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Hi, my name is inaspin! Can I request a telephone assessment for PIP?
hiya, started reading this forum several months ago for reassurance as much as anything else, I was born with a disability and unfortunately the damage is done so it’s a case of making the best of it, since COVID I’ve found my mental illness far outweighs my physical health. Recently I went through a UC bank statement…
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Hi, my name is dosser! How long after a phone assessment do I get DLA?
How long after I have had a phone assessment do I get DLA
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Council tax / universal credit
Moved house on November 2023 when on income support , council tax was £18 a month went up £23 a month in new house , still on income support , migrated over to UC on June 2024 with Transitional protection, have now received a bill saying my council tax will be £57 a month, this doesn't seem right , any ideas , anyone else…
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When is the White Paper to be published?
When is the oft- mentioned White Paper to be published by the DWP? We've be told this Autumn but that could mean tomorrow or 30 November. Personally, I'm living in terror. I can't be "forced" into work. My body won't permit it. However, they can take away my CB ESA and PIP. Thanks for any info, Zipz
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Esa and inheritance
hi i have just joined the forum and read some of the other posts on this subject i really need help. i received inheritance as both my parents died suddenly. I knew nothing of the rules and regulations around benefits other than i had to tell esa. Which i did and lived off the inheritance i payed rent bills ect and as a…
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Job Centre staff working within NHS Hospitals
Thought the community here would appreciate reading this article - cannot vouch for the content but it would appear to endorse what was said at the Party Conference. Perhaps we'll here more on Monday.…
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Hi, my name is Welshshrop60! Need to give up work, but unsure what I can claim.
Hi I have rheumatoid and osteoarthritisI claim lower rate mobility and higher rate care PIP. I had to change my job 6 months ago and now work part time. However the fatigue is getting so bad and my hands are finding it difficult to type any longer, without my hands and wrists becoming painful. I need to give up work but I…
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From ESA to PENSION ( PENSION credits)
Hello . I am on ESA and PIP ( enhanced for both).November l become a pensioner and my pension will be £221 PW. This is less than my ESA. I have applied for pension credits..but they cannot tell me if l will definitely be getting any and how much. Anyone else been in the same position who could shed some light on this…
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Feeling constantly worried
like many people I’m so worried about the benefit changes. I was told by medics I wouldn’t reach my 30th birthday but continue to defy the odds and am now 48!. I have lost both parents, am an only child. I have carers in everyday, they take me out once a week to a club where I meet with friends with the same disability as…
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Hi, my name is lindawolfe!
hi can I contact Dwp via email because nobody seems to pick up the phone when I call? I have bad anxiety and I find it hard to make phone calls as it is but I need to contact them. Does anybody have the email address if I can?
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Budgeting loan query
hi all I’ve seen you can apply for a budgeting loan if on UC but you have to have been getting it for 6 months. How does it work if you’ve had a managed migration over to UC? Would you have to wait 6 months, or would the fact you was getting ESA before be counted? I hope this makes sense thanks in advance
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How would I cope with vouchers?
Hi I've been disabled for 30 year. It started with what doctors said was arthritis then it was fibromyalgia then depression kicked in then agoraphobia followed 2 heart attacks and then copd. Oh I've missed out diabetes and more depression and pain from arthritis and depression.....couldn't get much !!! oh but it can I've…
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October 7th - diary date
It is being reported that Parliament will be addressed by DWP ministers ( either Liz Kendall / Sir Stephen Timms ) regarding the government's plans for disability benefits on October 7th - a date for us all to note.
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how much can you earn before council tax deductions are tapered
just wondering if anyone can help answer this, i have phoned up council tax and asked for how things are worked out so i can better plan money, they seem to not know themselves i receive PIP and get LCWRA, my partner works part time and claims UC carers element, the work allowance rule for UC is simple i just do not know…
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Liz Kendall and DWP’s First Opposition Question Session in Parliament 7 October 2024
On the 07 October 2024, the DWP team led by Liz Kendall will face opposition questions for the first time. MPs must submit their questions three days in advance to give ministers time to prepare. These questions will be published on the Parliament website before the session for transparency. Given the significance of the…
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Confused 😕
hi everyone new here ..Just a quick question I started my long pip journey October 23 it’s taken a year of fighting and back and forwards no you are not eligible then ok 6 points not enough send drs reports of my arthritis X-rays in feet hands back I have done everything by the book they then said you will be going to a…
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Buying council home count as deprivation of capital?
hi I’m a 59 yr old lady unable to work and get pip and esa My husband is 77 I inherited money from my mums estate in July 2023 I’ve applied for the right to buy my council home and have been giving the offer It’s almost what I inherited , we’d have a couple of thousand left if we went ahead with the purchase We’d like to…
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Ex partner and carer moving into annexe of house?
My ex-partner is trying to convince me living in a separate annexe of my house (he build it himself with his own money Loan) and is not contributing to my household financially, is it going to affect my benefits?.( Pip, esa. And single council tax discount. )I own my house. My ex partner is my carer too .
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Carers allowance meant to be paid today?
My careers allowance was meant to be in my bank account today but it hasn't gone in. Anyone else with this problem?
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Folks This Question has Already been asked at some point but
Folks This Question has Already been asked at some point but I have been on ESA for a good many years before that I was on the old DLA. Yes I have been on benefits that long. I have read recently two conflicting reports about DLA migrating to UC. One stated that this process is automatically done and I don't have to do…
