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Fliss2019
Fliss2019 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited April 2019 in Everyday life
How do l get help with benifits..on UC been put in LCW group but am not well enough to work and cannot survive long term on £73 per wk.
Have MH problems Severe Anxiety and depression..

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  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,602 Championing
    Hi @Fliss2019
    Welcome to the community, have you tried filling in a benefits calculator to check if you are claiming everything you are entitled to? 
  • Dotty123
    Dotty123 Online Community Member Posts: 491 Empowering
    Only way appeal or that’s it I’m going tribunal they stopped my money feb had nowt since I can’t use my hands but say I can work 
  • BenefitsTrainingCo
    BenefitsTrainingCo Online Community Member Posts: 2,621 Trailblazing
    Fliss2019Fliss2019,

    You can challenge the decision by asking for a mandatory reconsideration and appealing if necessary. You could use the self-test to check if it agrees you have limited capability for work-related activity (it's the same test as for ESA).

    https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/employment-and-support-allowance/start-the-esa-test

    Make sure you've claiming council tax reduction as this is separate. You might also be able to get PIP, although this has a different test:
    https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/personal-independence-payment-pip/pip-self-test

    If you're not working and you're on UC you should get free prescriptions. I know that's not a lot of help so in the meantime do challenge the LCW decision if you think you should be someone with LCWRA (limited capability for work-related activity). Your anxiety and depression could be really relevant to this.

    You might be able to get help with the MR/appeal from a local advice agency, such as a CAB.

    Will
  • Julie3948
    Julie3948 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    Hello@ Fliss✋?I also have Depression and Socialphobia and i've been put in the lcw group too i have been appealing against it but they keep refusing to back down just bcos i can use my hands.They're asking for more evidence if they are to change their decision and i have given them all the evidence i can get.I'm also a T2  Diabetic and control it by diet so that's adding to my worry if i have no money to eat!!?

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