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Benefits & tax credits
Archives for October 2004
Discussion List
Sudden Riches
Hello everybody. This question might be of use to many people receiving means-tested benefits ( income support in my case ) and who will be doing so for the forseeable future. My parents are concerned about the best way of leaving me an inheritance. They are concerned about what happens if I inherit about £75000, which…
Back to work grant
When I went back to work in June after 17 years as a carer and 1 as "unemployed" I had to sort out the wrangle between the tax office and the DWP as to who was responsible for sorting out my tax. Anyway this resulted in an hours wait at a DWP benefits office along with the drunks and druggies demanding their Giro's at the…
Advice on Benefits, Housing and Money Saving
Hi I'm a single mum with two children. One is two the other is six months. My patner left me last november and since than I have been on benefits. I'm having a really hard time at the moment making ends meet. The housing benefit pays my rent but I have to make up the shortfall of £50 each month. My rent is £400 pcm but my…
Medical for Incapacity Beneifit
Went for a medical for the above and have had a letter to say I did not score enough points to continue receiving Incapacity Benefit. I am in constant pain from a pain under my shoulder blade, take maximum pain killers allowed per day and am waiting for an operation to remove a cyst near my wind pipe. The questions I was…
SSP Sickness Benefit
I've been signed off sick for 3 months so far (which my firm has paid me for). As of last week I have been signed off for a further 3 months with carpal tunnel, rsi and tenosynovitis. I've been told that I have to live on the 60 pound per week sickness benefit that the government give you, until I get put on the Permanent…
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