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Hi, my name is Rhendry! Am I getting the right benefits for having two children?
Can I ask about payment for my kids ? I’m I only getting paid for single parent when I have 2 kids ? I do not currently work and won’t be able to live on 340 a month with two kids
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Hi, my name is Tony1959! Am I still eligible for benefits once I receive my state pension?
hi I am about to receive my state pension and we have been notified that we will lose my wife’s pension credit when that happens will I also lose rent and council tax benefit and if so can I make a new claim
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Shared home ownership and UC
hello everyone Hope you are all getting some sunshine and fresh air, I have lived in and rented my mums house for over 12 years, due to my disability and more suitable facilities. My mum owns her house outright and rented a bungalow, suited to her needs. She is elderly and disabled. I claim PIP and currently in the process…
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Hi, my name is 272! Daughters Personal Health Budget has been reduced, but needs haven't changed.
hi I’m looking for advice my Daughter has a PHB some of the things that have been identified needs such as physio and massage therapy as well as things that have been in from the beginning they are trying to remove iv filed a complaint and will take it to the next level of the ombudsman thank you
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Contributions based esa - bank loans?
Hi all! I am on ESA Contributions based ESA. I am on no means tested benifits. I have a small priviate pension that has been declared. Yay! I was wanted to borrow a small amount from the bank on top of my mortgage. Am I allowed to do that? Many thanks 😊
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Hi, my name is Baileyw16! Is an internship classed as further education?
My granddaughter is turning 18 in October she is starting a internship is this still classed as further education
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Can I claim Carers Allowance for myself?
Can I claim carers for me self as my son works now
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MR totally ignored by UC but an update at last!
So, UC closed my son's claim back in January this year due to too much capital. I put in an MR to say capital had not exceeded 16k once £1850 deducted for COL payments. This was confirmed received and logged to UC systems 12thFebruary. Heard nothing at all til today. Letter attached to (closed) journal. Overpaid by…
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Hi, my name is GillianC! Would I qualify for UC?
I have fibromyalgia and it's made it hard to do my job. I've dropped down to 20 hours per week over 4 days but still really struggling. I'm limited to what I can do. I've been on and off the sick for periods of up to 3 months over the last year. It's looking like the service I work for (I'm a support worker) are going to…
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How does going to university affect your benefits?
I just wondered if anyone had any insight on how going back to university would impact me financially when I have been claiming UC and LWCRA? I am looking to do a masters degree January 2025 and waiting to see if I have been accepted on the course. I’ve rang student finance and what they told me doesn’t align with what’s…
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Hi, my name is dankitjay! I have a pip application in the hands of the decision makers. Do I have...
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ESA ...what's going on?
Hi 0😊. Im on Contributions Based ESA. I've been on it for about 16 years. No probs. I have a priviate pension that ive also declared too. Im a neat freak with letters and I spilled my coffee over my award letter etc. So annoyed 😒. So I called ESA and asked for them to send out a replacement letter for my recorded etc. No…
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Hi, my name is rosewright71! What proof would DWP need that we are no longer living as a couple?
My husband and I are getting divorced from one another as we lead separate lives and no longer have anything in common. We will be applying for the decree absolute in a few weeks time. However, we still wish to share the same flat, and we are both on the tenancy agreement- my soon to be ex-husband works away and I travel a…
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Hi, my name is Hackneybob! would my wife be able to also claim LCWRA?
Hi we are a mixed age couple. My wife claims Carers Allowance for my son who is on the high rate Daily and Mobility components on Pip. My wife is on the low rate on PIP Daily and Mobility components, her conditions are Fibromyalgia, Anxiety and Arthritis in her hands. I cannot claim carers allowance for either of them…
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Is there any financial help available regarding paying buildings insurance?
My yearly mandatory buildings insurance keeps going up. (This isn't contents insurance.) I am in a flat. The building is insured as a whole, and each flat owner pays a certain percentage of this cost. My cost is 20% because I am in the smallest flat in the building. However, it's gone up to £250 a year, just for my flat. I…
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Sap and carers element
can someone get sap while getting carers element?
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Turn to us V Gov calculator
Hi So yesterday I was reading a post, I think on here, re Guaranteed Pension Credit ( think that's the name ) so thought lets give it a go 😂. I am not entitled to Pension Credit because I get a measly £3 odd over the threshold, no, I do not have millions in savings or several private pensions, its complicated but don't…
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Hi, my name is Peter6! trying to work out how much will be deducted. Weekly or monthly?
Hi, I'm in receipt of the lower rate of IIDB which works out around £66.00 weekly I have since come over to UC and have now found out this is classed as an income, I have just found out I have an acquired brain injury due to an accident my UC will be paid fortnightly and I'm trying to work out how much will be deducted…
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Pension Credit information
Morning, I applied to DWP to claim my State pension in April by phone. I got my conformation letter within 10 days. (I reach 66 in Mid August) On the same day I applied for Pension credits again by phone. I get the maximum pension but as I claim PIP I can apply for Pension Credits. I got conformation that I was entitled to…
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Child tax credit & esa.
Hello I'm just looking for a little bit of advice if anyone can help. Can you claim Esa and child tax credits because i was told you cannot when I claimed it, I was never paid for my child in the whole time I claimed esa 5 years ago. Was this true or was I entitled to it? Many thanks.