Carers Allowance Paused Irregular Payments
I am so stressed right now. I quit work March 13th to support my son. Applied for CA and was granted maybe 3 weeks ago. A week after that I worked 1 shift that paid £260 because it wasn't taxed due to it being April. That is the only shift I have worked in 8 weeks. I called DWP up to advise on the same day of payment, and now they have paused my payments while they investigate. Which they have no idea how long it will take. In theory I know if I was a weekly earner I could have earned £1600 in this period and still received my carer's allowance. In practice I have earned £260 and had it stopped. I am absolutely entitled to be put through as an irregular earner but I have a very stressful life and I cannot cope with the stress of it being stopped and started!! We really really need these weekly payments. I have been in touch with work to reduce my next monthly shift by an hour to bring it below the threshold. I have spoken to the DWP and asked them to please just put me back to weekly and let us have what is literally half of my income, and this has been put through to back office as urgent. Has anyone else been in a similar position? How long did it take to sort? I am only working the bare minimum because I am an NHS nurse and I don't want to lose my pin. They are making it impossible for me to work.