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How Much Can You Earn Whilst On Income Support?
Please help myself and my partner have just been granted joint income support- he is also unable to work due to a disability. i am 4 months pregnant and am a teacher but unemployed- the chance of some supply work may crop up- it pays really well about 100 a day but id probably only get 4 days a month. how much can you earn…
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free places for three year olds
Hi just wondering if anyone knows if the free places that you get when your child is three effects the amont of Tax credits you get ? And if so isn't it unfair that they give it with one hand and take it away with the other! Cheers x
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Tax Credit Compensation
Finally managed to get some sort of result from the tax credits Office, A while a go they didnt act on my change of circs and overpaid for 3 months, it was only about £160, but they claimed it back and stated it was my fault. After numerous letters and refusal from them to co-operate and admit it was their fault, I finally…
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Going self employed, housing benefit?
Hi All Hoping someone can advise on this. I can see an opportunity for setting up a small business where I live, a gap in the market. This is really in its early stages, and I haven't even begun to look at it in detail but there is one thing I wondered about. My situation: single parent with 8 year old at school. No…
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NHS Dental Charges.
I have searched this site to see if this is already posted but to no avail. I went to the dentist last week. The usual check up and a filling. It cost me £15.04 in total. Whilst I was there the dentist was telling me (and there were posters around the surgery detailing this) that in April dental charges on the NHS would be…
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We're having a baby!......now what can we claim?!?!
My wife's due to give birth any day now :j and we've just realised that we can claim some sort of benefits etc but are not sure what. She's Hungarian, but we've been married 2 1/2 years and she's been living in the UK for 4 years. She hasn't worked for the last 6 months and I'm in full time employment. What benefits /…
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what help can a OAP carer get
can anyone help my mum out here, she is a carer to a lady that has lived with her for 20 year, the lady (82 year old with mild downs, and fits,) is receiving AA and basic pension and pension credit. my mum does not qualify to get benefit as she has a company pension and my dads pension but as she cares for this lady i…
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unsure how it works....help
can anyone help me basically im on additonal mat leave at mo and claiming income support, ctc housing benefit etc when i return to work in march will i still receive these benefits for a few weeks or will it stop on the day that i return to work?? :confused: :confused:
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incapacity benefit-what am i missing ?
ive had enough of hearing recently about incapicity benefit in the news, especially how the problem with the system is that the longer you are on it, the better off you are, as that is not my experience. 1) AFTER 6 MONTHS your money rises by about £11, yes we all have all heard that in the news, but why was it not…
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coming off benifits
i went self employed after being made redundent about 18mnth ago. I claim hb council tax benefit and some working tax credit. has im now getting busyer than when i claimed for benifits i want to come off them. If i write to them to say i dont want to claim benifits will they just stopp them (which is what i want) or will…
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rise in income support
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Reclaiming Income support
A friend of mine has lost an appeal re Income Support and has been asked to repay a considerable amount of money. He is now on Incapacity benefit which is his only income. How much can he realistically be expected to repay per week off his Incapacity Benefit?
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Help with note from Doctor
Hi, Hoping you can settle a 'disagreement' for me. I got a note from doctor as I am going to appeal about my benefits being stopped and it says little and is of no use at all. I wasnt charged for this. The support worker that I went to see today says that he is going to write to my doctor today and offer him money to write…
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concession rates ???
is there a standard for qualifying for concession rates or is up to each company?? if so what is the standard or can anyone point me to where i can find out ta very
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Tax Credit overpayments
I have seen many peoples stories of being over paid in tax credits and then being asked to pay it back.The one thing I am not clear about is how they expect you to pay it back,do they simply reduce your tax credit payments until it is clear eg if you get £40 in tax credits do they simply reduce it to £20 until you have…
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Help with DLA forms
On the BBC programme that looks at benefit frauds, a very nice man spent ages going through a DLA form with someone by phone. Does anyone know who he works for and the contact number? Thanks
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Claiming whilst child off sick.
My daughter (age 6) as just been discharged from hospital. My wife booked a week off work due to this. The hospital informed her that our daughter needed to be off school for atleast 2 weeks (not the one week as previously stated). My wife has phoned her work up to let them know the situation and she as been informed she…
