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Housing Benefit & Child Maintenance
Hi, I have recentle been left by my partner of the last nine years. He was not the father of my children. I have just started claiming housing benefit and I currently receive child maintenance from my childrens father. He has recently started a new business and says that he cannot pay me maintenance any more. Will I be…
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18 year old housing benefits/other benefits?
Hi, I hope this is in the right place. I'm 18 years old and for reasons I'd rather not go into I think it's time to leave home. I get DLA (£133 a month, lowest) and Incapacity (about £150 a month?). I don't get that though, it goes to my mum's account to help pay for food and stuff. But now I need to get away and I was…
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Don't qualify for benefits... will I have to pay for counselling?
Apologies if this is the wrong section, but I wasn't sure where else to post it :confused: I'm currently unemployed for health reasons but do not qualify for benefits (at least I don't think I do). I have an appointment for the doctor's soon, and am wondering whether if they offer me counselling, I will have to pay for it?…
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Working Tax Credit Issues
Hi I'm starting a new job on Monday, £14,750 a year before tax, and think I'm eligible for working tax credit but the HMRC website is really obscure, just using the benefits and tax credits forum on here has been much more enlightening! I can't find the right form to download in order to apply, also does anyone have a…
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off work for 4 months
I am going into hospital soon for an operation, and have been told that I cant work for between 2-4 months. Apart from SSP, will I be entitled to any benifits, or will I have to dip into my savings? Thank you for any help.
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Income Support/Incapacity Benefit HELP!!!
Hi, I have just discovered this great site and would be so grateful for any advice. This is my situation... I recieve Income Support in lieu of Incapacity Benefit as I had not paid enough National Insurance Contributions when I applied for Incapacity over a year ago. I also recieve DLA. My partner now lives with me and has…
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Statutory Maternity Pay & Maternity Allowance
I'm hoping to go on maternity leave next year (just need to get pregnant first :rotfl: ) & am holding on in a job I detest so that I remain eligible for SMP as I've been employed by them since last year. I also do regular self employed work, & imagine this will continue on a long term basis & I pay class 2 & 4 NICs on…
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working family tax credit threshold
:mad: I am so annoyed. My partner left a month ago, so i'm back to trying to get working family tax credits. I received my letter today stating I am allowed Child Tax credit but not working tax credit. I didn't understand so I called the helpline to find out why and it's because their threshold for a single parent is…
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JSA stopped, no money, no food.. nothing
Hello, wonder if anyone can help. I have been claiming JSA for a few weeks. I previously had a job in a supermarket. I was being treated very poorly, the management had changed and people couldn't stand the way we were being treated, most left, but i stayed. I was there for nearly two years. Things started to get ontop of…
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Income Support Mortgage Problem
We have an interest only mortgage and planned to change to repayment but my wife is disabled and i am now her carer. We can not find a lender that will allow us to remortgage as the majority of our money is income support and they won't take this into consideration. So in about 21 years when our mortgage needs to be paid…
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information on dla
i know a person who has been sick for nearly 2 years now but because he has been out the country and still is he has been unable to claim but as he is returning back to the uk soon i just wanted some advise from what i can see he is suffering form tourettes as sometimes or many times his shoulders and body parts just move…
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Benefits and Equity Release Help Please
Hello, I hope someone is able to help with this or point me in the right direction. My parents currently live together in a house that they own outright. They are doing this for convenience as they are no longer together as a couple. My Dad gets Pension Credit and Housing Benefit for the rent he pays my mum. My mum is…
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advice appreciated!
i have a 2 and a bit year old and my other half works full time i am a full time mummy until my boy starts school full time - we claim housing benefit - we had a review lady came round etc - we have always always given them all they ask for etc i got a letter this morning saying they had overpaid us 1671.58 due to working…
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what happens in a dla review
can anyone tell me what happens in a dla review? I have just been awarded mobility at the higher rate after 2 appeals and going to a tribunal. It was backdated to 8months ago and I got it for 2 years, and then it will be reviewed. Will I have to fill all the forms in again and go through it all again
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CSA payments and CT/HB
Hello! Just a quick question. I was wondering if anyone would know if CSA arrears payments are counted as income for the purposes of Council Tax and Housing Benefit? My ex had a court order in March to pay me £50.00 per week maintenence arrears (over 2 years) for the period covering (approx) the years 2000 - 2002. When I…
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New IB50 - probable medical too
Received an IB50 today. My last medical was January or February this year and was told them my claim would be reviewed in July. Looks like that time has come. Would not be surprised if I am summoned for a medical. IB50 must be returned by 5/9
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due to ctc overpayments my world might crash
its a long story so sit back i have 2 children and at the time did work full time. when i first filled in my child tax credit form i earned around £13000 a year. my husband who has retired got his works pension and his state pension which came to around £10000. because he's over 65 we didn't know which box to put his…
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Why are the so hard on me?
Sort of a query sort of a rant. I very stupidly fell behind in my CT we werent entitled to CTB but we were entitled to ctc just didnt claim them due to past issues with that aswell now I accept full responsibility for falling behind I agreed an arangement with them last year where I pay £160 pm (more than double what I…
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council tax advice required!
hi, me and my partner recently split i have recieved a letter saying i am entitled to concil tax benefit and then a day later i have been sent a bill for the last year and a half totalling a MASSIVE £1400 POUNDS which apparently my ex hasnt been paying as far as i know no letters ever came to our house about ct before this…
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Mortgage Endowment Shortfall and Income Support
Appologies if this has been asked before or if it seems to be a silly question. I was just wondering what happens if you are claiming income support and find out that you have a shortfall in your mortgage endowment. Say for instance, you pursue and are successful in recouping the shortfall (which could be thousands of…
