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You don’t have to tackle energy bills on your own. Introducing @DES_Scope!
We know that many of our members in the community have been
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Disability Energy Support is a free energy advice service for
disabled people, or households with a disabled member, living in England or
Wales. You…
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Leaving care home, what info do PIP need?
I am due to leave my care home very soon. To reinstate the daily living component of PIP, what info do they need when i contact them? I've told my aunt and uncle that i will let them know when i have left, so that they will be there when i ring them.
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Speak to a person about debt issues
Who can l speak to about some debt issues, face to face? Citizen advice have suggested a option but its over ten miles from where l live. Thankyou
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Help with Purple Zest Direct payment arrears!!
Hello, Hope you're all well this morning. I need a little help in knowing how to deal with Purple Zest care arrears. My mum who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and mobility issues, had a financial re-assessment last year, and the council decided that she needs to start contributing to her care throughb Direct payments…
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Private pension withdrawal limits on ESA, UC and PIP.
Hello. Could anyone tell me if I am allowed to draw a lump sum from a small pension I have to pay my arrears on my fuel bill please. I have got into difficulties with my energy bills , although I was on fuel direct but this has been cancelled because DWP has migrated me over to new style esa and UC. I also get PIP…
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Daughter in debt again after help
so around February my daughter came to me as she was in £4000 worth of debt, so she had a borrow from a family member which she has been paying back and now we manage her money for her and drip feed it to her weekly. It has now come to our attention that she has again been using her credit card and is abusing the situation…
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Fuel Direct cancelled with swapping to UC
Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone can help me as I am at the end of my tether and need some advice. Anyone else been through this with DWP? Having been through the harrowing experience of DWP moving me from esa support group to UC and ( new style Esa). What was the point of that! But that's another discussion. I was on…
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Cost of living payment for 2025
Good Afternoon. Is there going to be a cost of living payment for August,as I keep seeing posts and don't know if it's true or not. Thank you. Carl
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Bank loan..esa contributions based esa
Hi everyone. I am on ESA Contributions Based esa. I also have a declared priviate pension. My husband and I are asking to borrow a small amount onto our mortgage. Am I allowed to do that?
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Scam attempt
I’ve posted before but starting to worry now , I was sent a txt from the DWP reminding me to claim for the winter fuel payment , I clicked the link and gave my name address and email and clicked next on what looked like an official DWP site, it then sent me to a page to send my bank details , by this point I’d realised it…
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how I can get my payment
My cost of living payment went into the bank then they closed my account so my £299 I never got and this was 23 or 24 and I've been trying to get it back a long time and the bank aswell as dwp have been giving me the run around ever since I just want to know how I can get my payment
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Birthday gifts on very low income
I have a number of birthdays coming up in the next three months. Frankly, I'm going without things I need to finance gifts to people that support me regularly or occasionally and whom I appreciate deeply. However, there's one person, to whom I'm not close and from whom I seldom hear, who expects flowers from by far the…
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How are people reducing their outgoings
Hi, hate posting this and really thought twice about posting it. But I am in a situation now and I know people in the same situation where they are struggling with the cost of living and with the pip changes could make it worse. So, I thought It would be a good idea to find out ways people are saving money on bills and…
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PIP Review
My PIP is under review and all I keep seing on facebook groups and stuff is everybody getting denied and appeals taking ages. I'm more or less housebound at this point and rely on that money to live. I'm so stressed out worrying that it's going to get stopped 😔
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Winter Fuel Scam
Be careful out there on WFA…There's text scams going round that you have to register for it. As far as I know, you will get the allowance automatically without this. The scammers are looking for your bank details. Do not, I repeat do no reply or click on reply to this text!
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Thank you everyone
Hello, thank you very much for your kind words. The day before yesterday I wrote under the title ""THAMES WATER"", asking for your help. I met a fantastic little team here, thank you again for your help, Eszter.
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Thames Water
I am writing because I am stuck, I cannot find anyone to discuss my problem with and rect it to the right place, Thames Water is using this against me. The problem is that the landlord rebuilt the house at some point but no longer considered it important to take care of the official papers. Therefore, I asked Thames Water…
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Hi, my name is elmonds_1977! Worried about paying rent and bills once my children leave home
I've been a parent carer for my autistic kids for the past 20-odd years and am suddenly faced with them both leaving home at the same time, to go to supported living. Emotions and worries for them aside, I have no idea how I'm going to pay rent and bills in the coming months, until I find a job. This is what I came here…
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Council tax support?
i’m about to claim council tax support and would like to know exactly what information is required by the council on a bank statement? Obviously, your name and address. And your payments in and out and the balance, but do they need the bank sort code and the account number?
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RWG PAYG Top-Up
Hello. Has anyone here used RWG before? I paid for a top-up to the correct number several hours ago and it still hasn't appeared in my mobile balance. Payment was taken from my account and I received an email confirmation. This is always instantaneous with other providers. Anyone else experienced the same issue or know how…
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Hi, my name is yeb! Are there any cost of living payments due soon?
Hi, I keep reading about cost of living payments coming in June/July but can't find anything on government website. Any idea anybody? Thanks
