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UC managed migration guide
There's been a lot of threads recently regarding questions for managed migration so I thought I would put together a guide and make it as easy to understand as I possible can. (if that's at all possible) New Style ESA and old Contribution-based ESA Those claiming New Style ESA or the old Contributions based ESA will not be…
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Universal Credit Bank Reviews: Frequently Asked Questions
We've seen lots of posts about Universal Credit reviews lately, so we hope this post will help answer some common questions. What is a Universal Credit review? A Universal Credit review is usually to check that you are receiving the correct amount in your payments. These reviews look mostly at your bank accounts and are…
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LCWRA help!
Hi I've been off sick from work coming up to three months in January. I have a current universal credit claim, and I submitted a change of circumstances regarding my health, and gave the dates for my sick note which lasts three months. I asked to apply for LCWRA, and they said that I just had to keep sending in sick notes…
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Migration legacy to uc
I have always been told to be grateful and thankful if someone give you a present. It's rude not to. Well the dwp have dropped a early present through my postbox on the 21/12/24 migration letter . Well I am very ungrateful and my thoughts are offensive and rude. I am on esa pip housing benefit sdp. Will I have to send…
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Moving in
my gf works full time but gets some universal credit as the job is low income based and gets child benefit. I get standard allowance lcwrca and pips will any of our benefits be affected if I move in with her?
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UC overpayment letter with new calculation_Advice needed
My wife, two children (aged 4 and 10), and I have been on Universal Credit. I am self-employed as a PCO driver, and my Minimum Income Floor (MIF) is set at £1,557 per month. Our house rent is £1,300 per month. We used to receive roughly £1,900 per month from UC. However, since my wife started university in September 2024…
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Migration from UC rent question
Hello. Due to migrate over to UC soon. My question is that UC housing costs are paid pcm and the rent from the HA is charged weekly minus bedroom tax. The calculation for HB at the moment is weekly and is paid 4 weeks in arrears. Is this still calculated in the same way on UC as HB? If calculated as weekly the rent 521 and…
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Uc Migration notice
Hi My husband and I both recieved a UC migration notice letter informing us that child tax credits and income support are stopping and we need to claim UC. How does it work we claim income support , child tax credits , on full housing & council tax benefit , we are also on a rent protection scheme, we have 3 other adults…
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Moving to UC (another thread sorry!)
Hey everyone. Sorry for another thread I'm sure there's been many. Ive just received the 3 month migration letter to move over to UC. I currently receive: Contribution based ESA + SDP. Enhanced PIP for both daily living and motability Housing benefits Council tax support I also do permitted work. I have tried multiple…
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Carers eliment.
hi I have claimed carers element for my partner. We live together and she gets pip and lowrc. I’m worried that she will lose her lowrc or some of it. I don’t want her to feel like she realises on me and is paying for my help as she will deteriorate more and I need her to keep independents and learn to get stronger and…
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Benefits question confusion - are Christmas Gifts income?
I've been looking this up and I've got, like, 5 different answers. I know they count as capital if they're large enough (they're not), but I wanted to know if they were income. The main answer I've been getting is "no", but I've heard a few people say it might do and one person say any bank transfer counts as unearned…
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Still waiting for my letter after lcwra award
I was told via the DWP journal I had been awarded lcwra on 29th November 2024. I've heard nothing since from the DWP or via the journal. I first applied for UC on sept 10th 2024, submitted my sick notes. The DWP has put my payment date as the 16th of the month. I appreciate i have to wait 3 months after submitting my first…
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Legacy benefits
I claimed UC on a managed Migration in September , this is now month 3 where I’m not being paid my SPD £420 Within my UC TP I only get £115 and I should be getting £535 added to my UC monthly payment as my TP eligibility CA has agreed I’ve asked for written explanation of how they got to my TP calculation Didn’t receive…
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Just needing a vent...
I have suffered with ill health since my early 20's which has gradually got worse over the years, I have always tried to work and to the point (until very recently) i was working from home around my health needs and my son. I have ended up being signed off by GP and have LCWRA and I am on high rate PIP for both. I am a…
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ESA CB on UC
Hello. If getting ESA IR and CB what happens on UC to the CB bit. I believe it's 138.50? Do thar still get paid as a separate payment as well as the UC? A bit confused as I read somewhere that this gets paid as a separate payment and then read that no, it is deducted off the UC so you don't get a separate payment. Thanks.
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Lcwra Health Assessment Lied that I Missed their call
Hi, has anyone waited for a health assessment call and then they, call late, say there is a delay and will call back later. But after 5 hours of anxious waiting, noone does.This happened to me. It aggravated my mental health. What makes it worse is when I rang them in the morning they said I missed their call. They lied.…
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Moving to UC, partner been asked for a fit note but she's my carer. Does she need to have a WCA?
Hello everyone So I get esa moving over to U.C and my partner is my carer and on my claim we have made a joint claim, my partner gets pip as do I get pip, on the U.C form we put down partner has health problems and now they now want fit notes for her, not for me as u have the protection transferring over from esa to uc, my…
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Hi, my name is zam12345!DWP wont give me another WCA after 3 years,any advice would be appreciated.
Hi all hope you're all well. I'm new here and need some advice I was working part time in 2019 and due to my mental health I had to leave but while I was working I was given a assessment for capability to work I was given the short one which does not pay extra but since then my health has worsened mentally and physically…
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Uc - council tax refund
Hi, I recieve universal credit and have savings over £6000. I got a council tax refund and presumed it was classed as a backpayment and reported it as such. Now I am being made aware this is not the case and I now have to go into the job centre and provide evidence. It says on my journal that wrong or incorrect information…
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Will universal credit close my claim
Hi, I was made redundant from my job at the end of last month and recieved the below payments as a result, will my claim be closed as I will have a NIL payment for 1 month (as unfortantley I wont be able to return to work due to illness, I have been signed off from work all of this year and also recieve LWCRA) Payments I…
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Universal credit and payment protection
Recent migration to uc I have been awarded lcwra so this is replacing carers ellement this month, so I was expecting my transitional protection to be reduced bu the difference between the two elements (£217.88) I have just recieved my statement and they have reduced my payment protection by the full lcwra amount (£416.19)…
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Hi, my name is woman46! Saying i'm claiming care allowance when i'm not.
Hi need some advice I've had a journal message yesterday to say they are going to deduct money out my universal credit as I'm claiming carers allowance I've never claimed carers allowance or had any payments so rang carers allowance to find out there is a claim in my name they've reported it as fraud but just don't know…