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I need to decant my home for structural damages. The council keep ignoring my disability and my sons. Any idea how I can get support please?

Motability drivers will no longer need to have a black box fitted to their vehicles following criticism from users affected by the rule changes. The Motability scheme - where certain disability benefits can be exchanged for a lease on a vehicle - had made the black boxes compulsory for new leaseholders, and all drivers…

Hi , I just needed some advice and guidance please. I have a severe stammer and severe anxiety, I get pip for this condition and I have applied for lcwra/lcw. I have my assessment In a few weeks time. initially they gave me a telephone assessment but as it’s extremely difficult for me to speak over the phone we changed it…

Hi i have green power fastest scooter and I want to use it on private land but green power won't as of January will not give information on how to unlock spped on the scooter to 15mph also my friend of my dad's who is in his 80s who has bought one 2nd hand thats derestricted and to restrict to complie with uk law they…

Hello any help.appreciated. My husband us in Universal Credit LCFW since 2022 because of his health issues and has been receiving Pip since May 2024. It wasn't until I had to do a change of circumstances iprompt n March 2026 for UC where I updated that I was a carer that we now receive the carers element payment ongoing. I…

Hi, I have a disabled daughter with a brain injury and am looking to get advice about Solicitors who are expert in setting up a Disabled Person’s Trust for her. I am in the Redhill surrey area and would welcome any tips. Thanks, Gerry

I've just received my box which I'm obliged to use due to my 26 year old being on my cars insurance I am miffed about this because I am obliged to use it even when my son is not present but I have no choice apart from removing him from the policy. This box records all my driving data acceleration, braking and speed all…

Study on Parenting and Identity Are you the parent of a child (aged 18 months – 18 years old) with cerebral palsy living in the UK? Would you like to share your story in a research interview? We are conducting a study to understand how caregiving influences parents’ roles, routines, and sense of identity. - One time 30 –…

i been noticed that i had very realistic dream of sometimes is rage and other times has be panic . i had woke up more then one in a very uncontrolled rage . the other realistic dream has be very intense panicky feeling and wake up very scared and make me feel on egde and anxious . i still feel very anxious even when on…

Family member in nursing home he is completely paralysed. He is funded by nhs chc. Is he entitled to pip mobility. I know that daily living component stops but doesn't mobility stay. Thank you

hey guys me again hope everyone is doing well! So no further forward with review so they’ve had paperwork exactly 1 year so may 2025 it wasn’t due to end til nov 25 had the yearly extension letter and the 3 monthly texts saying they have my review forms etc! Just wondering on time frames if anyone has sent their forms back…

I am beautiful lady who is shy sometimes and when you know me.. when you have my trust - you can see how open, smiling and cheerful I am) I like to travel.. I really do) I like to visit new places but the most of all I like to return in a place I loved the previous time) I love animals.. I dream about big dog but don't…

hi guys, I had my UC review today and it’s made me realise how much I need to get my head out of the sand. I am the person who is meant to enter my husbands earnings and support him with tax - I have been putting 0 each month because I can not face doing it. Today she asked about a payment which was for my husband - to an…

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II have balance and coordination disability and I find it hard to meet new people because I get so nervous

A few years ago I heard a song that made me think about how much time I spent just hating stuff and focussing on things that suck. It made me start trying to pay attention to things I actually really like, such as seeing birds in the garden, a hot shower, clean sheets it really has helped me feel a little less hopeless and…

Hi All, Hope you are all ok. Just a quick querie. If my pip runs out in may 2027. Will I get a review form now?. Cause im assuming its a year b4 it runs out they send the forms out. Or shall I just wait. Secondly is this 4 point pip being scrapped permanently? If not i might have to get my review in b4 autumn. But looking…

I won my pip tribunal on the 27th of April and got my tribunal letter through the post on the 1st of May, im writing to ask what happens next? Do I have to contact PIP for anything, what happens next From Bon clay

My son is 19. His Universal credit (including LCWRA) goes into his own bank account and he spends it all in 2 days on cannabis and lending money to friends. His PIP goes to my bank account and is kept in a separate account. That's used for when he needs a taxi, phone bill, clothes, vapes, daily expenses etc. He's got very…

I am a female with a permenant end Colostomy ... this came about after 3 major abdominal operations, my last in 2017 was over 10 hours long in which I had to have a large pelvic mass removed as well as an emergency Hartmann's procedure ( Stoma). My bladder was also fused as well as my bowel to my pelvic area due to stage 4…

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hello I received a much this morning at 8am saying pip haven’t made decision yet only call if needed my first claim was made on 12th feb so I’m beside myself hoping to get a good outcome how long till I get a txt with decision do u think ? I’m honestly just so worried however Iv requested a report to be sent out will this…

She said no normal girl does what you are doing hooking up with random guys you got to have sex with someone you are in a relationship with. She said it’s “wrong” to hook up with random guys and yells at me about it. Is she wrong for lecturing me this much and is she right or wrong? I am 30 and still living with me and on…

Hi everyone, it’s my first time here and I just need to vent. When they migrated me from the old style benefits over to UC, we were promised we would not loose out. What they didn’t say was you’re not loosing out “yet”. From beginning of last year until now my payments have dropped by nearly £50 a month! That is a lot of…

Heading up tomorrow and will be at the show for a while on Friday.. HOPEFULLY, narrowing down on a choice of cars.. My trip to Everything Electric last year was a total flop, so without another tenuous trip to London this is the next best thing.

DWP advertising a £2m contract for vehicle-based covert ‘live’ surveillance cameras to spy on benefit claimantshttps://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/05/01/dwp-advertising-a-2m/

I’ve been receiving universal credit for some time and just realised I’ve gon over the £16k savings My review came up in February and I was suprised that I needed to be under 16k When I first made my claim I wasn’t Now I worried that this is considered fraud So stressed Any help or advice please

Hi I am 66 and had both elements of the lower rates of PIP from 2023, due to a backlog they extended my PIP until 2027 but recently requested a telephone review! The outcome they took my PIP away! Of course I sent a MR and last week a chap called me and the forest thing he said us “I’m unable to discuss the mobility part…

hi I am facing homeless through a section 21 that ends on the 21st of May. I have three under 16 and I have a husband with life-threatening kidney disease. I’m looking to have to go into temporary accommodation but I have two dogs that I do not want to give up. I’m looking for answers of how I can get to keep my beautiful

So I'm claiming pip I get enhanced for both, my claim lasts till 16th March 2027. Will I keep receiving my pip till this date or will it stop in November 2026 with labour's changes to pip? Thanks for any answers.