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Question about jobseekers allowance sanctions for being sacked and long term sickness
I want to check my understanding of the Jobseeker's Allowance sanction rules. I understand that if you left your last job voluntarily, or were dismissed under disciplinary rules, then a future Jobseeker's Allowance award may be sanctioned for up to six months. However - I'm also led to believe that this sanction cannot be…
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Missed entitlement for Child Credits 2003/4
I think it was 2004, not sure. It's when the child tax credits came out. It took me ages to apply online and my form submitted successfully and was given a reference number. I waited well over 7 months before I decided to give them a call as I had not heard anything. As I knew they were so busy that's why I left it so…
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Visit re invalidity benefit
Hi This info is second hand but a friend of a friend is claiming for invalidity benefit and has had a visit from them to see if the claim is legitimate (which it is). Half way through the meeting the guy said to the friend of a friend, 'Can you tell me about this £45K in the C&G and what have you spent this £9k on in the…
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Pension/carers allowance
Can anyone help me please with some pension & carers allowance advice? husband = full-time work, low income aged 57 wife = 60 next month, doesn't work, currently claims carers allowance for looking after an older relative. wife is expecting to get only about £45 p.w. state pension as she has been a housewife since marriage…
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What benefits am I entitled to if any?
I suffer from perfume and chemical allergies and I am unable to work due to these problems as these could be fatal for me. I have tried to claim disability but have been refused because I do not meet the criteria. Are there any benefits that I could claim. Any help would be much appreciated.
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lump sum of money
If you were to receive a lump some of money through your own hard work and it is mean't for a deposit on a long awaited house that you can bearly afford to buy anyway. Where can you store it tempory that you dont have to decare it because she doesn't want to be told she has to live off that by the benefits when she's…
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Tax and Carer's Allowance
Hope someone can help. My Husband was receiving Carer's allowance for our daughter from April until Nov 2005. (£45.70 per week). He started working for an agency in Nov and was taxed from the start (His tax code was 489LX) - Is this right. With the amount received in Carer's allowance he wouldn't have earned his tax…
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Child Tax Credit eligibility LOOK!
After reading the guidance on income taken into account when calculating CTC I read with intrest that they only take into acocunt income that is taxable. That does NOT include payments into pension funds or chartites as they are not taxable. In my position that makes a big difference as I give 10% of my income to charity…
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help what can we claim ?
My dh was a Taxi driver up until the weekend working for himself , the reason he isn't amnymore is that the car blew up on the way to london at the weekend. I have no idea what we can claim to keep food in the cupboards until he finds work . I called the tax credits people and she was no help just told us the working tax…
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i left job voluntarily and have some money in bank ,,,
I left work in December due to bullying, the HR officer is aware of circumstances and will back me up if job centre contact her, I have to wait if they will allow me any money or not after filling in all the deatils fo absentees due to shingles ulcer all stress related. NOW whlist this is going on we have 16,000 in the…
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accident compo
After a bad accident I shall soon be expecting compensation maybe next month, i have IS and DLA, at the moment, so when I get my compensation, will this count as earnings? are IS and DLA means tested? I just don't know. I think I might get about 5 thousand pound., maybe less, compared with other similar accidents. What…
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Tax credits for 06/07 - please help!
OK, tax credits question – sorry! My OH and I are expecting our first child in July, and I’m currently weighing up whether to go for a salary sacrifice scheme offered by our employer to pay the £477/month childcare fee when my OH returns to work in January. I’ve worked out that using the salaries we will both be on in…
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Sickness benefit and WTC - A Question?
I was wondering if anyone knew this. If you are in receipt of WTC but as a self employed person do not get paid if you are off sick, are you able to claim for SSP and Housing Benefit/Council Tax benefit for a period when your doctor considered you too sick to work???? Would appreciate any knowledge about this. Thanx :)
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DLA Application - contacting my consultant
I've got a letter this morning from DLA office, they are writing to my consultant for more information, is this a good sign? I've seen my consultant twice in the last six months (I saw him privately as the NHS wait was so long). Should I phone him to find out what he will say to them or wait and see what DLA people decide?…
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Advice please? Are we entitled to help?
Looking to pick all your brains!! In brief - hubby injured at work 5 yrs ago, had operation on spine over year ago. He was awarded originally industrial injuries(£22+). This was stopped due to operation success??!! He has other back problems now(which we think stem from original injury - waiting to see specialist!) and…
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Credit rating on benifits
I am in the process of applying for council tax and housing benifit but was wondering if this would effect my credit rating? This may be a stupid question but if anyone knows thanks in advance!
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Council tax overpayments?
I posted a while ago about my council tax and hosuing benefit overpayments. I have the HB money sitting in my account, im just waiting for them to tell me where to pay it back to but they weren't sure what would happen about the council tax money i owe. I think it's roughly about £200 i owe them, could be more now they…
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Correspondance courses and tax credits
Hello, I'm not sure if I'm putting this in the right place, so please feel free to bung me somewhere else if you think it's best. My husband and I would like to become better qualified, obviously so we can improve our lot with better paid jobs. Correspondance courses would be the ideal option, as with 7 children, of…
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help - no income
a friend of mine has lost his job due to ill health, receives tax credits as he has 2 kids. he has approached local job centre who have said they will send for him for interview within 6 weeks. he has a mortgage to pay as well as other daily necessities with 2 young kids, so cannot really afford to wait that long. tax…
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Tax credits
I had a letter today from the inland revenue saying i owed the £486. as they have been over paying me. Now correct me if im wrong but i filled in the form and sent it to them so they can work out how much they give me. so how can they turn round and tell me i have to pay them back for their F-ups. its a bit like buying…
