr old with EHCP
Hello my son is 17 and has complex needs. He is not in education because the LA has not yet provided him with suitable provision for the coming year. (He has EHCP). As I have to care for him full time UC is our only income. UC has written to me to say UC will stop if he's not in full time provision by September. Any idea…
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Hi, my name is Donna_07111980!
Please can someone advise us. My friend is 58 years old. He claims ESA contribution based and receives a top up of UC. He is receiving enhanced daily living & enhanced mobility. He doesn’t currently claim housing cost as I’m allowing him to stay with me. He is just about to collect the keys to his new social housing. We…
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What can I earn while on benefits?
This discussion was created from comments split from: Welfare : The full picture..
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Is Anyone Else Freaking Out About What Reeves Will Do To Us?
Apparently she needs to make “difficult decisions” on welfare.
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Do DWP text receipt of mandatory decision requests?
I posted my PIP mandatory reconsideration request to DWP a week ago by 1st class recorded delivery and haven't received a text yet acknowledging receipt. Do DWP customarily acknowledge receipt of mandatory reconsideration requests?
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help with money management, health and social care, care act 2014, direct payments etc
I have multi-morbid chronic health issues and long term mental health issues and cognitive issues and I am struggle to manage 'understanding' of this new world totally relying on benefits and needing adult social care. I am almost 60 and on top of everything else have just run out of hope and resilience to cope with it…
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Hi, my name is Zoe4231!
Hi, im Looking for some advice, I'm am currently receiving old style works support group esa and Low rate care and mobility PIP. I have a two bed flat and live alone. My 27 year old son and his girlfriend who have a joint claim for univeral credit have become homeless and are currently sleeping in the car as the local…
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So labour won by a landslide - what happens next? (Both in general & disabled ppl perspective)
I will write an in-depth personal analysis of the election (as the ‘footnotes’ looks very different than what’s on the ‘front cover’ - ie the result is more complex than it looks on the surface……which I got to say I didn’t see coming) but I’m shattered from staying up all night and I want to relook at some of the details…
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Hi, my name is GrievingMum! DWP GB SCIS LP FUNDI can anyone explain what this payment is?
DWP GB SCIS LP FUNDI can anyone explain what this payment is?
