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Oh dear, I'm so sorry :( Must admit, those "many avenues" don't appear to exist in my part of London :( I think I'd probably do better if I moved my house a couple of hundred yards down the road so that it was in a different borough.

I suppose this is technically off-topic, but: for the past couple of weeks I've been unable to access (i.e. post on) the Benefits & Work forum. I paid for a year's membership earlier this year; the website has my username and password stored under "Remember Me" (I can see the username, and the...

Coming to this rather late, I'm afraid, but ... You *have* to register as self-employed within 3 months of starting being freelance (I think it may be debatable whether this is defined as the first time you receive income from it?). HMRC may fine you if you don't. If you're living on your...

The BBC is reporting that pregabalin is being reclassified as a Class C drug - I'm not too sure what implication that has for people on here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47766520

Well, to be fair, I guess the ESA dept. and the PIP dept. probably don't cross-reference when they do stuff, and the PIP should have been way ahead of where it is now if there hadn't been a number of delays. It's just that it's 3 years since her last ESA assessment, so I guess it's time for...

Unbelievable. Literally no sooner do I get shot of this appeal than a Capability for Work questionnaire arrives on the doormat. You couldn't make it up! This is really going to push her into a relapse - she was already exhausted from the appeal :(

There's been some coverage of the Miley v. Friends Life case on here, I see, but this appears to have slipped through the net: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/evening-standard-west-end-final/20190301/281642486468311/textview From what's been said, I could understand Friends Life's scepticism...

This is very confusing: when I click on the original link, I only get a 1-page document. When I go to the website I get 2 pages. Yet the screenshot shows 1/9. ????

Well, I've got that out of the way for now, so here are some tips and recommendations from me: Government's own guide to benefit appeals is quite useful (plus you'll need it to start your appeal anyway): https://www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision The DWP produces assessment guides: Part 1 goes...

Thank you everyone for your support thus far. I may come back and pick up on individual bits of your posts when I'm not supposed to be working (ahem!), but one thing I will say now is that I *have* found this site extremely helpful, both the PDF file and the website itself...

Less than 24 hours of being registered as a member, and I've already been awarded a Trophy! Anyway, that wasn't why I signed up: I joined here to ask if anyone had any pointers in relation to how to deal with a PIP appeal, since my caree has just had her mandatory reconsideration rejected...

Just caught it repeated on BBC News channel. It includes the following: Nearly ¾ of claimants win their cases on appeal A patient with MS got 0 points and was told she had no mobility issues, despite really being able to go out only using a mobility scooter. Her tribunal was arranged almost...

If you didn't catch the 10 O'clock News tonight (and possibly the 6 pm one too) and can catch up with it (I think news is only available on iPlayer for up to 24 hours?), you might be interested to see the report on PIP, incorrect PIP decisions and the backlog of appeals resulting from it. More...

This is what worries me - and I'm going to have to face it in due course.

Ah. If true, that would explain why my caree's MR decision stated that she had claimed for virtually everything, rather than just the mobility and food preparation she had actually claimed for!