Disability Living Allowance DLA for Children Comments disabled
Disability Living Allowance, DLA, can now only be claimed on behalf of children under the age of 16 Following the suspension of reviews and reassessments during the coronavirus lockdown, the [...]
Pension Age Disability Payment 0 comments
Pension Age Disability Payment – Scotland Pension Age Disability Payment is paid by Social Security Scotland Pension Age Disability Payment (PADP) is replacing Attendance Allowance (AA) for people of retirement [...]
Carer’s Allowance (CA) 5 comments
Carer’s Allowance – England, Wales, Northern Ireland Carer’s Allowance (CA) is a benefit paid to some people who care full-time for someone who is severely disabled. You may have to [...]
Carer Support Payment 21 comments
Carer Support Payment – update April 2026 Carers and disabled people’s benefit awards are handled by Social Security Scotland. More than 700,000 benefit awards have been successfully moved over to [...]
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) 94 comments
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is dealt with by Job Centre Plus. Update March 2026 The High Court has ruled in favour of claimant, Michael Connor, who is also a law [...]
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) 79 comments
Adult claimants cannot make a new claim for Disability Living Allowance (DLA). The replacement benefit is Personal Independence Payment (PIP). People who are already receiving DLA are also being reassessed over [...]
Universal Credit Health Element 0 comments
Universal Credit health element changes: what’s happening from April 2026? From April 2026, major changes are being introduced to the health element of Universal Credit (UC) — the extra amount [...]
Carer’s Allowance Threshold Going Up 174 comments
Carer’s Allowance earnings threshold Carer’s Allowance is £86.45 from 6th April 2026. In common with other benefits, this is based on the September inflation figure, as measured by the Consumer [...]
Winter Fuel Payment 26 comments
Winter fuel payment is a tax-free sum of between £100 and £300 to help some older people with heating costs. Winter Fuel Payment is dealt with by The Pensions Service. [...]