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camzy
camzy Community member Posts: 1 Listener
edited April 2023 in Benefits and financial support
I have just received  carers allowance for my freinds daughter . I have been caring for her since last year . I m receiving universal credit and have to pay the bedroom tax .I  know use this bedroom to care for Jamie * a few nights a week and wonder does this qualify me for this deduction to be stopped? Thanks

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 55,330 Disability Gamechanger
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    Unfortunately, no not if the daughter doesn't live with you.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,983 Disability Gamechanger
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    I would just like to provide you with a warm welcome @camzy. Please don't hesitate to let us know if there's anything else we can do to support you  :)
    Community Volunteer Adviser with professional knowledge of education, special educational needs and disabilities and EHCP's. Pronouns: She/her. 

    Please note: if I use the online community outside of its hours of administration, I am doing so in a personal capacity only.
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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,562 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hi @camzy and welcome from me, have we been able to help answer your query?

    To help protect everyone using the community, I've just removed the full name in your post. For more information about why we removed this, please consider our online community house rules.

    If there's anything else we can help with, please ask :) 
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