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Spouse visa, ESA and my foreign wife's bank account
If I apply for a spouse visa and I meet 70% of my "adequate maintenance" through my ESA and the rest through PIP. Then my wife has some savings in her foreign bank account which would make me lose my income based ESA because it's over 16,000 then what happens? If the spouse visa gets accepted, then suddenly I don't meet…
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Income support
Can anyone provide me with the address for income support please in England?
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Legacy ESA adult child moving home
HiMy adult child wants to move back home! We are on legacy ESA and if she moved home then I'm really worried this will trigger a move to UC ! As I can't afford the 5 week wait and we're not in a financial position to get one of the DWP's loans !! If the dwp make us migrate then they will cover some of the 5 weeks without…
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Applying for ESA and Ni contributions
Hi everyone, I'm currently waiting for my ESA assessment, I have COPD and depression. I only started claiming UC 3 months ago, (I'd been living off savings since I stopped work 12 mths ago so I couldn't claim UC before, and I didn't know about PIP) Today I had my PIP phone assessment which I think went well. My question is…
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On income related esa and pip. Can my parents buy my council property for me and still claim esa
Hi there, I hope you can help me. I am claiming income related employment and support allowance and enhanced rate of daily living PIP. My parents want to buy my council property for me mortgage free as I am severely disabled and want me to have security for when they are gone. The issues that concern me is if they was to…
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ESA
Hi There and thankyou for accepting me in the Community. Wonder if someone can help. I called my employer and asked how SSP works a week ago as I was not receiving any wage from November. They sent me a SSP1 form (at the end of November) and it said, I could apply from August, in the mean time I have received half…
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Hi, my name is MHC! Advice on ESA work related activity group
Hi all, hope everybody is having a good day, I am new to this community, hope to get some advice on ESA work related activity group which I have spent the last 6 months going through the DWP grinder to get, and now have had to put in a mandatory reconsideration of that decision, I believe I should be in the support group…
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Will I move to Universal Credit?
Hi, I am currently receive Income related ESA & I’m on severe disability premium, I also receive PIP. I have read that they’re moving some of the benefits to Universal Credit by end of 2024 I think this affects me for sure? I have severe anxiety & I keep worrying about ever since I read it online. Although I receive severe…
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Do I have to declare savings in the contribution based ESA?
Hello. I an having a major panic turn over my esa benefit. Do I have to declare savings in the contribution based? Please help me if you can.
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Hi, my name is shazzaa1969! I'm confused about housing benefit
hi I live alone in a 3 bedroom house my benifits are capped and the council have me down for 3 disability premiums on my houseing benifits which I don't get I get top rate off pip don't get cost living they take £38 off my benifits I pay £22 week I don't understand how they can do this I was a carer for my partner for 15…
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DWP ESA and Occupational Pension
Hi My question is that I received two letters (addressed to wrong house number and opened) saying they'd overpaid me by almost £800 dating right back to 2016. I'm on contribrutionary ESA which occasionally is topped up with Income Related Esa if its the greater amount. However they have been deducting my full monthly…
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ESA50
It may sound like a stupid question but if none of the boxes apply on the form, for example, on the majority of days I cannot walk more than around 20 metres before needing to stop because of discomfort (the form does not have this as an option) should you leave them unticked ? In my example, I would simply explain why at…
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Hi, my name is AnnieL! DWP say that they will stop his ESA for extended holiday
I have a wonderful son who has autism and LD.
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DWP lies - tribunal
In fact I am writing this on behalf of my partner She is a female of 45 diagnosed with epilepsy (since 2016 by NHS by Basle University hospital 2008 and NHS lost the facts) working as a shop assistant standing during the whole employment time as it is a "living store" none food. She broke her foot with a Lisfranc fracture…
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When does income become capital?
I'm fortunate that my savings are always hovering around the upper £5,000 mark but it's getting difficult for me to keep it below £6,000. I've always lived on a small budget and recently been awarded PIP and seem to have more income than I know what to do with as I get SDP now too. I claim income related ESA, housing…
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ESA assessment phase
Hi there any advice would be welcome I put a new ESA contribution based claim in August 2022 I have been supplying fit notes and receive communication from DWP requesting these. It’s week 15 and I still haven’t received a call or correspondence regarding a claimant commitment appointment and therefore haven’t received any…
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ESA. My bank account got hacked. Is this a change of circumstances?
Hi I currently get ESA and PIP. Unfortunately my bank account got hacked and I’m wondering does anyone know does this fall into the dreaded change of circumstances bracket where they’ll push me to Universal Credit and another PIP Assessment despite having one 8 months ago. I obviously have to change bank details.
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Can I get ESA if I haven't worked in the last 3 years but have NI credits from child benefit/carers?
I haven't worked in the last few years as I have terrible mental health at the moment and am on a variety of anti-depressants and diazepam for crippling anxiety. I am not claiming any disability benefits at the moment as I haven't had the strength to do the application. I do get NI credits as I have children and claim…
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Help!! Will I go to prison?
I'm worried sick, I can't sleep I suffer with severe anxiety and the Dwp have told me today that I have not informed them that I was claiming carers allowance for my daughter. I called them today to notify them of a change of circumstances, that my daughter had changed from dla to pip. While on the phone they mentioned…
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Autumn Statement
I may have misheard on the autumn statement, is correct that the government are seeking ways of making those on ESA to be medically assessed more frequently
