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UC top up on nsesa
How much uc top up will I get on top of nsesa . I will get uc fortnightly and in the support group. Will I get transferred protection as well. The housing will be paid to the housing association directly
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transitional protection on migration to UC
Can anybody help on this? My son was on Income-related ESA and is on the higher levels of PIP. On migration to UC, he is now on a different ESA, and his new ESA plus UC results in a drop of £54 per week. I asked about transitional protection "By my calculation, he got £489.30 every 2 weeks for ESA, ….. I calculate this as…
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Service Charge Payments whilst on UC
My Husband and I both receive Universal Credit and are in the LCWRA Group. We have been receiving Universal Credit since the end of January 2025. The Service Charge on our Leasehold Flat is £230 and I understand that after 9 months on UC we qualify for service charge payment. I contacted DWP on my journal last week to ask…
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Question about the bank account checks.
When they check claimant's bank accounts, what are they actually looking for? I've seen stories online where you are interrogated about every single purchase and every penny that comes in. If they do this, do you have to answer?
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Help with Mandatory Reconsideration for Cost Of Living Disregards.
Hi. As with others here I'm having trouble getting UC to disregard my COL payments. I have informed them about these multiple times. They eventually told me to include them in Welfare Payments, and my journal then came up with the correct amount of capital. Then I had to upload 3months of statements in addition to which I…
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Advice
Quick advice i have my uc telephone appointment friday nerves and ainexty something is worrying me my partner is down on our claim as being self employed since but hasn't worked since February 2023 due to he had break down also other issues I got told I didn't need to do anything because hes down as my carer so he doesnt…
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Appointee
Hi Any advise would be appreciated. I am my son's appointee but sadly our relationship has broken. How do I end my position as his appointee. We longer talk. Thank you I'm advance.
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Was claiming carers element now been awarded Lorca but staying no back date
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Advice regarding LCWRA
HI I wondered if anyone can help me please. I will try and keep it short . Back in 2021, I lost my job as a nurse practicioner, due to severe mental health issues. Divorce, Bereavement, losing my house, car, job, home had a great detrimental impact on me. I started to sofa surf around friends and family houses. I then…
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being called for a medical evaluation
My diagnosis is mitral stenosis (functioning 30 percent) and middle aortic, I have UC, I am being called for a medical evaluation, is it possible to stop my UC? Thank you
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UNIVERSAL CREDIT OVERPAYMENT
Hi, I am an appointee for my adult child who has learning difficulties/autism. He received DLA then this changed to PIP. We started claiming UC which then changed to the LCWRA element. We received a review request and whilst providing the required documents, I was researching what else we may encounter with this and came…
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HAVING A FRIEND MOVE IN WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE HOMELESS
Can I ask, if a friend of mine moves in with me because they are homeless, will the DWP assume they are my partner and this will affect my benefits? I know that having someone live with me will affect my Housing Benefit obviously but will it affect my Universal Credit and PIP? Again, they are only moving in with me because…
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Asked to report old diagnosis
Hi. Writing on behalf of a friend because she’s too unwell to deal with this issue. She’s having a case review and was told to report a change of circumstance because apparently she was supposed to report her COPD diagnosis separately to UC too even though she had a WCA back in 2023 when she wrote the diagnosis into the…
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Universal Credit Review - uploading documents
We are having a standard UC review but informed them we could not upload we waited two weeks and finally were given a freepost address to send them to surely this is not a secure way to send sensitive documents to , I am going to ring them and hope that I can get an alternative address but they seem to be more difficult to…
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Universal credit - LCWRA and UC assessment period
Hi, My last esa payment was short upon moving to UC ,I did the transfer on the day of my last esa payment 4th Nov. I was in support group and I understand that should now be LCWRA, I looked at my journal earlier and noticed it said "Standard payment," and we might ask you to do an assessment. I wont get my first payment…
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Hi, my name is Superlative1945! LCWRA and UC
I have been on UC for 4 months. I completed a UC50 in October. I also just started receiving ESA (contributions based). If I am awarded LCWRA will it be in relation to UC or ESA now I am receiving ESA?
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Going from single claim to joint UC Both on LWCRA & PIP
Me & my partner live separately we both claim LWCRA & enhanced Daily living & enhanced Mobility PIP, also claiming housing elements of UC. My query is how much money would we lose if we decided to move in together? We both have mental health diagnoses & physical hence the PIP entitlements. I am reading conflicting things…
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UC Review and Bank Statements
Hi! I received a message last week asking for 4 months bank statements. I managed to get these uploaded but not sure if I’ve done the right months. for my partners account we uploaded - July, August, September and October My statements are issues mid month so I’ve given June - July, July - August, August - September and…
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Can I get budget advance ?
If I'm currently still paying off a new claim advance can I still get a uc budgeting advance or not possible?? Thanks and what's best way to do it
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Anxious - Went on holiday for 7 days and didn’t know I had to tell them on LCWRA, have a case review
Hi, I’m feeling really anxious. I have a case review, I get anxious really easily so I’ve been googling a few things about my bank statements that I worry could be brought up in my review. I went on holiday to Spain for 7 days. Because it was less than 28 days and didn’t affect my payments and because I don’t have work…
