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Hi, my name is veron64!
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Carers element universal credit backdating
I currently get uc with lcrwa and pip for my physical and mental health. My best friend ( we live together ) cares for me an awful lot, little did we realise how much she actually does for me and it would be seen as being a carer although when we moved in together in july last year we never thought of adding carers element…
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Messages on UC Journal
Hi, I’ve started receiving messages on UC journal about invites to talk to someone about work and whether I’d be interested in looking at opportunities. They say the conversation won’t affect my LCWRA or PIP but I’m worried there is a trap in there. Has anyone else been receiving these messages on their journal?
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Volunteering
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…
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Hi, my name is charliebarnes! UC50 Form help
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Will closing UC claim trigger review in another?
Hi, if you close your UC claim due to being too anxious to do the review, will it prompt a review in the likes of PIP and ESA? Many thanks
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WCA withdrawn after waiting 12 months
Hello, I was hoping to get some advice. I'm currently on UC and I started submitting fit notes from May 2024, recieved the WCA form in July, completed and sent back in August, before due date. I then had the assessment on October 8th 2024 via video call. I've waited patiently for an update, around the 6 month mark I…
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Trusting council with my data
The council said i could have help to clean but i dont really want it and i have been very ill with pain thats why things got bad. My issue is twice i tried to give 6 months bank statements the first time i had error from bank 'general error' and i lost lost login as i clear cookies to try access bank but it wiped my ref…
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Moving in with a partner
Hey! I currently receive pip standard daily living and lcwra. Me and my partner have been together for nearly 14 years and we both still live with parents because I've never been able to work and earn enough for us to move out together and live comfortably (this was before I knew anything about benefits and what I'm…
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Employment gap and UC payments
both my wife and I work, we have 3 children all school age and we rent our home. We rely on UC to top up our wages as my full time wage is rubbish and my wife only works part time. I recently started a new job and am still in the probationary period. The job isn’t working out as I seem to be pushed into doing overtime…
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Question on if I have acted within Universal Credit rules
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…
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ESA to UC Portal Registration
Hey all! I have a disabled younger sister (35) who is currently on ESA but needs to move to UC. My mum is her appointee and received a letter to notify this change a few weeks ago and we were a bit confused about the online portal registration. At the start of the registration process you are asked "are you applying for…
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Another Universal Credit / LCWRA query.
I'm really confused about when I will be paid and what I will receive. I started a UC claim at the beginning of the year and started submitting sick notes shortly after. I was found to have qualified for LCWRA on the 29/05 and was told that i would have to wait another 3 full assessment periods before i receive it. My last…
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Lwcra - Over 3 months wait for payment after supplying fit notes
I started sending sick notes from June 9th and have just been awarded lcwra they're saying I will receive a higher amount from November why is it longer than 3 months for the payment,and do I have to ask for the back pay or is it automatically given
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Hi, my name is Ang1336! Can we claim disability premiums?
hi my husband claimed CA for me as my carer he stopped claiming on 22nd August up till he got his pip at standard rate,and has now applied for new style esa ,he’s been told that because he’s on pips he will go into the support group.I also get pips but enhanced on both, I’m also in the support group. Can claim disability…
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in search of disappeared money......
Hi Everyone, I've read a lot about UC, both good and bad. However, what happened to me, I've never encountered anything like it anywhere. Towards the end of last year, I was living in such bad conditions that at the end of the month, for a few days, I went to parks and ate weed, I did this because I had a bad relationship…
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appointee for son migrating to U.C.
hi I have been my adult sons appointee since he was 16 he is now 39 I have just received a letter for him to migrate from e.s.a. to u.c. is it right that I have to apply by phone for him the letter is addressed to me.
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Backdated PIP award totalling £9200 in March 2025and reporting to UC (PLEASE HELP ME)
I am on UC and have been since 2020 and was on basic PIP for both parts after several hospitalisation and being diagnosed with epilepsy PIP awarded me a back payment of £9200 in March 2025 and I chose to be paid by monthly instalments. I was extremely happy and did not realise it has to be reported on my UC journal as it…
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Appiontee
Hello again ,I'm a Appointee for my daughter's benefits ESA support group ,pip hb . She has had Migration letter to UC .Dose anyone know if ESA DWP let UC know she has an appiontee . is it that straight forward I know I may have to write it in her journal when she dose an online application . Thanks
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ID for the appointee or claimant?
I am the appointee for my adult son have just had letter to transfer him to uc from e.s.a is the ID.they want for me or him confused.
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Housing Association Rent Increase - Covered by UC?
My rent has increased (Housing Association) twice since my rent has been covered by Universal Credit. What I wonder is after a certain amount of rent increases will Universal Credit cease being able to perhaps cover all the rent of the claimant?
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UC and complex care
Has anyone seeking an extension for ESA to UC been offered complex care?
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Lcwra - adding new diagnosis
Hey there, I did my UC claim review and told the lady on the phone about a new diagnosis ive got (fibro & diabetes) i already claim LCWRA. She said I needed to add this as a change which I have done. Im now really anxious they will stop my payments? Any advice please?
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Hi, my name is olivia_m!
hello! I’m brand new to this so I hope I’m using this correctly lol. I’ve recently been awarded LCWRA and I also get standard daily living PIP. I’m planning to leave my job in November as my mental and physical health have gotten worse and I just can’t cope with working at this moment in time. I’m 31 and still living with…
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UC Migration confused
So yesterday I did my son's migration as his appointee. It would not verify him so I got a message saying we will arrange to call you. I left a message on the journal that I worked 2 days a week in schools so don't have access to my phone. The reply was it was me who needed to be verified not my son. The person I have been…
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Hi, my name is mumsy121!UC migration pay issues.
Hi i was wondering if someone could help me as this is stressing me out or enyone had a similar situation. I migrated to universal cresit end of july 2024 amd I had my 1st payemt in aughust 31 covering the perioud 24 July 2024 to 23 aughust I had a transition payemnt of 535 so i was not worser off in june 25 2024 I applied…
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UC appointment
Can someone help me a merging over from ESA to UC , I was told I wouldn't have to any work commitments and now I have this appointment, should I be worry
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Is the Benefit Cap amount backdated If a PIP tribunal is successful?
Hello I wondered if someone with some experience in this, could possibly assist me in establishing whether or not, I am eligible for a backdated UC payment, after winning my PIP tribunal. I applied for PIP on 29/07/24, and was awarded by a tribunal on 09/09/25. I am aware that the PIP award will be backdated to the date of…
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universal credit review and i have gambling on bank statements
Hi I have received notification from universal credit that I have to send then 4 months bank statements for a review. I have £5000 savings so I am under the lower capital limit however for the past 4 years I have been gambling. I have for example on a few occasions lost £500 and won it back and paid it into my bank account…
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Hi, my name is emie!
my parter works and I have a 1 (will be 2 at the end of the year) old and I’m desperate to get back to work. I can’t afford childcare and both our parents work.. we claim UC and they said that they would cover up to 85% of childcare costs if I was to go back to work.. at the moment I’m only getting around £20-£40 from UC…
