I imagine they’ll be lot of relating articles from the upcoming tory conference to post in the next but (and excuse my choice of language) I’m so fed up of ministers like Hunt and Stride seeing a ...
Discussion in Benefits and financial support - 30 Sep 2023
I'm new here and wondered if anyone had any idea about what is and isn't regarded as deprivation of capital for means tested benefits. Me and hubby are both disabled, get PIP at standard rate daily ...
Discussion in Benefits and financial support - 16 Apr 2021
Why does it feel like every year when the budget comes out our benefits barely go up? Yet constantly the government's fat cats are always given massive pay rises. Its not just me thinking this is it? ...
Discussion in Coffee lounge - 21 Mar 2021
Giving with one hand and taking away with another. How increases in benefits leaves the disabled, elderly and vulnerable worse off. In April 2018 James B (a retired army veteran ...
Discussion in Benefits and financial support - 25 Jan 2019
The Government says that the PIP caters for the elements of sdp and edp where the DLA didnt. Therefore the sdp and edp are not to be considered in the mandatory universal credit roll out from July ...
Discussion in Universal Credit (UC) - 26 Mar 2018
Hello there, I have joined here to ask a question on behalf of my friend who is very talented and would like to make an income from her art and music. She has ASD APD dyslexia dyspraxia sensory ...
Discussion in Benefits and financial support - 20 Jan 2022
hi all,, my wife and i are on ESA and get £180 a week for us as a couple because i'm disabled and so is my wife. we dont drink, dont smoke, and dont have holidays, etc, we were paying £140 per month ...
Discussion in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - 17 Sep 2021
Never has those words meant so much. What is the price we pay for the cost of just living? These costs are costs incurred before you even put the key in the door, assuming your not homeless ...
Discussion in Cost of living - 28 Dec 2022
Hello, I’m a support worker for a severely autistic client who is non verbal and in the last year experienced serious trauma after being groomed by a predator who he was led to believe was his ...
Discussion in Universal Credit (UC) - 15 Feb 2023
Hello there, I wonder if anyone can help me as I try to support my disabled son against the DWP. Back in Oct 2009 my son Guy was diagnosed with ataxia, a degenerative neurological condition with no ...
Discussion in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - 8 Aug 2023