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Hi, do I need to inform UC I've been awarded PIP?
Hi everyone my name is EsterI decided to join. Just asking i have been awarded pip do I inform UC or not thank you
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Hi, my name is Kev. Can I have the bedroom tax stopped after my wife has gone into a nursing home?
Hi I have recently migrated to Universal Credit. I also get Esa and Pip full amount. I have Mobility and mental health problems It is a joint tennancy with my wife,Shona it's a 2 bedroom bungalow However My wife has dementia and has moved into a Nursing home permanently, although her name is still on the Tennancy agreement…
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Help - asked to attend a mandatory telephone call with UC, what is this about?
I have been asked to attend a mandatory telephone call with UC can anyone tell me what this could be
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UC WCA
Hi I'm wondering if anyone can help, I've been signed off work since February 2025 due to serve PTSD, anxiety and depression. I've just had my WCA on the phone, at the end the assessor said to me, please don't be worrying about this as in saying in my report that your unfit for work, has anyone else had this said to them…
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Hi, my name is Simplybe! Invited for second WCA, worried they will overturn the first decision
Hi, I completed a work capacity assessment several weeks ago and shortly after awarded LCWWRA. The assessment was done on the phone without the paperwork as it hadn't arrived yet. A week later they have sent me a message to attended another WCA. As you can imagine this has completely thrown me and causing me distress. I…
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Hi, my name is NicVic! UC interview is supposed to take place in a job centre, but I can't travel
I've had a recent Intercranial Brain Haemorrhage, and am just applying for PIP & Universal credit. The UC phone interview, which is all about my inability to travel alone or meet in crowded places due to vision issues associated with my condition Palinopsia is supposed to take place in Job Centre, to which I cannot travel…
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new UC claim
Hi, ive been off unable to work with as yet an undiagnosed condition, still under investigations which is causing me immense pains in the stomach and abdomen so limits my movements 24/7 for 8 months now im getting paid by my company at the moment, as i get a year full sick pay which ends in December, MY 28 weeks ssp is up…
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what will happen to my UC TP?
This discussion was created from comments split from: UC Note "We have arranged a compliance telephone interview for you" having a panic attack .
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DWP says fit to work -v- signed unfit by GP?
Hi all, new UC claimant here on UC + PIP (low mobility). At the recommendation of my work coach I applied for limited capability for work. Just been advised that decision is I'm fit to work (I'll appeal), and so my current GP unfit note no longer applies. How can a GP state you're unfit to work but DWP override that? How…
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Budgeting advance and esa permitted work earnings
Hi are esa permitted work earnings disregarded in uc budgeting advance? I went on uc 3 months go earned about 2100 and 3 months before then I was on permitted work..
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Local job center is shut trying send me to another
Hi I have mental health issues and I had an appointment with my local job center today to verify my id as their saying it can't be done via video call or biographical as there isn't enough information on me apparently which I find strange, I really siked myself up to going today.my husband has even said he can take it in…
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LCWRA with appointee
My son was granted LCWRA today. Will he be assessed again in the future? It was done by telephone and I took the call as his appointee. His behaviour is unsafe. (Police incidents) He is on high rate living and mobility PIP
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esa support group migration to uc
Hi Iam in the prosses on migrating from esa support group to uc.i have been given a payment date in my jornal and have been told on here that I don't need to hand in fit notes i jreceived this the other day and when I look it up on google it says I may need to provide medical evidence.can someone tell me what it is and…
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Carers element
I've been my daughter's carer for 5 years but I get lcwra now so it's stopped. I never got a carers element on UC should I have been getting this as well as carers allowance?
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About uc claim
just wondered me amd my partner have a joint uc claim and he works 32 hours a week I work 8 hours and I claim carers allowance and dla for 2 kids my question is I may be loosing my job as the place may be closing very soon due to not making enough money if I lost my job would my partner be made to work more hours as he…
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Third year of being asked for bank statements is this normal?
Hi all, Just Had notification asking me to provide 4 months bank statements, this has happened in 23 and 24 too. Is this normal? Im on lcwawra when I rang as system not sending sms codes , was told I have used til 11 August to provide them. I was told they arent annual so why then have they been for me? Im now really…
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Ssdp transitional protection
Migrated to uc last year and recieve ssdp transitional protection as no other adults in household. However my adult child would like to move back home for a period of time due to a relationship breakdown but I am worried how this would affect my uc and ssdp transitional protection. I currently recieve maximum housing…
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Ending CA while on UC
I have recently been advised by UC that by reporting my child is no longer on education during an assessment period means I will not get the two weeks for them even though they didn't leave school until half way through the assessment period. Can anyone tell me if this rule is the same when reporting you are no longer…
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Universal credit query
This discussion was created from comments split from: The Universal Credit Bill becomes law. Here are the changes to disability benefits you need to know .
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UC & closed bank accounts
Hey all, I've been on UC just under a year and have since found out they do reviews, not a problem I have had some online bank accounts, starling, monzo & revolut (not at the same time) i suffer from bad MH and the thought of reviews are making me anxious even though I haven't even been contacted about one as of yet or…
