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moving and housing benefit
I'm about to move from a housing association property to a private rental with my new tenancy starting on June 29th. I'm already on full housing benefit and know that changing to the new address wont be a problem. Having spoken to my housing offficer (at housing assoc) she has told me she thinks there are certain…
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Son leaving college..benefit help req'd plz
Morning all :) Just thought I would enquire here if anybody can help me out... My son (18) is due to finish his 2nd year of a levels in 2 days time, he currently lives at home with me still, I gather (of the top of my head) I need to advise the following ppl of this fact and will therefore lose these benefits..child…
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Self Employed...Entitled To Anything?
Hello :) Not sure this is the right section to be posting in but i'm in a bit of a worry mood. I'm currently earning £15 a week total from a small cafe job I do on a monday (they can't give me any more hours), tuesday to saturday I run my own shop in my local village and currently cover rent and very little more so haven't…
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Working out Nursery Fees
Hi, i made a mistake and havent been taking into account that my son got 12.5 hours free per week since he was 3. I had my weekly childcare cost down as £201 as the monthly fee was £873 (873x12 divided by 52) He was 3 in 2007 so the awards that are incorrect are 07-08 and 08-09. I claimed childcare from 21/08/07-05/04/08…
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JSA Contributions Base to JSA Income Based
Hi all, I have just had a letter from jobseekers to advise that my max allowance of 182 days for JSA Contributions Base is not far away. Can anyone tell me what happens when the 182 day comes up. Do i need to put in a new claim or contact them before hand or does everything get done automaticaly over to income based if i…
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Tax credits different dates
This maybe confusing and I'm not exactly sure myself but someone maybe able to help me. My ExOH left in November 2008 I cancelled our joint claim and started to put in for a single tax credits claim. I didn't rush the details in because I didn't want to be chopping and changing month to month if he came back and then left…
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ESA Help Needed???
Hello Everyone I have just started claiming ESA recently and my partner was on Contributions based JSA, anyway his 6 month period was coming to a end and he was told he will need to go to the jobcentre. So we both went down and they basically turned around to him and said have you got a partner and he said yes, she asked…
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Reclaiming PAYE Tax
Hello all, I wasn't sure where to ask this question so I thought I'd post it in this board. I am a 22 year old student working part time (yearly salary of £4800) and as such I don't need to pay any tax on my income as my salary falls below the threshold. However over Easter I worked 48 hours of overtime resulting in an…
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15.5 hours, working tax credit advice?
I have been offered a job working 15.5 hours per week, i currently work 19.5. My husband works 37.5 hours earning £16,500 p/a. Would we be eligable to claim any benefits or working tax credits? Any advice would be grateful!
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Advice on maternity allowance and benefits.
Hope this doesn't get too confusing. I am married and our baby is due in August. Due to being on a temporary teaching contract I won't be entitled to SMP but i will get maternity allowance. It will be a huge drop in our money each month. I am a british national but my husband isn't- he is seeking asylum as his country…
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Underpayment with disabled child
We've recently had our provisional notice through about the benefits we're going to get next year, and on it we've now got a disabled payment for our daughter; the payment though is only backdated until the 20th December 2008, when we have been claiming the lower part of disability benefit since September 2006. I've spoken…
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WTC and/or CTC with wife and child not in the UK yet
Hi all, i think i know the answer will be no, but just wanted to double check. I'm a married guy who earns 19475pa. I got married last year and we are just waiting for the visa to come though (my wife is not British) I also now have a step daughter (3 years old). As it stands at the moment i'm not claiming anything and…
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Resignation due to ill health and benefits
Hi everyone firstly I'll apologise if this has been asked before.. i did a quick search of the forum but couldn't find anything within the first 10 pages or so ;) I suffer from endometriosis and have been off work on off for years due to it.. i even left the army after 9 years as i found it too hard to work in that…
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Relation now widowed - advice pls
The relation is a pensioner, her husband just died. They owned their house outright. She receives a state pension of about £52/wk. Her husband had a state pension and a few private pensions (small ones not sure if they carry on to her or ??? yet). They had no savings (apart from one isa which is paying for his funeral).…
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DLA Help
Please can anyone advise me, my oh is on higher rate mobiltity and low rate care. he has severe spinal problems and is needing more help from me than before he was awarded the above. he has just come out of hospital again this is 2nd time in 9months, i know we should be grateful for what we have got but xtra help would be…
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anyone know how long a wtc/ctc application is taking to process these days?
Just put my application in the post today and I am wonderin how long it is taking to go through? thanks
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IB Tribunal Appeals - how long?
had my IB (which I have been claiming since 2003) stopped in June 2008 due to an incorrect medical (medical examiner input an untrue account of my illness) consequently I have been without any payment since then, put in an appeal in July 2008 (as soon as I found out my money had been stopped) and I am still waiting for the…
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Housing benefit for self employed
Hi, I'm wondering if someone could help me. Two years ago I became self employed - to say it's been a struggle financially is an understatement! To cut a long story short I've fallen behind with my rent recently so decided to try and apply for housing benefit. The form arrived this morning, or should I say book!! I've just…
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can i claim housing benefit?
hi, im just wondering whether me and my partner would be able to claim housing benefit... i assumed we wouldnt be entitled due to what he earns but our letting agency has told us that we might be entitled to something... ive asked for the forms just in case , but just wondering if anyone here could shed any light in the…
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tax credits change of hours and childcare
Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone may be able to advise me ? I currently work part time 18 hours with and income of around 9500 plus bonuses which could be another £1600,my partner is currently working 37 hours a weekat £370 gross,the job is currently just temp and they are advising him month by month if they still…