Bit of advise required please

Hi everyone I'm new to the forum, I would like some advise please if anyone can help.

My partner and I are both disabled, we recieve both high rates of DLA, and income support, my daughter is our carer and receives carers allowance with a bit of income support, as she is young we wanted her to get a job and have a life, we don't want her looking after us for ever, so thats whats she has done, she has been offered a job and plans to take it, now my question is how will this effect our benefits? we get help towards our mortgage and council tax benefit as well, we do pay a portion of the mortgage ourselves as the benefits do not cover all or it.

We have relatives that will split up caring for us between them, my daughter will start work at 7am and finish at 3pm then she will take over our care again and do the night shift with us for want of a better discription, so she won't be free of that completely. Your advise would be much appreciated and if you've got this far reading this, biscuits and tea thanks xxx

Hi thanks for your reply, I will seek advise from an adviser.

Another quick question in the meantime, my daughter will stop getting the carers allowance now, so can we claim this allowance to help towards our relatives cost who will be helping us?

apple wrote:

Hi thanks for your reply, I will seek advise from an adviser.

Another quick question in the meantime, my daughter will stop getting the carers allowance now, so can we claim this allowance to help towards our relatives cost who will be helping us?

Hi Apple

Please see here -

www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/Mo...sAllowance/index.htm

As Gordon has already suggested you should seek advice from A Welfare Rights Service, as we can only answer general benefit questions that we normally deal with and give help with the B&W guides.

Regards

Michael

Hi again just a bit of feedback and another question First of all incase it helps someone else in the same situation our housing and council tax benefits have not been affected by my daughter starting work, she has of course lost her care allowance which is understandable, although she does still take over care when she comes home from work, my question is as she has lost this allowance and we have to pay various relatives for coming in and helping us until my daughter gets home can we oursleves claim this allowance to cover what we pay them for there petrol etc ?