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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?
When you didn't have lcwra you should have been getting the carer element yeah, did you tell UC you were a carer?
Yes I told them and done the change of circumstances too
Lots of people get mixed up with Carers Allowance and Carers Element - you say it's stopped now you get LCWRA- did you yourself end the CA claim?
No I got a letter from CA to say it had stopped due to getting lcwra
Was it a letter through the post or your UC Journal?
As far as I know you can get Carers Allowance + LCWRA, but not Carers Element + LCWRA.
If you look at a statement from before your LCWRA award, is Carers Element listed on there?
Currently £201.68, was £198.31 pre April.
It was a letter through the post. Carers allowance is on my statement from before I got lcwra
The carers allowance showed as a deduction of £353.xx on your previous statement?
That's beyond my knowledge then as I thought you could get Carers Allowance alongside LCWRA, and I'm not aware of any recent rule changes.
https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/Forums/1627782/Free-Tools/viewthread/20671
(from November)
Yes that's right. I will look into it, thanks for your help
Perhaps a trained benefits advisor can assist with why CA stopped, and also advise on a retrospective Carers Element claim.
https://advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/
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