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Warm home discount
Hi I have the warm home discount I’m 26 and live with my partner I’m severely disabled what does the £150 warm discount mean
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Cost of living Storytelling opportunity
Hi there! My name is Sophie and I work in the Scope Stories
team. We are currently working on a campaign about the cost of living for
disabled people. If you have
disability-related costs that are higher than average, such as energy bills
over £208 per month, we would be keen to hear from you. If you're interested in…
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Energy Ombudsman
So I've been fighting e.on next for a while, took it the ombudsman at Christmas and won, thought things had settled down again and it didn't so had to repeat the process. I have today found out that I have won! in a really big way too. E.on next tried to bully me into tripling my direct debits etc and tried to force meters…
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gap between old and new state pension
Hello, With the triple lock in place, state pensions will rise. I received my state pension some years ago and it is no where near the current new state pension. With my pension rise being less than the new state pension rise, each year, the gap between the two state pensions will grow. In 20 years time, hopefully still…
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There are new rules for installing involuntary prepayment meters!
Thank you @Tori_Scope for sending this report from Ofgem to us in the community 😊 You may have seen online or on the news last night, that from 8th November 2023, energy suppliers will have to follow stricter rules when it comes to installing a prepayment meter involuntarily in a household. There have been many concerns…
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Warm home discount
I haven't received a letter regarding my whd entitlement. I am old style benefits esa/sdp/pip/housing benefit. I called the helpline provided by government. The gentleman advised me I meet the criteria regarding benefits but because my flat energy effiency is c and d my building does not meet criteria i am not entitled.…
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British Gas Energy Trust can support you
Are you struggling to keep up with your energy bills? British Gas Energy Trust have grants for eligible individuals and families available on their website. This support is available to both British Gas customers and customers of other suppliers who have debt on their energy account or use a pre-payment meter. Click here…
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DWP extreme anxiety
Hello. I get pip and LCWRA UC. Ive not had a great week and ive accidentally over the last week gone impulsive and bought some things multiple times over multiple different days (my birthday was sunday so i also wanted to treat myself) its totalled a few hundred.. its made me happy in the moment but now im terrified that…
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UC LCWRA ESA deductions.
Hi, I was recently put into LCWRA on UC and Support group on ESA. My recent statement for UC showed my deduction due to ESA as £561. According to UC themselves the higher support rate ESA was only applied to the last 3 days of my statement. So in effect 27 days were at standard ESA rate. When I queried this I was told…
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Cost of living
Hi friends I’ve got a question needing answer? iv recently changed the way I recive my benifits to(PES) payment exception service active from 2nd feb and changed address.will this delay cost of living payment? as I’ve had last 5 COL payments the 2nd day it’s rolled out I’ve contacted COL AND UC with no help gone round in…
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Price cap ⬇12% from April
I didn't see it mentioned so just thought I'd post it here in case anyone was not aware The energy price cap is going down by around 12% for the April - June period
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Hi, my name is Markie1963! Help with solar panels
Hello everyone, I have an issue with EDF. I am on electricity only and have just have 24 solar panels fitted 3 months ago but have not seen a reduction in my bill. My installer is not helping me and EDF customer help team are next to useless. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. many thanks, Markie
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Disability cost of living payment
Hi. I’ve been awarded back dated PIP, will this cost of living payment be automatically added to my PIP back pay? Or should I follow the instructions s for missing COL payments? Also will this effect my UC COL payment due? Thanks
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Cost of living £299 February payment.help
I applied for UC On the 14th September 2023 as I was starting maternity leave and moving to SMP. My first assessment/ payment on the 20th of September was a zero award for period 14th September to the 13th October due to me starting my maternity leave and taking annual leave as pay. I then had a 2nd zero award from the…
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Petrol prices around the world
1. Hong Kong (China) 2.37 £
2. Finland 1.73 £
3. Switzerland 1.70 £
4. Netherlands 1.**** £
5. Greece 1.68 £
6. Singapore 1.66 £
7. Denmark 1.66 £
8. Norway 1.63 £
9. Albania 1.60 £
10. France 1.59 £
11. Italy 1.58 £
12. Uruguay 1.57 £
13. Israel 1.57 £
14. United Kingdom 1.54 £
15. Portugal 1.53 £
16. Ireland 1.53 £
17.…
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UK in recession? Does that mean anything for us?
Hello. Does a recession effect us in any way? I think of it as "no money left" is that the case? From Sky News. https://news.sky.com/story/uk-economy-in-a-recession-13071973 A recession is defined as two consecutive three-month periods where the economy contracts rather than grows. A major measure of economic growth, gross…
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Has anyone received
Good morning I received universal credit with child element/lcwra and pip. I have previously last year received cost of living payments but to date I have not received February s last payment. Has anyone else received there payment please.
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Im on UC but recently applied for pip (November 2023) am I still entitled?
I seem to be in the small group who have not yet received the final 299 cost of living payment. And it dawned on me earlier that am I even going to get it? I'm on uc and have been for years. I've had the first 2 payments. But I recently applied for pip and had my telephone assessment on Friday (9th Feb 24). I've not been…
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Delaying putting heating on
Who's delaying putting the heating on this year ?Our living room is currently 17 degrees c - the coldest that its been since March !We plan to save the heating until December
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Gas was estimated and charged me over £400 while I was sectioned?!
My meter has been broken (it was finally fixed after a year of me complaining to the company about it being broken and it is now a smart meter). So I couldn’t provide gas readings. They estimated me a bill of £430+ for October to January, the entirety of this time I spent sectioned in psychiatric hospital with the boiler…