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Red Tape Following A Bereavement
My best friend died a month ago. We shared a flat and I'm not in receipt of any means tested benefits right now. I have applied for the new ESA but the DWP want a sick note before they can process my paperwork. The earliest telephone appointment with my GP is on the 10th January 2023. I was my friend's carer and I have an…
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£613 electric bill for 30 days in February 2022
This was my bill for 30 days. Following month when weather warmed up was £152 ish . I do have the bills to prove this😀. My home is only electric, we use wall heaters to keep home warm. The ones installed in my home were supposed to be cheap and efficient but guess their not. I only live in a 3 bed house , myself and 3…
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Scope Opportunity: Have you been moved to a prepayment meter by your energy company?
Hi all, One of my colleagues at Scope is working with a journalist to present the results of some work we've done around energy bills. They're looking to speak to someone who's gone into arrears, and ended up being moved onto a prepayment meter by their energy company. If anyone's experienced this, and would like to find…
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Cost of living.
Never has those words meant so much. What is the price we pay for the cost of just living? These costs are costs incurred before you even put the key in the door, assuming your not homeless already, that is. With everything going on at the moment I wonder why people are now becoming anti-union? They seem to have short…
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Inheritance Query...
I am finding it very difficult to type this but as briefly as possible here is my question: I live alone and am struggling financially and otherwise a lot. I am wondering however shamelessly whether I have any inheritance from my elderly father and if so how do I go about claiming it without returning home. I was his…
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Warm Home Discount £150
Hi all - our son (who lives with us, his parents, at home) has just received a letter from HM Gov saying he qualifies for the £150 Warm Homes Discount as he is "eligible". However he is not a customer of an electricity supplier and he is not named on any electricity account. The letter says there is no need to do anything…
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Strikes
I honestly feel the Tories do not want the. NHS Their policy Is look after your self but what about the people that can not do that
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Disability COL £150
Has anyone still not received this? I did the form on the GOV website in October and still nothing is there anyone I can contact?
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My daughter's refusing to give me any of her cost of living payment to help cover energy bills
Hi I have just received my 2nd cost of living payment and the same as everyone else it stays in the bank to cover bills.my daughter also got it but is refusing to pay me any of it to help me cover rising bills.saying I have had my payment this is hers do you think she is being unfair.
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EDF PREPAID METER (KEY) £10 A DAY : How is this possible ? Anyone else ?!
We are only putting'on the central heating about an hour a day. Electric heater about a another 2 or 3 hours. Tv all day but the meter is using about 10 pounds a DAY. Is anyone else experiencing this, we will be ruined if this goes in the heatingnallowances only last about a week. Please let me know if this is a…
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Hi, my name is Danny39! In emergency on my gas and electric and don't know what to do
I am disabled and on benefits and worried as don't get benefits till 14th January and I'm in emergency on my gas and electric and don't know what to do
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Cold Weather Payment
Hello, as the government are paying certain postcodes the Cold weather payment I was just wondering if anyone has a clearer answer than I can find on Google. My question is, do both adults have to be unemployed to be eligible for the payment if claiming Universal Credit (disabled qualifying criteria has been met). The dwp…
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Flow temp for water and rads
Hey all I moved in my place about a year ago. I don't think I have had my heating on properly? I came in as rough sleeper and was used to cold not that it makes it more comfortable. I realised my rad's had never got hot and a YouTube video came up. I put my flow rates for both water and rads separately to 50c? I have 15c…
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Hi, I'm mishatom! I didn't receive the 2nd cost of living payment?
i seem to have not gotten my uni credit cost of living payment this autumn even tho ia am reciving pip and classed as disabled im defo gonna make sure i track it down x
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Need help
Sir i don’t have 1 leg...i was accident 7 year ago..but now i don’t have any work..my family are very poor...now my family suction very bed....can you any help pls?? I am from Bangladesh.
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VAT on Homehelp costs
I have a homehelp because I am unable to do housework due to severe fatigue and mobility problems. I have to pay VAT, yet I would not choose to have a homehelp if I were not disabled. Can anyone help me with this?
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[Closed] Support Scope's social media campaigning
Hi everyone, Scope are looking for people to share their experience of the Cost of Living crisis this winter. The responses will be used in social media posts to campaign for more support for disabled people over the winter months. Please fill in this form if you would like to share your experience. Your name will not be…
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Warm banks: good initiative, or a grim sign of the times?
Many of us are feeling the effects of the cost of living crisis, especially rising energy costs. More warm banks have been opening up as winter dawns on us. Is this a good initiative, a grim sign of the times, or both? Remember that you can let us know how the cost of living crisis is affecting you this winter to support…
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Pension credit
I've been told if ur disabled you can apply for pension credit but I'm 38 isn't this benefit for just pensioners or is it true we can apply
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Energy Bills
Hi please delete if not allowed. My partner is on Universal Credits. She gets
