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Hi, my name is EthneandGee2023! Benefits Query
hello - I need help my partner and I want to live together - whereby I move in with him I have been his carer and now partner - I care for him and I work I have no benefits I dont earn very much and have a little in savings. My question is he cannot afford to lose any of his benefits he has ESA and PIPS his housing and…
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Hi, my name is sevans8506! Carers payment not gone in
Carers payment not gone in
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My son applying for carers
It it worth my son to claim carers allowance or is this taken from any of my other benefits to pay him ? I’m currently giving him money for helping out but just wondered if it’s worth claiming carers allowance
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Housing Benefit non dependent and other dependents question.
Hello to the very kind and informative people of this forum. I had a letter from a housing benefit today to ask about a non dependent child as from September. It is a questionnaire to ask if our eldest son will be working or claiming benefits etc. I understand that there might be a reduction in housing benefit because of…
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Carers Allowance/Element
Hi.. At the moment I'm working 40hrs week. My husband is at home alone suffering with Copd and chronic back pain. He is now receiving PIP and we get UC (with Lcwra). I have been thinking for a good few weeks now of becoming his carer as he suffers with what I think is depression because he is home alone. He has been out of…
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ESA questions as partner moving in temporary
Hello, I'm looking for some helpful solid advice. I have various medical conditions and a long term suffer of mental health since I was a child so I have been on ESA my whole life. I recently became a father to two young children and my partner has had to move out of her property due to current cost of living. She is…
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Hi, my name is needempathy! had my 3 year review
Hello there I am really struggling at the moment . I had living allowance enhanced rate and had my 3 year review since then my mobility decreased and I had very strong medical letters that I was told by citizens advice would mean I should get some mobility pip and we didn’t expect my living enhanced to go down I suffer…
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Part-time Student: Stipend and Carers Allowance
To date, I cannot find anything about this across the net. Background: Part-time student less than 21 hours per week receiving
a tax-free stipend (think maintenance grant) of £169 per week. However, the
stipend is for living expenses and travel, equipment, study needs, and expenses
related to research. So, removing a…
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starting new job
I am starting a new full time job and wanted to know if i am still entitled to my claim of child tax credit and child benefit , the job is most minimum wage and i live on my own with my 15 year old son .
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Pip has been reduced
Hi everyone just had my pip reviewed after 3 years. The assessor basically lied about alot of things. The pip has been reduced on the daily living component. My condition has deteriorated over the past 3 years and I need more help than before yet the pip was cut. Saying I cook for myself when I said I can't and that I need…
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Finance
Hi my autistic child is about to leave school and has been placed in a day centre for 2days a week He gets pip both higher rate and would not be able to have a job Can I claim any other benefits for him He is 19 soon
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Near Pension Age
Good Afternoon, hopefully someone can help us. I’ll try and write this post as easily as I can. 1. I am 58 years old, my husband will be 60 in January 2. we are on UC, receive housing support + Council tax support 3. I am disabled, so receive LCWRA, my husband is my carer 4. I receive full rate PIP, care + high rate…
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Removing appointee, would claims start from scratch?
Hello I’m looking for some advice please guys dose anyone know if my pip/ UC claims would be started from scratch if I was to request my appointee be taken off? (i manage my own money just for context) Thank you in advance guys I really appreciate your help and support :) x
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LCWRA , TP, backdates I’m confused help would be appreciated
Hello !! So I recently had to move from IS to UC following my daughter hitting 5. I was awarded pip, severe disability premiums all while on IS. I applied to for UC on the 26th of may I included my disabilities on the form and had sick notes from this date until I was assessed. I had to use advances until my payments were…
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Studying on LCWRA
I claim LCWRA and have been looking into an online course for childhood practice, but I’m unsure if this will affect my benefits. It would require me to do an in-person placement two days a week but the rest of the course would be online; I claim LCWRA for a few issues (autism, hearing impairment as well as depression and…
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What benefits will stop?
I receive enhanced PIP for both DL & M. My husband is my f/time carer on Carers Allowance. We claim Income Support as a couple. I claim Housing Benefit and full Council tax benefit as disabled. I will shortly receive a Private Pension share payment of about £30,000 from my recently deceased father. Can you advise what…
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Receiving a lump sum.
Hi hope someone can help me with a bit of advice. I claim enhanced PIP for both elements. My husband is my full time carer and receives Carers Allowance. We claim Income Support as a couple, though it is in his name. I also receive housing benefit and full Council Tax relief due to disabilities. My query is, shortly I am…
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Pip report from paper based
Hi. Ok so this might seem abit stupid but because of my mental health I have a tendency to over think over panic etc so If this upsets anyone please just scroll past I was award pip by paper base and I asked for a copy of it, which came today. There is a lot of areas I disagree with but the total points at the end was…
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Inheritance, property purchase & "deprivation of capital"
As I understand it, a means-tested benefit claimant is allowed to use inherited money to buy a single property to live in, and the purchase is not considered to be deprivation of capital. My question…is there any limit to the size or type of property one can buy? As a realistic example case:- if a 1 bedroom flat is…
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Moving triggering an UC claim.
Hi everyone, hope you are all good. I have a query about change of circumstances triggering UC. My son was moved to a different town to temporary accommodation. He was on housing benefit and when he was moved to his new temporary property it didn’t trigger UC. He received housing benefits for his temporary flat. He has now…