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Benefits anyone?
Firstly, I would like to apologise if this thread is in the wrong section. I am moving out ( with BF) as you can tell, and he is going to be a PGCE student. He gets a £9000 grant spread from October to May. As of May 2008 he will not be bringing ANY money in to the house. The money he gets is to pay for his living and…
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Is entitled to right? Does this sound right to you?
Afternoon all, I've just been onto the entitled to website to see what me & my partner will be entitled to in a few months time when bubs arrives and its told me that we will be entitled to £83.50 per week in benefits :eek: This is on top of my partners wage of £250.00 approx per week. The breakdown its given me is- £18.10…
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Benefits fraud hotline
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Been Refused Tax Credits
hi, i have recently split up with my partner who i was living with. We have a 1 year old baby and a mortgage together. Originally we were not entitled to any benefits as my partner earned to much but now he has left me n our home i applied for tax credits and they refused. They wanted documentation, council tax bills,…
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JSA and house benefit
my younger brother will soon be getting Income based JSA.....will he be automatically eligible for housing benefit too ?:confused: ....if he is then will they give him a house or just a small room....because his living with us and my parents at the moment but wants his own place due to a problem. so im not too sure but i…
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DLA/Postal Strike
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Help With Bank Charges And Benefits
Hi There Ive Looked Through Every Message And I Cant Find What Im Looking For I Was Wondering If You Can Help Me I Had Asked My Bank For All My Charges Back And They Gave Me £750 But Im On Incap Benefit And Wondered If I Could Clame All The Money That The Bank Took Of Me For The Last 5 Years while Ive Been On My Benefits…
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Pension v IS
Hello -. Any advice here welcome. I have a joint IS claim with my partner - he's 62 I'm 47. We get housing ben, and I get DLA mob (HR) and care (LR). Partner has also applied for DLA (mob). Would he be better off claiming pension in his own right, or staying on my IS claim?? I asked DWP and they said nothing much in it.…
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Benefits whilst at University??
Hi, This is my first post so apologies if I seem to ramble a bit! I am married with two young children and I work part time, I am also a student with the OU. My husband is also a student with the OU and not currently working. At the moment we receive CB,HB,WTC,CTC, and my wages form a 16hr a week job. All of this allows us…
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partners entitlement, any advice please? :)
hi everyone! finally got myself on income support, so i get free prescriptions, glasses ect, which has been such a blessing lately. anyway i noticed when i was filling in my prescription that my partner can also get any medications free, because i am on benefit (didnt know this untill then). what i was wondering is if he…
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Kids pocket money and IS
My ex gives our kids £5 a week pocket money, but for various reasons he can't always give them it every week, sometimes he would give them 2/3 weeks pocket money at a time. It didn't used to be an issue but now dd is a a bit older and going out more with her mates she would like to get her pocket money every week. So ex…
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Care Allowance How Will It Affect Housing And Council Tax Benefit
My elderly mum claims attendance allowance as she has very bad sight. I live down the road from her and do the necessary tasks, like shopping and basically look after her. I spend every day with her for a good number of hours. She wants me to claim carers allowance for her but I don't know. My husband is in receipt of…
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Can Money be deducted for water debts
Hi, My father has a water debt of £2000 due to chronic ill health and debt mismangement. He has been in touch with the water company on several occasions and we were trying to settle a payment arrangement with them. This has gone on for over 3 months. However out of the blue yesterday he had a letter from the benefits dept…
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Free Cinema Tickets for the Disabled?
I have a CEA card that gets me a free cinema ticket. Am I allowed to watch more then one film with it a day or are you only allwoed to watch one a day? Thanks Please reply quick as I'm going this afternoon. All thoughts welcome
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Benefit for paying mortgage interest...
I'm new to this board so please be gentle with me :D I heard it can get more than a little heated in here sometimes :eek: :( so I hope my query doesn't rattle anyone's cage... :shhh: ;) I'm asking this query on behalf of my friend who hasn't got computer access (really :D ) She currently gets benefit to pay the interest on…
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2008 National Buss Pas Scheme
i recieved a letter from my local council (SODC) South Oxfordshire dc to say that my buss pass is to be renewed next feb march 2008. i will get one that i can use anywhere in england on local buss services. i take it that this is being rolled out across the country. Maxwell.
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please help, advice needed
Hi, i'm normally found on the debt free wannabe forum but have been going it alone for a wee while and doing ok. i'm back as its just dawned on me tonight that i haven't a clue how I am going to manage and i'm hoping some of you lovely folk can help. i'm currently 8 months pregnant, had to give up work (temporary job) due…
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Income Support & College?
Hi all. My brother is due to start college in september, but he has just had to claim income support because he suffers with bad anxiety (it runs through the family). He had a job but had to leave, was on JSA then put onto IS. He has to go and fill in the forms on 20th August to join the college, and he is worried he wont…
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Incapacity benefit advice needed please!
Hi I got dismissed from my job of 8 years last June due to compartment syndrome. In June of last year i applied for IB as i was unfit for work, i got this for around 3 weeks then it stopped saying i could work, and would have to go onto JSA, but i appealed, then in August nearly 4 months after it stopped and no money…
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Is he eligible for JSA ?
hello everyone my younger brother just turned 18 a few days ago...he wont be going Univerisity and has been looking for work for the past few months. He hasnt found any so far....So his 18 now and is looking for work but hasnt found a job yet...can he apply for JSA ?? he lives with us and my father works earns around 20K…
