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LCWRA and the upper savings limit of UC
What happens to LCWRA status when you go over the upper savings limit for UC? Is your claim closed and would you have to apply again for LCWRA if your savings dip back below 16K? If so, if your claim was closed in error (if DWP failed to deduct Cost of living payments from your declared capital) would reapplying for LCWRA…
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LCWRA
Engage or to not not engage on LCWRA? Will it stay to not engage or is it changing fast.
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Uc
Hi can anyone advise me I've given my notice, at My present job due to it be very challenging in care I get verbal and physically abused daily, already applied for other jobs but I get u/c as look after my granddaughters since my son passed away, what will happen to my payments if I don't find another job before my notice…
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Cashing in an old work pension
Hi there, I'm on U/C and NS ESA with LCWRA and as I just turned 55 i would like to cash in an old work pension worth £3000. Need to do this as a family member who lent me money in the past has a situation change whereby the need money ASAP. I understand being less than £6000 it shouldnt affect my benefits but my question…
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Carers Allowance and Universal Credit Carers Element
Hi, I'm on UC with carers element, and have just recieved my carers allowance back pay (which backdates about a month before I was on UC). Do I need to inform UC about this or will they be automatically informed? Also, will they subtract £ for £ my CA back pay from my UC, so I will have 0 UC for a couple of months until…
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Moving house and housing benefit question
Hello We are moving house in the next few days. My husband and I were the only ones named on our current property as we were the only ones on the tenancy as my kids were minors when we moved in, however, on the new property , my son is down as a tennent alongside myself and my husband. He works full time. I am really…
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The DWP capital thresholds should be £10.5k and £27k
That is if they'd been adjusted to take into account inflation. Given inflation the £6k and £16k thresholds from when they were introduced in 2006 are effectively £3.5k and £9.2k in 2025… It also means that in 10 years from now the inflation adjust figures will be about £2.5k and £7k… Given it took the DWP about 15-20…
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How do we manage? Charged bedroom tax but have no spare rooms
disabled need heat all day help cleaning food gardeners taxis decorators careers places to go people to talk to and shopping all costing more than one average undisabled person how does the maths work seriously how does it work the little extra hardly pays a cleaner each week let alone gardeners are you changing pip are u…
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Need help, I’m so confused about lcwra rules.
Hi, new here. I’m really stressed about what to do. I am receiving UC with LWCRA, and also Adult Disability Payment..I am Agoraphobic with a Panic Disorder. For 4 or 5 years now I’ve been in an awful cycle of being virtually at home all of the time. Just recently I’ve been offered the chance to get involved with a great…
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Pip BackPay
Hi, I received a text on 02/12/25 saying I've been approved for Pip. I wondered how long I have to wait for backpay to come into my account? I am writing this at midnight on 05/12/2025. If its the 3-5 days, will it; 1. Come through the time the text was sent? 2. Come through on a weekend?
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From Benefits and work
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/mcfadden-refuses-to-rule-out-pip-cuts-or-rule-in-wca-abolition https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/disability-benefit-cuts-cause-rise-in-poverty-and-mental-health-issues%2C-not-employment-rates
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Advice
I made migration claim from ESA income related to UC on 18 November. Appointment at job centre for I’d and claims commitment. First UC payment on 24 December. At this stage I wasn’t aware of also being also on contribution based ESA. Today I got a letter dated 24 November that my contribution based ESAwas ending on 1…
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Motability
worried about the changes to motability, I don’t care about the change of cars thought it was ridiculous anyway driving about in a petrol guzzling car. I’m worried about the deposit prices, they’ve already gone up in the past 18 months my mokka went from £300 deposit to over £1000 when I was looking for a friend.
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EBay selling
I’ve just received an email from eBay saying that I have to pass on my NI number to HMRC. What should I do. Only selling my own used goods Will this affect my benefits. Thanks
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Council tax benefit paying more since changed to UC
Trying to get some advice about the council benefit and why we now pay so much, been told it’s wrong but council benefit people won’t change the amount don’t know where to go for more help
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Ive let the council (housing) get access to my Drs records should I deny it
Ive let the council (housing) get access to my Drs records, should I now deny it or allow it? So the council wanted permission to see my Drs record and she said it would assist get me getting housing. The problem is I rarely contact my Drs so my record is very sparse, I only tend to go if I need meds which I avoid like the…
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Unemployment Insurance - It looks likely it's going to implemented?
This is the latest news re Unemployment Insurance from the Benefits and Work site which was posted on their site today. NewsMcFadden refuses to rule-out PIP cuts or rule-in WCA abolition Published: 24 November 2025 Secretary of state for work and pensions Pat McFadden refused to rule-out personal independence payment (PIP)…
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Essex and Suffolk water
anyone get a discount for being on pip and uclwrca I tried to apply as was told to and been rejected not sure why
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Unemployment insurance
Hi Myself and hubby are on UC lcwra group (hubby) we also get new style esa paid separately from UC. When and if they get rid of new style esa and change it to unemployment insurance paid for 12 months. Will we lose money and will my hubby be made to look for work? The whole welfare changes is causing so much stress and…
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Work Capability Advice ( Neew Account)
Hi (I have had to open a new account on here) On my old account I wrote about under the heading Spine Stenosis and being refused. My work put it in to be relooked at on the fact that they didn't look at the spine stenosis and went off a form i put in 8 years plus ago. I have received a phone call this morning wanting to…
