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Now BBC1 Don't get done
Dom is tackling the Tax credits people for someone.
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Quick Tax Credit Balls Up On Bbc1 Now
have a look that bald guy is sorting out tax credits nightmares that we see so often !!!
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Benefits For Tourette Sufferers
In 1 of the newspapers last week and am sure it was the daily star said that people claiming to have tourettes is the new "backache" and "depression" excuse. I hope people that dont have this and claim for benefits get caught out and get nothing. So this got me thinking and was wondering For the genuine people that do have…
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*How much can you earn before Income support is effected?*
Hi all. I wondered if anyone knew the actual amount of money a person can earn before it interfere's with Income support?
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Renting to Niece
Hello and Greetings to Everyone! I have been an avid reader of MSE and the Forums for some time now but this is my first post-and I am sorry but it's quite a long one! I live with my partner but I don't have a share of the house so I have been toying with the idea of buying my first property and renting it out to my niece…
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Ive lost my tax credit renewal form!
Hi just a quick one, been searching all day but can't find the form and cant get through to HO - will they send me a new one? Just to put my mind at rest.... thanks guys
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Benefit Payments Lost In Bank System!
On friday i found that someone had been making credit applications and setting up direct debits using my bank account details. I contacted my bank who closed my account and reopened a new one for me. I went straight to the job centre as soon as i had left the bank and they gave me a form to fill in and to take back down…
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social fund loans
Last year (sept) I applied and was given a loan of £700 (used to pay off some debts that my ex left me) I have been paying this back at £8.98 a week. The loan will be repaid in Feb 07. My fridge freezer has just packed in and I haven't got the money to replace it, it's a really bad time of year as I have to start buying…
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How do I get the most from DSS
Not having a very good year so far. Had job offer taken away from me and my ex missus place of work burnt down and has now been made redundant. Situation as follows: I live on my own and own my house and am now unemployed due to know fault of my own. My 3 kids stay with me all weekends but I do not get child allowance for…
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Benefits if sacked
If I was to be sacked what benefits could I claim. My girlfriend who I own a house with will be studying in september and will have no income. Other than JSA, which I am aware of, what else can I/we claim? I'm mainly thinking housing benefit but I have no idea how this works really. We have a mortgage and no real savings.…
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DLA How long?
We applied for DLA at the end of April/beginning of May, but all we have heard since then was a letter about 2 weeks later to say that our application was being looked into. Anyone know how long it normally takes to get a answer back?
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Help, Unemployed Medic
I have just got a medecine degree, and due to the shortage of jobs and the large number of graduates I am finding it very difficult to find one. I have £15,000 of debt, and I have become so desparate that I am looking to travel anywhere for a house officer post. Travelling costs money, and the banks will not give me any…
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refund of tax credits part 2
Thank you to the people who replied to my first post. except the two who chose to attack me for no good reason, i suggest you sue the charm school who graduated from. Spoke to the tax credits office yesterday about my overpayment and they read me a letter that had been sent to the office last friday from the powers that…
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DLA appeal
My DLA runs out at the end of this month and I have had my rate reduced for middle care to low. I don't yet know or understand why when i need more help now than i did when i first applied, i even need help durning the night to get to the bathroom. I was told that if i didn't agree with the decison i have to phone up and…
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Bands for NHS Glasses Voucher
Hi all i understand the different amounts for voucher types for glasses, mine was Voucher A currently standing at £33.70, however we have been trying to get my mum to go to the optometrists for a long time now, she got her last pair i think over 15 years ago and she is extremely short sighted and her sight has got worse,…
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Tax credits - new job, very confused
I'd love it if anyone can help. I've been playing around with the calculators on entitledto.com and the taxcredits website to see how much better or worse off we would be if I started working part time. We have 3 children, all of whom I would some degree of childcare for. At the moment it is only my partner who is working.…
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Council Tax Benefit, Savings and Offset Mortgage
I wonder if anyone can help? My wife has malignant melanoma, and receives Incapacity Benefit and Disability Living Allowance, both components at the higher rate. We own our house jointly and are jointly liable for Council Tax. Clearly we'd like to claim the benefit for her portion. I'm salaried so that will have some…
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Can you get incapacity benefit if you are illiterate?
A "friend" of mine (someone who has put it upon herself to walk to the school with me every day - not someone who I would choose to be friendly with) is completely illiterate. She can't read or write the simplest words and has never been able to. She has 2 or 3 small children (theres always loads of kids in her house but I…
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Do i get any help with my mortgage if im unemployed?
Hi all I have a mortgage of around 118,000 and i have had the house 3 years now. My business has hit a really bad patch and me and my partner are thinking of calling it a day. What i want to know is do the goverment help with my mortgage payment if im unemployed? Ive not been stupid and i do have mortgage protection cover…
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can someone apply for housing benefit for you without your knowledge?
title says it all really. my friend is getting very concerned about some wierd letters that have been arriving - when she has never applied. thanks
