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Help and advice needed : Migration notice received
I am receiving ESA and PIP, I am in the support group of ESA and have been since the initial assessment. The migration notice arrived today and I have looked online but am now even more anxious than when I opened the letter Back when we were getting the cost of living payments, I was told that my ESA was both income…
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Hi, my name is GR67! How can I get my full rent paid with UC?
hi my name is Gogo and could anyone help regarding housing benefit ? My rent is £750 a month but I’m only get £450 towards it I’ve just been moved from ESA with sdp to the new UC can anyone tell me if they know a way to get my full rent paid because I only get £1450 a month from my if and £750 of that gos on rent
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Transitional protection
Can someone help me please? I’m looking to downsize as I’m paying bedroom tax If I move will be TP on my UC stop?
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Self employment
good morning I’m thinking of going back to work self employed. I’m just wondering if anyone knows what the minimum income floor is full time as I have been told it’s 35 hours a week @ £12.21, is this correct?
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Verifying children uc
Hi does anyone know if there’s a certain time scale for children to be verified on a uc claim? It will be one week tomorrow since I applied but my children haven’t been verified yet I’ve rang and been told there is no time frame and I have to wait. I’m unable to take out an advance until this is done and I’m starting to…
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UC Dental treatment
Hello all, My brother in law and sister migrated from family tax credits last Oct. He has very life limiting conditions and she is his carer also caring for children,the youngest is 2 yrs old. Today she was charged for a dental xray. Is this correct? If it helps they are in Northern Ireland. Tia.x
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do gambling debits and deposits into the bank on the same day count as new capital
I have checked my balances for the past few years and on 6 occasions I am just over £6300 towards the lower capital limit and the rest of the assessment periods I am under. I know and understand the fact that I will owe something in regards to a small overpayment however that is not what concerns me. As an example if my…
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Updating UC with PIP
Hi, my daughter was on DLA (High) and has been awarded PIP (enhanced) from today. I've gone in to my UC account to update but it's taking me through a load of questions including info about school - which is causing an issue because it asks the start date and end date of the course. What end date do I put? She finishing at…
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Migration notice has arrived.
Hi, Got my joyous UC migration notice on Thursday last week, then a text yesterday from Esa stating similar to the letter. Is this just a normal thing? Seems a bit quick to remind me as my date to migrate is 12th Nov. Obviously I shall do it with help the day after my last esa payment closest to that date. Will they keep…
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No review for LCWRA, should I contact UC?
HI, in 2023 I have applied for LCWRA, after Court Hearing in 2024 I got awarded and got backdated payment, I was told it is for 2 years and they won't contact me within 2 years time. I think I am right in thinking it means 2 years from 2023, when first payment was? Means it is 2 years already and I didn't hear from UC…
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Voluntary Ni conribution on UC
please can somebody advise me as I am now very frustrated I have a joint claim with my wife for UC I am her carer I believe universal credit pays voluntary national insurancecontributions if you are on universal credit I myself being on carers allowance for caring for my wife they are paid by carers allowance When I…
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Reasonable adjustments
hi I’m just curious does anyone know how this works , I’ve been having a nightmare with my case worker at universal credit , I’m waiting for a new lwc assessment, I’ve previously had one a few years ago got awarded lwc , not lwcr anyway alot of time passed with hearing nothing then all of a Sudden they wre requesting I go…
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just need little advice and resurrance
hi yesterday me and my appointee had a phone call from the uc , they set up appointment at the jobcentre for appointee to veirfy her id and bank card for the uc payment , they also said about a security code and they also gave us a date for the payment , does this mean the claim was successful ?
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ID Appointment
Hi all, as part of my migration move over from ESA to UC. I have to attend job centre on Thursday and I’d like to ask a few questions about. It says on my journal. I’ve to take one photo ID (my passport) 2 secondary items (birth certificate and debit card) Anything with my NI number on. It’s also asked about bring 1 proof…
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Do I look suspicious *Compliance Review UC*
This is so embarrassing, I have severe social anxiety and panic attacks and autism suspected. I have been on universal credit for a while now, and I had a letter in JULY about a compliance review, I had nothing to hide at all!!! but because I have anxiety I panicked and panicked and cried every single day, they only wanted…
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Do I look suspicious Compliance Interview UC..
This is so embarrassing, I have severe social anxiety and panic attacks and autism suspected. I have been on universal credit for a while now, and I had a letter in JULY about a compliance review, I had nothing to hide at all!!! but because I have anxiety I panicked and panicked and cried every single day, they only wanted…
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Mandatory reconsideration
Hi I hope you can help as I honestly have no idea what to do now.. I’ve just had my letter that says that I do not have limited capability for work. And I don’t know where to go from here. I’m severely deaf and worked in retail for 16 years but have had no issues up until these last couple of years. However my hearing…
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Paying PA while migrating from ESA to UC
Hi, I pay for almost all of my support package from my own funds and employ a PA for 5 hours a week. I pay £95 and the council pays £5. I will be applying to transfer over from ESA to UC on the 1st of October and will get my first UC payment on the 7th of November. I am very worried about how to pay my PA during October.…
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Migration to uc
Hi were migrsting from support group esa,im in support group my husband doesn't keep great health either we both receive standard rate adp both elements,we went for ide city checks at local jobcentre they recommended my husband be my carer to stop his work commitments as he's unable to work due to his own health anyway,we…
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Reporting self-employment expenses on UC
Has anyone navigated UC and reporting expenses when they're not gainfully self-employed? I always put £0 down because I found it overwhelming, and I had no support to parse exactly what's eligible and what isn't. but i really need as much money back as possible so am looking t finally do this. The expenses include: Two…
