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Hi, my name is itsalupuslife! How does the benefits system work, where do I start please?
Hi All, It’s refreshing to see the supportive community on this site. I’m in a really bad , low and although surrounded by family, very lonely place. I suffer from Lupus SLE. For years now I’ve gone Job to job trying desperately to hold down a job but I feel like I’m giving up now. I just am suffering so much with the…
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Child Benefit vs Carers Allowance
The Tory government are planning on increasing (doubling) the point where Child benefit starts being reduced to a ridiculous £120k income – shame they don’t think that Carers are worth as much as a child to the UK economy.
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Hi, need info on UC and disabled son claim
Hi just get information I receive uc and pip but I also get top up disk it on uc claim I am my son carer he in education still turn 19 he alway been on Dla /pip when turn 16 we made our claim back 2022 for uc due to changes late ness in deal with new claims but I told them he on pip now and I was back claim carers for him…
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Hi I’m new here can you please help me with my adult social care
Please can you help or advise. I have carers that help me each day which I have a care package for under adult social care. I have had this for roughly ten years and have never had to contribute financially, I have had my yearly financial assessment done and have received a letter stating I need to pay £400 a month towards…
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Hi, my name is lovelifeforever! Budgeting loan, cant get through on the phone.
Hello, I was told to join this group for help with benefits questions? I have applied for a budgeting loan and its been more than 21 days since the txt I received, every time I phone the number provided, it cuts off after one minute or doesn't connect at all?
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Hi, my name is couplada! Would getting iidb affect my compensation claim?
Looking for info about iidb
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Having PIP while caring for my partner
Good Evening, I have searched extensively online and I cannot find a definitive answer for my queries, I have seen that this forum is very informative and wanted to try to see if anyone could help me understand how it works. I apologise in advance for the long post. My situation is a bit complicated but here it is: I…
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Council Tax Discounts
How are council tax reductions worked out, when your married and your wife isnt working yet?
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Carers allowance
hi if I go back to work for 16 hours a week can my carer still claim carers allowance for me?
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DWP under investigation by ECHR
Articles about vouchers and so on in provincial papers keep cropping up in my news feed. Some of them give the impression this has been enacted, which is of course rubbish. Meanwhile, the DWP is under investigation by the European Court of Human Rights.…
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A little help needed regarding understanding LCWRA
Hi. A brief overviewof my circumstances: I first reported a health change in my UC journal in February 2021. By April 2021, I was assessed as LCW. I started a part time job in May 2022. 10th June 2024 I had a WCA via phone. A few days later I was notified as being found to have LCWRA as the outcome of my assessment.…
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UC LCWRA
hi I was wondering if anyone could help me I started putting sick notes in from 20 December/ Jan then Jan/feb then I had one from feb till April and from April I’m covered until 2/7/24 I was awarded LCWRA on 29th April but won’t receive any payments until august I asked why and they said a gap in my sick notes, which I…
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Statutory Sick Pay
I work four shifts a week at 6.4 hours per shift, i am on a zerohours contract and now ive just been signed off sick. How does SSP work and am I entitled to it?
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Will I lose benefits with child starting apprenticeship?
my daughter is 16 and she has been going to start an apprenticeship at a GP surgery I claim full housing benefit and I have most of my council tax paid I get disability premium for myself I know I will loose my child tax credit and child tax credit for her but will I loose any of the above Forgot to mention I also have a…
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PIP and Being Off Work Sick
I am currently n receipt of PIP and i have just had to stop working due to a shoulder injury which im awaiting a sick note for and an xray. My question is about loss of earnings and telling the benefits people of my shoulder. Any advice please.
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Hello can anyone help me with council tax and income
hello hopefully some one can help I’m getting ever so lost and confused. I receive high rate pip my partner cares for me and so receives weekly carers allowance. We have a child. We receive monthly UC elements of- Uc couple rate both over 25, child element, LCWRA, carer element and housing element. This year our council…
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I have my son the majority of the time but his mum gets all the benefits, any advice?
Carers allowance and DLA I am a split parent and have been for 4 years we have an autistic son who is registered at his mom's address but he spends over 28 weeks a year with me every other plus extras making it over 28 weeks his mom gets all the benefits DLA carers child benefit and extra payments he is entitled to I get…
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Migrating from UC Health Conditions
Hi, Around 7 weeks ago we got migrated to UC, my wife has long term health issues. In the journal we received UCD35 form saying we will received UCD50 form to complete. Does anyone know how long this takes to come? My wife struggles with english and she stressing out, she is young. She has liver cirrosis, chronic…
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Esa migration?
sorry if this has been asked (I don’t take In information too well and struggle with reading information) I get ESA AND in the LCWRA group and also UC so will nothing change for me? With this migration or something? Kind regards
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PIP
I dont have television or radio so only see news on the internet and all this stuff constantly about scrapping PIP is terrifying me. I get the 290 a month one. It was awarded for autism in late 2020 after a tribunal. I was told it was for 10 years and was told at the time it was for the rest of my life as autism doesnt…