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Help with UC and Council Tax Entitlement!
Need your help on where to get help. My mum just migrated over to UC after a long delay in her payment due to ID issues relating to her Indian passport, which are now thankfully resolved. However, a new can if worms oorned up as we got a menacing letter from the Council today saying that there has been a change to her…
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To those migrating to UC be warned about council tax support
Just thought I'd give a head up to those moving to UC that your council tax may be reduced on UC mum moved from ESA to UC and once the council knows about the move as UC tells them we got am email to tell us that now she's moved to UC her council tax support is being reduced from 100% to 80% and will get a new bill soon.…
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Council tax hike after migrating to UC
I have gone from paying £32 monthly under IR ESA to £130 a month on UC. My council counts all UC as income, with 50% of LCWRA counted as income. I think this is intentional and being fine quietly. How can you only get 25% single person discount along with 15% for LCWRA but housing element and all other UC is counted as…
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Council tax reminder notice
I haven’t had to pay council tax ever since I’ve been on lcwra and pip and I recently passed my two year pip review ,however today I received a threatening letter saying I have missed April 2025 installments and I have until 10th July (tomorrow)to pay or I have to go to court , what should I do?
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Council Tax Reduction - earnings thresholds
Has anyone had any experience of their Council Tax Reduction CTR being cut or reduced, on account of sporadic and limited ad hoc earnings (less than £1000 per year). Nobody at my local council (including their so called benefits advisory service) is prepared to give me a rough idea as to what my situation could be (if I do…
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Do Autism / ADHD count as "Severe Mental Impairments" so I can get my council tax reimbursed?
See title. Found out today that because I am formally diagnosed with both autism and ADHD, I may be eligible for zero council tax, meaning I paid hundreds of pounds to my council when I didn't have to. I do not have any diagnosed mental illnesses (even though I do have cPTSD). Due to my need to leave the UK long-term, I…
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Council tax
please help!!!! I am a 52-year-old mentally and physically disabled woman. I get enhance rate PIP for both elements. My husband receives carers for caring for me really well. We used to have 25% discount for paying council tax a month. We used to pay £115 every month now they would like £165 a month. I asked them why and…
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Council tax support?
i’m about to claim council tax support and would like to know exactly what information is required by the council on a bank statement? Obviously, your name and address. And your payments in and out and the balance, but do they need the bank sort code and the account number?
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Council tax
I recently migrated from support group ESA to UC. I just found out my council tax has increased from £32 to £130 per month. That's with 40% dis punt! This can't be right & it's a lot of money for me to pay on benefits. So, IR ESA wasn't counted for C/Tax but all of UC is. I understand this has happened to many people who…
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Council tax
hi Can anyone help with council tax in Scotland? I am in receipt of ADP and universal credit, I did get assistance with council tax but as my 26 year old has had to use my address for work I’m not sure if I will get any assistance?? I have informed them but seems they have a backlog before my case can be looked at. My son…
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council tax benefit advice
I have applied for council tax reduction. I am in a mixed aged marriage where my wife is retired and I am 52. I am on full PIP. We have been awarded Couple 35% Cts but I have looked at our area council tax and it says there are two band A's. One is disabled Band A and one is normal Band A. As far as I can see we have not…
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Hi, my name is MrDink! after getting 100% council tax support last year, it appears that I am now...
Hi - after getting 100% council tax support last year, it appears that I am now expected to pay £74 per month. I receive higher rate PIP on both sections and am in the ESA support group. I have 1 non-dependant daughter living with me. I have tried to say that I cannot afford £74 per month and have now received a letter…
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Move to UC from ESA and Housing Benefit—what about Council Tax?
hi, I just got a letter from the DWP saying I have to migrate to Universal Credit instead of ESA (support) and Housing Benefit. What will happen to my Council Tax relief? I thought you had to claim HB to be eligible. Or is that wrong? I’m worried about delays too—will I have to cover my rent and council tax somehow while I…
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council tax support advice
Hi, can anyone please provide me with some advice. I have been told to claim council tax support and been on the turn2us website and it also says we are entitled, but would like to know if anyone has been through this process. My daughter who is 28 lives with us. She works but lives with me and my wife to help care for me.…
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Migrated to UC once I got LCWRW Council tax support reduced but income from UC not changed
I'm on PIP (Enhanced for both). My Partner cares for me and gets Carers Allowance He doesn't work (Being a carer is his /a full time job), so our income doesnt change from month to month). We have 2 children we still get Child benefit for. We rent from the council (North Yorkshire). In September 25 we managed migrated to…
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Council tax reduction/ support SMI help
As a disabled couple, then in receipt of Income Based ESA but now Universal Credit, We receive Council Tax Support from our county council. This covered 75% of our bill and would leave us with 25% to pay. In November 2024 we applied for the 25% discount for a person with a severe mental impairment, and were delighted to be…
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Carers allowance and council tax reduction
Hi both myself and my wife are disabled and are on universal credit and pip each and we are both carers for each other and so receive carers allowance so what I need to ask is does this affect our council tax reduction in any way
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When to inform Council tax that get uc
I won't get first payment for uc until end of April so when should I tell council as I get council tax support thanks
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Hi, my name is crisismum! Starting full time work on CARERS ALLOWANCE
Hi , Hope you all are well My husband is an active member on scope and have spoken highly of this forum and asked me to start off a conversation . He has long-term conditions and disabilities and in receipt of PIP . He used to receive LCWRA but is currently going through hell as he was asked to re-apply for a full blown…
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Overpaid council tax, how do I get it back?
council tax support while on UC an utter joke . I'm referring to the process of receiving the deductions : While on UC in full employment , the council tax is automatically taken in full every month from my bank account. As the tax department is linked with DWP and aware of your earnings . Now , I'm self employed and there…
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Council Tax
hi Wondering if someone can advise me on this 🥴 I never had to pay anything towards council tax while on legacy benefits But yet since moving to UC on managed migration I had no council tax to pay again But I got a council tax bill in January for £200 I spoke to the department nothing has changed ? Which they acknowledge…
