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Universal Credit/Housing Benefit Help Please
I have been migrated to UC recently & was receiving housing benefit, my migration is complete, applied 11th Jan & received first payment. My question is why have the council paid the full rent payment & why did the UC not cancel it. I am worried about getting in debt from overpayments or who to contact. I am worried if I…
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Hi, my name is likkle_miss! Awarded LCWRA, why have I not had first payment?
I was awarded lwca on Tuesday 4 March 2025 and I been hading in my sick notes from the 8th of November 2024 but my first payment is not till next month but I get paid on the 8th of every month so i dont understand why my first payment is not included this month and also will I be eligible for backdated payment
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Help/advice
Hello, I currently claim Universal credits and managed to get LCWRA in December last year, I am really scared I’ll be forced to work with these upcoming announcements. I heard there’s a green paper due this month, how long does that take? How long do you think It will take for any changes to be put into place? Can the…
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Massively overwhelmed and struggling with uc migration
Im in the middle of migrating from esa and hb to uc. And honestly, I'm not sure I'm going to make it thru this. I'm so incredibly stressed, overwhelmed and alone. I would greatly appreciate some help. My hb is currently paid directly to landlord. My landlord is awful and very unapproachable. I'm so scared. And confused. If…
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LCW questions
Please I have 2 questions; I am on LCW. Am I correct in assuming work preparation is 35 hrs a week? DWP I could do WRA even though they accepted I can't sit for more than 10 mins. I am confused 🥲
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Hi, my name is Aaron817! When will I get LCWRA payment?
hi I was awarded lcwra on the 27th December 2024 and I wondered when I’d get more money and see a change on my uc account under payments. It’s been 3 months today as it’s now march 1st 2025 and nothing is showing up on my uc journal. Thanks kind regards Aaron
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Universal Credit
Hi everyone on this months universal credit they haven't deducted the carers allowance off it did anyone else get this
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Hi, my name is Juliedeaf12! ESA, SDP and care allowances, what happens?
I need to know about my esa contribution based allowance and sdp my daughter get care allowances look after me i need to know about sdp money stop and esa stop money or money down???
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Fifi
Waiting for results of fifi blood tests can't move do anything she's my absolute world my parents still alive my dad very ill and no lie I've said for years my dad would go then fifi would I've got to stop myself phoning vets every hour
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LCW Assessment
Hi, Im new to here and need to know why UC have asked me to attend an assessment and will need to provide an up to date fit note?
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Civil Partnership & Universal Credit – Reporting Change?
Hello everyone, My partner and I are entering into a civil partnership on 24 February 2025 in the Netherlands. We currently live in different countries—I live in the UK, while my partner lives in the Netherlands. We are both deaf and receive benefits due to unemployment. Since we won’t be living in the same household after…
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LCWRA
hi all so as stated in my previous posts I was awaiting a LCWRA award decision the decision was made and I was awarded LCWRA. My first fit note went in on 10th March 2024 I was awarded LCWRA in February 2025 I am struggling to work out my back pay I have received 1 payment of LCWRA and my deductions are £693 from my…
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Migration letter help please
I have just received my migration letter and have to apply by mid August. I literally have no idea what's best to do My last TC payment is end of July, Income Support is the first week in August so do i wait until after then and apply within those dates? We have two teenagers in full time education My OH has a mental…
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New style esa new universal credit claim
Can anyone help. I am.in the process of managed migration and have completed online claim with Welfare rights officer, completed biographical phone call and to do list states completed on journal, including claimant commitments. However, I receiveda letter on Friday stating my contribution based esa will continue and I…
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Hi, my name is swb64! Migration questions.
Hello, just joined. I have been on disability for 15 years, in the ESA support group. I got my migration notice for UC, i filled everything in online, i then get a notice in the journal to attend interview 9.10am in a weeks time. I thought it were a straight forward transfer if in the support group to the LCWRa? The…
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Can I claim PIP , LCWRA and carers allowance at the same time
Hi everyone I hope you are all well. I wanted to know if you can claim LCWRA and carers Allowance at the same time?? (while on a joint universal credit claim) I already claim pip for myself and I also receive carers allowance for caring for my incredibly sick son my wife also claims carers allowance for caring for our…
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Migration Question for ESA to UC
Hi all, Thanks to anyone that replies to this in advance. I'm on ESA Support Group and I'm being moved to UC. I never got my migration letter, just a text message reminding me that ESA payments were coming to an end and that I needed to move. I got the text on Friday and have spent a lot of the weekend freaking out about…
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Hi, my name is RabbitHutchHart65! How do we manage with the deficit after UC transition?
I have received a migration letter from DWP to move from ESA support group to Universal Credit. My husband is also on my claim and he receives PIP. Having looked at how much the UC for couples over 25 (monthly)is compared to the monthly payment of ESA I calculate a difference of around £260. How are we supposed to manage…
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universal credit income support migration letter
hi so sorry to ask but im getting myself in a right state today>Ok so we are on income support with full housing benefit and full council tax support leeds area.We have 3 bedrooms 3 adults in the house my self sleep in the 3rd bedroom becuase i cant sleep with my husband becuase of my disability so we get full housing on…
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Change in amount I get when migrating to UC from ESA
Hi - I wonder if anyone can advise as I'm starting to think I'm losing the plot! I received a migration notice a couple of days ago, saying I need to move from ESA (with LCWRA) to UC. I have done an online calculation to see how much money I could expect to get ,and it's quite a bit less than I'm getting now, despite the…
