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Non dependant starting work - notify the council and UC?
I have pip daily living / uc My daughter is 19 about to start a full time job do I need to notify the council and uc ? I ask as she’s under 21 and read sometime back they disregard at this age if on pip ? I think after 21 they make a deduction for housing element. Just trying to get it right. advice welcomed
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Holiday - Should I inform UC?
I am planing on going for seven days holiday next year i am on lcwra do I have to inform UC couz I got lots of anxiety i am afraid to speak to them
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Universal credit and new style esa
Just had a phone call saying I'm on new style esa and universal credit top up and my commitment to let them know any changes. I had no idea I was going to be put on this, how does prescription etc work out
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Lcwra uc query
Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me with a query about a message left on my uc journal ? This morning I had a text message to say I had a message on my journal that I needed to read, it’s from someone from my local job centre (I get lcwra) this isn’t a message I’ve had before and others say its voluntary to help if…
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Another UC review, growing very tired.
Had a bank statement review June last year, in the middle of another now, mixture of frustration anxiety and close to contacting UC and telling them to close my account after this review, I haven’t got or had 6k in my accounts, I did make a deposit of £300 recently ( half was a purchase my on behalf of my elderly mother…
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UC LCWRA and CA Question
After an accident at work, a severe back injury and now a couple of years on UC ADP and LCWRA my ex has advised me he is struggling so badly with Self Worth, Depression and budgeting the little money he has. He was a worker his whole life until a job asked him to lift heavy steel when a machine didn’t arrive and already…
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Housing Element On UC
Hi Scope members, I wanted to ask for some advice please, I have just migrated over to UC (under managed migration) from my legacy benefits (ESA CB & IR with SDP & EDP) I know I will receive my last ESA payment in the next 2 weeks before it then turning in to NS ESA Im also aware that my Housing Benefit will be paid for…
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Will I loose transitioning amount
Hi all, I've been to my jc today and no one could answer my question. I migrated from tax credits to uc with lcwra, I get some transitioning payment. If I start working a few hours a month will I loose the transitioning amount
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LCWRA & pregnancy
Hey, I currently receive LCWRA and have just found out I am pregnant! Will my LCWRA payment stop? Also when should I let UC know I'm pregnant? I'm currently 8 weeks so early days just want to get organised. Thank you so much for any advice.
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Uc - Migrating and 3-week rent arrears
Is this correct when migrating from esa to uc those three weeks without rent being paid do you have to pay those three weeks ps hope makes sense
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Hi, my name is shazbot1! Found an old pension pot, will this affect my UC claim?
Hi im under state pension age & i am on universal credit, i have just found a old pension & taken 2000 pound out to pay credit cards off, there is 11,500 pound left which is for when i reach pension age, will uc deduct money from my claim
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I've already moved to Universal Credit but I've received a letter from ESA...
Hi. I used to receive ESA and was in the support group. About 3 weeks ago, I went to the local job centre to prove my identity. I was then told that I would be transferred to Universal Credit and that my first payment would begin on March 11th. I received a letter today (Feb 28th) dated February 24th. The letter states…
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Can't Log in to UC online account
Hello, I have tried logging into my UC online account earlier this evening and I either get delayed codes or they come on time but both say error code. I phoned UC helpline and lady sent a message to Job Centre and said they will call me to try to resolve this. I won't hold my breath. Has anyone else had problems with…
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Relocating to a new Local Authority area and claiming UC
Hi All. Can anyone help me. I'm considering moving out of the West Mids to a new area where my brother lives. Though I was born and brought up in the WM area my parents have now died and my siblings have left the area. I'd like to go to the South-West where my brother lives and have seen accommodation I can apply to. My…
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Hi, my name is Linda55mac! Will my partner have to have more medicals to get LCWRA?
Transition to universal credit my partner is over pension age defered. He is receiving pip enhanced daily living needs and enhanced mobility rates. He has now got to se a work coach, will he have to have any more medicals to receive LCWRA element. Or how can he get this. Help plz
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Pip assessment
hi When people have had review/assesment, and get text to say it’s gone to dm,be 2-6weeks, have you had another text to say it’s complete before you receive decision letter? Thanks
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Universal credit and carers allowance
hi not sure if my sister applying for carers allowance works with us receiving universal credit , I have lwcra , adp enhanced mobility , my husband is off sick from work on ssp and is still within the 28 weeks of this and he’s just had word that he’s been awarded adp standard living adp . He hasn’t had his medical…
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ESA to Universal Credit Migration
Hi there, I’m a newbie here. I hope everyone one is well. I am very nervous, but here goes. I made a migration claim from ESA Support Group to Universal Credit on the 10th July and have now found out like many others that I was claiming ESA(Contribution Based), that I wasn’t aware of, as I left work eleven years ago. I…
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Pip review put back
Hi everyone my daughter's has been on pip for 10 years she's got autism I'm her Appointee . In her pip letter it's says we will look at your claims again on 25,10,25 which was a few weeks ago she's had no pip renewal forms yet . I rang up a couple of months before that date to ask and they said it looks as though it's been…
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UC Migration (Appointee)
Apologies long post - will bullet point to make quicker. *Father, now my ex partner- is our daughters appointee. Daughter has always had her ESA/DLA Payments go into fathers bank account. She prefers this. *He moved out of family home in 2020 just before Covid - Daughter is Immunosuppressant Crohns. *Late 2020 - as covid…
