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Hard to find help
everywhere I turn to I can’t seem to find help at Xmas we as a couple are both disabled dealing with debt and other health issues in south wales you have to jump through hoops we have exhausted the right for food vouchers as 3 in 6 month rolling period is all people can get I’m dreading Christmas after my partner has gone…
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MIG decrease with migration from ESA to UC - Is this lawful?
Hi I have a package of support from my local council and had my affordability calculation redone when I migrated across from ESA to UC. I previously had a Minimum Income Guarantee MIG of £180ish per week (because of disability premiums), but it has now been slashed to £112 per week (presumably because there are no…
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residential care on universal credit
Hi I'm contnuing to have issues with my sister (learning disability) benefits. She lives in a residential care home and was assessed for the enhance rates of pip and now she is on UC has been awarded the LCWRA as well. She pays for her care out of her benefits approx 540 to the LA amonth. She no longer receives the care…
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Please help im so confused!
i had a letter telling me i had to migrate to UC from income related ESA which i did and i would recieve my first payment on the 23rd December. I thought my esa stopped and everything would be on UC now (i dont work) I've just got my statement which says as im still in receipt of ESA that amount has been deducted so i will…
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Help with repayment amount UC
Hello everyone, can someone please help me predicting what will happen with repayments going forward with Universal credit as waiting till new statement will be very stressful. I currently pay for an error for housing by them when migrating to UC, so I was overpaid & had to get this corrected, they didn't stop payment & I…
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Higher payment in December
Hi everyone, can you please help. I have received a payment of UC today as usual on the correct date in the month but the amount differs this month of December, it's actually more than usual. I have had the same amount consonantly but this is more for December. Can someone explain to my why? Is it to do with with how the…
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Council tax discount
Sorry have moved over from ESA to UC was getting some discount on our council tax but now having to pay full amount we are both disabled receiving standard rates of pip my wife is a pension age I am not is this correct YIA
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Hi, my name is PennyL! UC Migration and new style ESA
Hello, can you advise me please? My daughter was migrated to UC but now she has a dual claim, being put onto the New Style ESA. So, they have made it more complicated…! I have had advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau that I can either leave it as it is or close the ESA and it will all become the UC claim. So, all her ESA…
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ADP impact of UC claim
Some advice/guidance required please. (My wife receives ADP.) Back in May, with nearly zero warning, I lost my job after the head of the company suffered significant mental health issues which impacted the business and resulted in it closing. (Officially I was a self employed contractor, doing self assessment for tax,…
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Universal credit reivew
Hi wanting to ask for advice me and my partner were due uc review telephone appointment this morning theyv cancelled last min and then moved it to next friday then cancelled again so now its on the 12th then I called up they gonna see what they gonna do as I see it as they can message on my journal if they cant call im so…
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ESA deductions
I was getting 244.65 esa per week plus 48.5 support component and 21.20 severe disability payment. This is 1362pcm. Plus 462.11 pcm rent so 1824.29. Is this the figure I use when calculating what UC pay me and figuring out if I am worse off or not?
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Taking DWP-UC and or their contractor to court for disability discrimination: your thoughts?
See my letter to DWP, (personal information removed) and let me know your thoughts on this matter? I don't want to be subjected to this traumatic loop of abuse on the phone. Has anyone else with mental health Autism, OCD, Panic disorder, severe Anxiety taken or considered taking this cause of action? I have no intentions…
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Questions ref Housing element of Universal Credit
Hi, The home I live in atm is with a good old work friend who has allowed me to live there rent free in his home which is mortgaged. Although I pay towards bills etc I have lived there for 10 + years. Unfortunately he is moving abroad with his partner & the house is going up for sale. I am 58 years old & presently claiming…
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Advice
I made migration claim from ESA income related to UC on 18 November. Appointment at job centre for I’d and claims commitment. First UC payment on 24 December. At this stage I wasn’t aware of also being also on contribution based ESA. Today I got a letter dated 24 November that my contribution based ESAwas ending on 1…
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Council tax benefit paying more since changed to UC
Trying to get some advice about the council benefit and why we now pay so much, been told it’s wrong but council benefit people won’t change the amount don’t know where to go for more help
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Haven’t recieved payment
Hi, I’ve recently moved to England from Northern Ireland where i was in a support group and received esa, I have I formed the DWP and spoke to them today regarding my claim and was told it was still live and my payment would be in the bank today 2/12/25, I. Have checked my bank and I’ve had no payment, I suffer with…
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transitional protection on migration to UC
Can anybody help on this? My son was on Income-related ESA and is on the higher levels of PIP. On migration to UC, he is now on a different ESA, and his new ESA plus UC results in a drop of £54 per week. I asked about transitional protection "By my calculation, he got £489.30 every 2 weeks for ESA, ….. I calculate this as…
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Will I lose my transitional protection if I stop receiving carers allowance
I currently receive the transitional protection on my UC payments as well as the Carers element. I care for both my daughters but only receive Carers allowance for one of them. I am considering giving up the carers allowance, as my own health is deteriorating & I’m now struggling. I am however concerned as to whether it…
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Migration from IR-ESA SG to UC. Ended up getting NS-ESA - UC
Wanted to share my experience with you all, I panicked thinking it was going to all go wrong and be confused in what next to do. I left my migration notice till a week left and done everything through CAB help to claim and they was very, very helpful and got this all up and running in a 3 way call, the DWP lady was very…
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Housing Element On UC
Hi Scope members, I wanted to ask for some advice please, I have just migrated over to UC (under managed migration) from my legacy benefits (ESA CB & IR with SDP & EDP) I know I will receive my last ESA payment in the next 2 weeks before it then turning in to NS ESA Im also aware that my Housing Benefit will be paid for…
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Hi, my name is Paddybenny21! Disability income guarantee
Well here goes nothing!! In 2016 my brother won tribuneral appeal against esa. He was awarded contributional esa and support group, he got letter from esa stating he was no longer receiving a means tested benefit which is why we appealed. They didnt send any letter of breakdown on what his benefit would include so as far…
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Uc - Migrating and 3-week rent arrears
Is this correct when migrating from esa to uc those three weeks without rent being paid do you have to pay those three weeks ps hope makes sense
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ESA to Universal Credit Migration
Hi there, I’m a newbie here. I hope everyone one is well. I am very nervous, but here goes. I made a migration claim from ESA Support Group to Universal Credit on the 10th July and have now found out like many others that I was claiming ESA(Contribution Based), that I wasn’t aware of, as I left work eleven years ago. I…
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UC Migration (Appointee)
Apologies long post - will bullet point to make quicker. *Father, now my ex partner- is our daughters appointee. Daughter has always had her ESA/DLA Payments go into fathers bank account. She prefers this. *He moved out of family home in 2020 just before Covid - Daughter is Immunosuppressant Crohns. *Late 2020 - as covid…
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Housing benefit /council tax
Hi again As iv said in my previous posts My daughter migrated over to UC I did online form . Will she get a 2 week run on of her ESA and housing benefit . Not sure if I have to inform housing benefit and council tax that she has migrated will they know or do I have to inform them thanks
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Managed migration and cost of living issues
Hope someone can advise. Long term ESA in support group with SDP - managed migration to UC. If Transitional Protection eroded by uplift in other benefits that means overall benefits wont increase for 5 years. for example if get £150 per month TP and benefits uplifted £30 per month annually, it will take 5 years to erode…
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UC FORM *URGENT QUESTION* PLEASE?
On the UC claim form it oes not have an Option to declare *Living with Parents/Family. On filling out the claim with my daughter on the *Housing part it asks "who lives with you" - Does she of course include my details -? But it makes it look as if I'm living with her.....instead of the fact that she lives at home with me,…
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Wife given UC job focused interview - both care for children. Is this right?
Myself getting PIP advance rate for carrying and lower rate for mobility I have a seven year old son autistic nonverbal. He gets DLA higher rate for caring and mobility and I have four year-old son who get DLA middle rate for caring only and 1/5 year baby we claim with my wife as a joint clime . I am getting careers…
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UC work commitments as a student
Hi all, I’m hoping to get some advice regarding my Universal Credit commitments. My husband recently migrated from ESA to UC, and we had to make a joint claim. He has Limited Capability for Work (LCW), so I understand that I’m expected to meet some work requirements. However, I’m a full-time student and started my course…
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Migration Appointee Question Address
So Sorry to have to write another post. *Please excuse long post. *Daughters father is her appointee...he's always been her appointee since she first received ESA years ago. In 2020 Covid lockdown he had to leave the family home so he could continue to work and to protect my Daughter from Covid - She is Immunosuppressant…