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Disability campaigners have called on the UK Government to do more to cut the backlog for its Access to Work scheme. You can watch the report from ITV News here.

My friend was made redundant. He is on Contribution ESA since May 2026. He is awaiting his Medical Assessment. He is getting better now and been able to apply for few roles and has been able to secure 2 interviews. He came across the below and wants to apply for the below Travel Discount Card.…

Hi all, I have LPA for my elderly mother. We have just sold her property, and she has temporarily moved in with me until I can find and BUY her own bungalow, max 6 months. She receives State Pension and Pension Credit; will she now lose the Pension Credit? Is this based on my income? As I have no income - I am a full-time…

Hi, For the years I have received CA, it's been four weekly. However, since living on my own (start of July), my payments became every 2 weeks due to 'admin' error. However, it has now been 17 days since I was last paid and there isn't any signs of payment. I will call CA today but it is like speaking to a brick wall, the…

I have been asked to upload my bank statements but I just a bit worried has I sell my old stuff on eBay and Vinted. It stuff I brought years ago for myself or stuff my friends and family have given me but nearly all of it was brought or given before I was on universal credit but I selling now because I do not want it and…

I'm considering this because I'm struggling financially and can no longer afford to remain living in my flat and renting it out temporarily would help me get back on my feet, and my intention is to move back in once the tenancy ends. I currently receive UC with LCWRA and I do not receive any housing costs element because I…

So I got an email from my council asking me if I still lived here as they say the info the DWP shares with them has changed and now my address is listed as "private and confidential". Google AI says this is done during fraud investigations. Its not clear if that is true I havent been able to confirm it Now I am due to…

I applied for PIP last year and got a rejection letter a few days ago. I did not get my report even though I requested it twice. I suffer with diagnosed ADHD, depression and anxiety and am in the process of getting an autism diagnosis. I am extremely nervous for mandatory reconsideration. I wrote a 5 page letter and added…

Does the dwp have a right to see the account you are POA to

We are reviewing your Universal Credit claim to make sure your payments are correct. As part of the review, you will need to send us information to confirm your details. We will call you on Monday 30/06/2025, between 9:30am and 10am, to discuss the review and what happens next. If you want to rearrange this call, send us a…

Hi all Just wondering after an hospital admission do you always inform dwp. I was admitted to hospital on the 1st of Feb and unfortunately was so poorly ended up in icu on life support for 8 days them had a further 2 weeks on the ward b4 discharging myself yesterday. The thing is do I report the admission and if so what…

I am PIP and I have put in a request for a mobility car,I have sent all paper work back . I don't answer private numbers ,due to scams. Got call today and it was a private number Do dwp still use private numbers ? Or due to scams are outgoing calls now 0800? not rung back since,tried ringing been on hold a hour . Thanku…

hi I am renting a room in a flat with my three children, two five year olds and a 19 month old baby. I’ve been researching online and can see I might be eligible for help with housing costs for a 3 bed flat. I am a private tenant and would like to rent again but privately a 3 bed flat. How does this while I’m on universal…

ANY ADVICE WELCOME - I have no idea what to do, it seems like they are making up rules in order to cut people's support? I have a number of disabilities and conditions that qualify me for Access To Work support - and I have been awarded a Support Worker for the past two years as a freelancer. I just had my renewal…

i was reading this forum post and it came to my attention there seem to be 2 different types of pip review forms : ar1 or ar2. i recieved my ar1 form very recently and wow… it just asks the same questions as my initial pip form but everything is smaller so its essentially more questions less space (??)😅 In my ar1 form i…

Has anyone else had to answer weird questions from the DWP before it agrees to make backpayment after a tribunal? I had a tribunal judgement providing me my entitlement; though when I called the DWP, it has insisted on asking 'budget' related questions before it would agree to provide me my entitlement Thats weird to me -…

Can I ask, if a friend of mine moves in with me because they are homeless, will the DWP assume they are my partner and this will affect my benefits? I know that having someone live with me will affect my Housing Benefit obviously but will it affect my Universal Credit and PIP? Again, they are only moving in with me because…

DWP are joke sat on this phone all day for my girlfriend who hasn't been paid and universal credit can't talk to her so how can she get her money down only have one member of staff for whole country

I’ve been sent a B16 from DWP. I was self employed (doing TikTok shop) but this was during a time I wasn’t well mentally and it just wasn’t realistic for me to continue doing this so I stopped a gooood while ago. I contacted HMRC in summer and explained I don’t do it anymore and I earned £700 from the few months I was…

Dear online community, I would kindly appreciate your advice. Following the recent visit from my jobcentre advisor who informed me of the ESA underpayments related to the underpayments in premiums for 8 years that DWP owes me, I am due to be paid £25000 of lump sum. I was very shocked! I was also confused at the same time…

hi. I had a phone call yesterday from someone from Dwp pip to say a decision will be made in the next 10 days. He did say there’s definitely contradictions in my original decision. I asked if he thinks it’ll go in my favour because of this but he said he couldn’t say..anyone else had this? Does it sound positive? My…

So I got a message on my journal stating I'm living with my partner and I'm not and got nothing to hide, I sent them my boyfriends address and number incase they wanted to talk to him for clarification, I stated my landlord even spoke to them to confirm it's only me there and it is. Yes I told them he stay 2-3 days a week,…

I am potentially wanting to try volunteering one day a week for a couple of hours at a local charity to help my mental health and build some confidence. I am on UC plus the basic PIP daily living and in the LCFW group due to my ongoing mental health problems. Do I need to let them know? I have not even started yet and have…

Okay so i spoke with a lovely lady named lorraine today at 11am, she was nice and there were some questions, i notified her that my partner uses my other bank account as he doesnt have one and she said it was fine since he doesnt live with me, but.. she wants statements from my other account to cross reference my payments,…

I receive Universal Credit and PIP. The PIP primarily due to my mental health affecting my cognitive function. Two years ago I have been through bankrupcy, in the form of DRO, again primarily due to mental-health and consequent addictions. It was a debt charity that helped put that DRO through, and they helped managed/plan…

Hi, I requested a paper based assesment as i was not able to do a telephone assesment. Capita called me last Tuesday and asked for further information, the call lasted just under an hour and towards end of it the lady said the information i had supplied was brilliant, she had no disbelief that i wouldnt be awarded and…

It’s been 6 weeks since Dwp received my pip mandatory reconsideration. I got 6 points on daily living which was frustrating. The assessor said I would benefit from an aid for undressing but then scored me 0 points on dressing and undressing.. isn’t this a contradiction? I also expressed how I always struggle with budgeting…

HHi I had a mandatory reconsideration lcwra and now been awarded it from the September 2024 so I don't understand when I will be paid if I am due any backdate pay

I'm currently looking into this, as I need to leave the UK ASAP for my mental health, but all I can find online is vague advice stating that: it's possible under the Common Travel Area if you're a UK or Irish citizen residing in the other country, as you'll have the same rights as a native citizen. You're supposed to call…

my awards ends 10/03/27… I’m so scared. I don’t know what to expect or when to get the forms? Can they just take it away? It’s making my nerves bad…