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SDP
I am receiving SDP and now due to moving to bigger flat from next week my son who is full time student will come to stay with me. When do I need to inform DWP, and although my son is full time student , would affect my SDP?
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Housing benefit
I had received an offer for accommodation a while ago (almost 2 years ago).
Throughout many conversations and emails with various people in housing association and Council, I had explained many
times that I am a private tenant and according to my tenancy agreement, I would
have to let my landlord know at least 1 month in…
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Benefit Help??
21yr old daughter has been diagnosed with cancer and going through Chemotherapy. Not sure about the future as yet. She has taken an interruption from study for a year from her 5 year University course (was receiving student finance this had to stop) and has no income. She tried to claim Universal credit but unfortunately…
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Heads up - new sickness/disability benefit changes may be announced this week
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/08/31/claiming-sickness-benefits-to-be-made-harder/ Quoting the telegraph article above: ” Claiming benefits because of being deemed too sick to work is going to be made significantly harder under plans set to be announced by the Government next week.Ministers will reveal that they…
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Hi, my name is steptoenmissus! MR Query
My wife sent in a change of circumstances March 2022 a decision was made October 2022 and nothing altered from previous award of standard for living and standard for mobility.we did not send in a mandatory reconsideration at the time as My wife had just had 27 days in hospital.We sent in a change of circumstances 3rd July…
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Being summoned to Job Centre with LWCRA
Hello, I look after a person with LWCRA (plus now awaiting for PIP form) and recently made changes to rental amount on gov website for rent increase. Strangely the gov worker did not understand that it was an increase and not a decrease of rental and did not accept the documents. They have called and asked to go centre…
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ESA / UC / IB
This discussion was created from comments split from: State Pensioners will be paying tax..
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Denied PIP yet awarded last time
Hi, so my partner who has autism and was awarded PIP 6 years ago has been refused with zero points last week. The form I did was almost the same as last time so how can they now award zero points ? At the face to face he didn't say much as he was anxious and fearful , he even walked out then brought back into the room. How…
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Backdated money from 2016
i have just had a phone call from dwp teling me im owed money backdated to 2016 and that it would be in my bank with 3 to 5 working days, so can i expext that next week?
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Hi, my name is GR3751! Looking for help with a benefits package and pension payment
Hi I wondered if anyone has any experience of the following or can provide any help or advice about where to turn to. A friend of mine's husband has recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness. He has been paying into an NHS Pension and when he passes away their adult child will be entitled to a dependent's pension…
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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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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
