off benifits starting work so many forms please help

A question about : off benifits starting work so many forms please help

hi all i have been an avid reader of this site for many years and have used a lot of brilliant information now i need some myself and i hope someone can help me please

I have been married 10 yrs in a vary happy relationship i for many years have suffered a lot of illness that is long term and now i have just had major spinal surgery last year. i car full time for my partner who has a rare muscle wasting disease and various other things

i have just been offered a job and done a 8 week trial so see if i could manage and also if i can do the job

to cut a long story short i ve been offered it i let benefits know immediately at the start of the trail and have done everythng properly

my oh was getting esa for both and he gets dla hr mobility and lr care i was getting dla mr care lr mobility

what i want to know now is can i get any help with prescriptions for my oh i get free prescriptions for life due to an illness of mine

will i still get any help for rent

i jave enjoyed the work but my morphine has been increased to 80 mg daily to cope with the level of pain i m getting and i still care for my oh i prepare meals before i leave and meds and write notes everywhere and check a million times a day they are ok

sorry for the long post and im sorry if you dont understand i will try to make things clearer later

i am contracted 21 hours a week at minimum wage

when ive been doing the benefits checker its coming up i get no help with rent and council tax but i would if i only did 16 hours am i wrong sorry for the confusing message i struggle getting words in to sentences

Best answers:

• Is your partners ESA claim contributions based or income based?
  Does he claim carers allowance for you?
  Has there been a change of circumstances that you need to report to the DWP (I notice you're prepping food and leaving out medication for someone else, does this contradict the reason you were awarded Middle care?)
• You can still claim dla when working. you should get housing and council tax benefit. Free prescriptions but you have to fill in a form.
• I'm on PIP and started working in June. I work 25 hours and get Working Tax Credits with the additional disability element. I still get housing benefit and help with Council Tax through the disability element and, although I also get free prescriptions due to diabetes, I also have an NHS Exemption Certificate from WTC for help with dental, optical, etc, costs. I think (not 100% sure) that your OH's prescription costs, etc, would also be covered under this. Good luck.
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• I think your OH can stay on ESA (I assume income based?) even if you are working. He will not get cash due to your wages, but will still get his NI credits and prescriptions.
  He will continue to be subject to work capability assessments etc though.
  As far as I can see you will be entitled to some (but not all) housing benefit and CTB, due to being entitled to WTC. You would appear to be eligible for the disability element of WTC.
  You can put your details into entitledto.co.uk.