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Hi, I live in a housing association, for three years we have lived underneath a man with diagnosed schizophrenia. He has been hospitalized for this once before this incident. He is generally disruptive but we have tried very hard to be understanding, we supported him, mediated conflict he often got into and dropped off…

Hi everyone just wanted to say hello I’ve just signed up I’m a newbie

Hello folks. Im here in search of info as to help with phone calls. I have severe hearing loss and recently suffered a stroke that has affected my balance and appears to have made my hearing or lack of it worse. My main problem is answering phone calls. I have tuned my hearing aids (NHS) into the phone but still struggle…

Hi im new to this. Energy management? Travelling with sticks. Luggage. Help!

From the Rightsnet site Tony Blair Institute calls for ‘non-work-limiting’ conditions to no longer lead to entitlement to benefits Further to calls last year for action to stop people with less severe mental health problems from accessing disability benefits - from, among others, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,…

He is 14 months old now and three weeks ago I let him out in the garden. This afternoon he has limped in with his front paw swollen. I cannot work out if it is a sting or he has jumped and hurt it when he landed. Vet tomorrow at 9.00am He won't let me touch his paw or even look at it properly.

Hi My hubby got his award letter last week for a ongoing award. He was given enhanced on both living and mobility, on review it's stayed at the same award. Do we have to inform UC that he as been given a ongoing award because that already know he's on pip?

Hello, I have memory issues so please be patient. Many years ago(can’t remember the number but within ten) I got enhanced pip on both for a period of ten years, I’ve moved house last year and somehow the letter got lost. I had a paper based review of any change in circumstances during covid and my award continues but…

Is dwp going to force me to go to work i dont quite understand what this scheme is about please hell if you can

My step mom was recently in a rehabilitation nursing home in Shreveport, Louisiana and I have befriended a lady by the name of JoJo is is 97 years old with Creebal palsy. Not sure if she is the current oldest person alive to date but I have been told she is. She dresses herself, goes to the bathroom by herself and feeds…

Hello everyone. I’ve just joined your community, and look forward to reading about your discussions.

Hi all Had my knee totally replaced 5 days ago. would like to hobble along some other peeps on this road to recovery

Hi all, I'm just interested to know if anyone has experienced delays with PIP documents being scanned onto system when sent to the "Wolverhampton A" mailing site? My review paperwork was delivered on Fri 10 April pm but still not on system and no text message yet… getting a bit anxious (ok- a LOT anxious) at the thought of…

The Pope has appointed a new bishop of West Virginia, a former undocumented immigrant, who in 1990, entered the US in the boot of a car. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/pope-former-undocumented-immigrant-bishop-west-virginia

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labours-landmark-rules-on-right-to-try-are-worthless-and-empty-dwps-own-guidance-shows/

Hi I have multiple heart and arthritis problems all over my body . I live alone but a friend I know has nowhere to live but he asked to stay in my spare room. I know I will have to pay council tax I will not get single person discount. But I'm on long term sick and pip I'm on 11 medications. I want to help him out but will…

Hi my husband and I have separated but still reside together in the same home and have now split our joint UC account so that my husband can claim housing element in his own right when he finds alternative accomodation but he's recovering from a recent illness and I'm still caring for him. Can I claim carers element of UC…

Hi I'm at loss my ESA letter as arrived an just checked it as we have got £511 this month UC but last month we got £283. I'm also in the support group for ESA however it says I'm not entitled to income based ESA but getting £145 a week contribution based ESA says as I'm in the support group can anyone help as to why UC…

Hi I got an unexpected call on my phone. I thought it was about a new double glazed door that we are trying to get a quote about and I wasn't up to speaking to anyone, so I ignored it. Then I realised that it was actually from DWP PIP. I have made an appeal and was given a date for the DWP to make a response before going…

Hello, can someone please verify if the job centre is correct by saying that I am not entitled to backdated payment for housing costs. I lost a month's rent because they are saying that when I made a change of circumstances I didn't provide enough evidence. ( It was just change of landlord's name). It took them weeks to…

Hello, I woke up and had an emal from them its the same one as before talking about how ESA could impact my UC, since I was migrated over from ESA support group they have always taken a 609 deduction per month this month its only 220 meaning the UC is now 1,200 I just wonder please has anyone else had this? from the moment…

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/01/no-other-plan-comes-close-labour-mps-turn-to-burnham-as-pressure-mounts-on-starmer The article claims some MPs don't even want to be seen in his company, as he tries to rally them in private.

it’s looking more likely that reform will win the next election and I was even considering voting for them , but I’ve just found out Farage is planning on punishing and scrapping or cutting all health benefits , so that people like myself who are unable to work because of severe health issues will be forced to work even…

Hi, I had a UC face to face further financial review on Tuesday. The lady had no questions and the whole thing only took five minutes. The same day, she asked me to confirm my capital and the next morning I received the payments which they had stopped from me as it took a while for the bank to provide me with a closing…

I have lost my entitlement letter for pip

Hi I'm on high rate pip and I live in a house I struggle with arthritis and spine problems. The house I'm in is to big and I struggle just cutting the grass and hoovering up. If I move into a bungalow will it effect my pip. What I mean I presume I achieved points for struggling with the stairs walking up them ect. My next…

A new survey by UK charity Designability seeks to find where better design can have the biggest daily impact for disabled people. One in five people in the UK are disabled and yet they are rarely considered in standard design practices. Making daily tasks and activities harder than they need to be for many. And that’s…

Because u get pip every4 weeks ,it does work out that u will undoubtedly get 2 payments in a particular month! Mine usually happens in October , one payment at the very beginning and the second at the very end . It is quite confusing , but a welcome suprise as im sure u would agree ?😂

just my new universal credit amount and it’s go down so I have lost money when benefits are supposed to have gone up. What they have done is take money off because I get esa and because this and gone up they’ve taken from my universal credit. How can this be right, it’s disgusting they are so under handed it’s beyond…

Hi I've got review on 9 of May. I've already submitted everything why I'm i getting review gain