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Claiming carers allowence, working part time but make to sell at home how does it work?
Hi there i hope someone can help and hope this is the right place to ask this as i did talk to citizens advice online but all they kept doing was giving lings to carers allowance info which did not answer my questions. right now i work 25hr per week on minimum wage but also i am registered as a sole trader with the…
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Hi, my name is emma85! How long does it take to receive a replacement carers entitlement letter?
Hi what it is I missed placed my carers entitlement letter and I did request for them to send me a copy,how ling would it take for them to send it out?
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Carers Element
I care for my Wife who is on Pip Enhanced I claim the carers element. Since the budget it was announced Carers allowance was increasing significantly and wonder if this is the case for the element as well. Thank you
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Benefit query
I am a carer to my adult son who claims PIP and I work 10-12 hours a week. I claim UC and Carer's allowance. My work has asked if I would like to do a part-time college course based at home which is around 10-15 hours a week. I work from home most of the time and the course is online based. Would my UC and carer's…
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Carers allowance and universal credit
Hi I am enquiring on behalf of my son he is currently claiming carers allowance for me I am currently on uc £0 as my partner is on basic state pension and I claim pip the lower rate he has made a claim for universal credit but hasn't received a reply yet he has also asked for an advance on his claim but they say his bank…
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ESA to UC
Hi, a few years ago (2018 I think) I was placed in the support group for ESA (income related). I was advised to make a joint claim and my partner (now husband since 2022) claimed carers allowance. I also receive pip. We’ve received the migration letter to move to UC but I’m worried. When we originally claimed my partner…
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Hi, my name is ashu1687! Backdate Carers Allowance?
my wife and me in on universal credit.and she is on LCWRA and didn’t know about carer element I can apply.she is on LCWRA since last December and just found out I can get carer element.can I apply back dated? I am working full time too.but mostly I help her day to day help Really appreciate your response.
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Hi, my name is An1! Issues with carers allowance, any advice about what to do?
Hi my case is a little different in the fact that I have been waiting for a old case of carers to be closed down because the person I was caring for died and I am now caring for someone else now but still waiting on my old account to close but I put a new claim in over 5 months ago now for the new person that I am caring…
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Carers allowance ESA and paying tax
Hi I receive ESA and am awaiting Carers Allowance. Do I need to pay tax on these benefits and if so, is it taken automatically? Sorry but I'm confused about it all. Thanks
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DLA careers allowance
Hello all, just after a bit of advice please if anyone can help? My 2.5yo son has just been awarded DLA HRC no mobility for 2 years. I am on UC and have updated the COC regarding when his DLA was awarded from and made a request for the carers element to be added. I've been advised to apply for carers allowance: as this is…
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UC & Carers
hi guys! I’m new to this :) I recently started claiming carers allowance, for my mum. She requires a lot of help and I’ve not been claiming up until a few months ago. I have had to quit my job due to this and I’m struggling to pay rent, so I decided to look into other forms of help (UC) now I’ve not claimed UC yet however…
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Hi, my name is kittycat1976! Would I be better off not claiming Carer's Allowance on UC?
Hi, can anyone help? I have a little job from home which I declare. It's only around £500 p/m. If, with my Universal Credit (which I've just started as I've migrated over from Income Support) if I am entitled to LWCRA (and so allowed a work allowance of up to £673 before UC is affected) will Carers Allowance be counted as…
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Carers allowance
hi what counts as caring to get carers allowance can sitting with someone to keep them company count ? Any help would be appreciated thank you
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Carer's Allowance & Work Allowance on Universal Credit
Could anyone explain this to me? If I'm awarded LWCRA and get a Work Allowance, will Carer's Allowance still be deducted from my main UC or will it then be viewed as income and affect my Work Allowance? Say for instance I work and earn £500 and I'm allowed to earn £600 on Work Allowance - would Carers Allowance, say at…
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Carer's allowance
Hi, my son has just been awarded PIP and is in the ESA support group ( contribution based) . As his carer , if I was to claim Carer's Allowance would this affect his ESA payment?
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Single parent 2 children disability
Hi just wanted to say thank you in advance and wondered if you can help. I have 2 children on disability benefits. My son gets high rate pip on both components. I claim carers allowance for him and along with universal credit. My daughter got a decision end of July awarding her high rate care low mobility dla. Awarded from…
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Carers element
Hi I am wondering if anyone knows the answer to this? I was awarded full pip since 5th January 2023 and we had a universal credit assessment two weeks ago which the advisor told us about the carers element on universal credit. We knew nothing about this and we have applied for the carers element and stating the start date…
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Mother possibly becoming my carer?
Hi all, I am new here. Thank you for all the insightful answers to questions I have been pondering about. I receive enhanced Pip living and mobility, UC, LCWRA, Housing and Council tax benefit (100%). I used to teach, but due to disabilities getting worse I had to stop working and eventually stop volunteering too. The NHS…
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Carers allowance - worried
good afternoon , I’ve recently gone to cancel my carers allowance due to a change in circumstance. I’ve recently spoken to universal credit who say my CA is still showing as active so the deductions will come out next money. When I queried this with carers allowance they said there was a couple of months where I earned…
