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He spoke to his Work Coach on Friday. However his Work Coach said they is another card which is half price for buses only, which he can issue. He said the above Travel card (which is valid for Buses, Tubes and Trams etc), can only be granted if you are starting work. He stated that he enquired for another applicant who was on Job Seeker’s Allowance (Contribution based), But DWP Finance Team declined it and said, it can be granted only if the applicant starts work.

Is the above correct? Has anyone come across this before? Or is my friend being denied unfairly?

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 student. As I understood it, she is seen separately from my income anyway? However, I just spoke to DWP, who said she would lose it? Surely that's not right? Any advice greatly received. Why would she lose it.?

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 people I have spoken to have no compassion and constantly blame the issue on something that isn't to do with them!

Prior to this, I made a formal complaint but I am getting so frustrated with having to keep chasing my benefits that prior to my move were fine - I was paid regurarly etc.

Has anyone got any advice, please?

I currently receive UC with LCWRA and I do not receive any housing costs element because I own my home and pay a mortgage.

I want to rent it out for 6 months while i temporarily live elsewhere, and I intend to move back into the flat at the end of the tenancy.

I've been told that once I move out, the property's value becomes capital for UC but is there any exception?
I'm trying to understand how the capital UC rules apply in this situation. again, I'm considering this because I can no longer afford to stay in my flat right now.

Also, if one of the prospective tenants receives (or is applying for) Universal Credit. Does that have any impact on my own UC claim?

I am extremely nervous for mandatory reconsideration. I wrote a 5 page letter and added a few pieces of evidence, stuff like dental records to show my poor oral hygiene, letters saying I have depression and anxiety and also my ADHD diagnosis and path forward for medication.

I knew they were bad for reports but I didn't expect this. I feel like a phone call wasn't even needed with everything they put in my report! Things like I was able to concentrate for an hour. I was a pure mess, hyperventilating and leg bouncing. I kept stuttering, apologising and referencing my notes. I scored 0 for everything which is so frustrating.

I sent off my evidence today plus the letter and I had even sent in my diary too. I got told to start writing one so it has about a months worth of entries in there.

I know its based on how my disability effects me, I am just looking for advice on this all.

I can only wait until it comes back and this might just be an anxiety thing. If it does and I get awarded, great. If I don't, I will fight this at tribunal. My questions are -

How likely is it that with all the evidence I have newly supplied will I get awarded?

Can I get someone to speak on my behalf at a tribunal such as the CAB?

Is it even worth fighting this much?

Sorry for such a long read.

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 journal message.

Kind regards,

Daniel (UCR agent)

anyone had UCR review or something please let us know

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 for reading x

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 assessment and the Support Worker has been cut entirely, with the ATW case worker claiming the assessor never mentioned me needing one in their report. The assessor told me during the assessment that they were writing down my need for one as the first recommendation in their report as it was obvious I needed one. When I told the case worker that he tried to backtrack and maybe some of the report was missed off, and that even if the assessor HAD recommended it, ATW could still decide to deny it. I asked how that denial decision would be made - he said he couldn't tell me and all the info is on their website.

The case worker also asked me to fill in a form detailing what my support worker does for me - which I sent over this morning. This afternoon he got back to me saying they actually now don't allow for support workers to do the majority of the tasks I listed, so even though he hadn't heard back from the assessor yet, he was recommending I would only get a few hours at minimum wage to help set up some work equipment. The tasks I listed are all in line with actual examples from the ATW resources and website.

It seems like, even if the assessor report comes back saying I was the most in need person of a support worker in history, they've already made up their mind to deny it? Does anyone know if/how the internal guidance has changed recently? Are there any orgs people can recommend that help individuals deal with this process?

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 will be,in addition to my previous conditions ofcourse, discussing my new degenerative condition which was diagnosed very recently, and the nature of the condition means it's not going to get any better only worse. Does this mean that my next review will be an AR2 form? I'm just curious what parameters the DWP use to determine whether claimants are given the ar2 form or the ar1 form. Also, how do they decide how many years are until the next review??

I'm just very nervous and I am sure many disabled people are especially with conditions that are lifelong. 💗

If let's say after i submit this ar1 review form, and my PIP continues but my next review is very soon.. do I have any grounds to appeal on the basis of ''reviewing me frequently doesnt make sense because my condiiton is degenerative'' ??

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 - to ask me about a sensitive assessment related activity as a pre-condition to giving me what i am entitled to (as ruled by the social security tribunal). 🤷‍♂️

Its a strange thing to do considering the DWP has no formal duty of care for anything anyway, so i'm asking if anyone else has experienced the same thing, and what they thought about being asked for this re-engagement by the DWP

thanks very much 👍

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 as I was told explicitly by the advisor that the DWP is not allowed to treated this underpayment as an income or savings. I read somewhere that DWP gives 52 weeks before declaring this underpayment as savings. Is that true? This money was rather overdue so it should not be seen as savings or income. So, how do I treat that money? Is any transfer of that underpayment amount from one bank account to another treated as "deprivation" in the case of universal credit application? I worry that if I do so, this other account will be treated as "savings" if I transfer some money in order to avoid having more than £6000 in the current account tied to my ESA.

I also worry that because I receive the ESA as a part of my support for an ongoing cancer treatment and being Deaf and because I am due to migrate to the universal credit; if my bank amount exceeds £6000 then I am losing the benefits.  I am not being greedy but that money supposed to be paid out to me when I really needed during the cancer treatment and afterwards. I also worry about cancer returning and if you sign off the ESA or UC (to which I need to migrate very soon), it will be difficult to restart it.

As DWP will start carrying out the bank account checks on people who receive the benefits, your advice would be appreciated.

Kind regards,

What does this mean? It's done and over with or they just lying to me and keep looking into it? Am I still gonna be paid my UC, I got rent to pay.

Do I need to let them know? I have not even started yet and have to have a DBS check and do some basic online courses first. I will have to see if I can cope with those first and then would consider starting the volunteering.

Really stressed over if this will affect my benefits and if the DWP will assume I am okay to work if I do manage to start volunteering.

I think it is a positive step but I am not doing it if it will push me into having to go back to work when I am incapable of doing so.

Please help and does anyone else have personal experience dealing with the same?

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 everything i had sent confirmed my significant needs.

What do we think this means pls and is it a good sign?

She also said she would get the report done on the same day but after having called them and DWP - they are still yet to finish the report and this has not been sent to DWP.

Can someone clarify why this might be pls as getting anxious - really just want to know now

• 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 the DWP Exportability team to discuss your move when it's confirmed.
• The UK 'Can you claim benefits abroad?' checker claims you can't continue PIP in Ireland, even though this directly contradicts the terms of the CTA.

I can find literally nothing else, which is not helpful for planning or research. And if you're a disabled UK citizen who wants to move abroad, Ireland is one of the few options open to you if you dont have wealth, a foreign spouse or a second passport.

Does anyone know where I can get specific, detailed advice on the process that doesn't require contacting the DWP?

Thanks!