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Pension credit - when to inform/declare extra income?
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Single Parent & Pregnant Need Advice!
I am currently a single parent and am also due to have another baby in june 2008, i want to know how my entitlement will change? I currently get £189.31 tax credit per month, £59.15 Income Support Per Week, AND £72.40 per month Child benefit. When do i inform all these people that i am pregnant or do i just wait for the…
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early retirement question
Hi I have now been told my employer is going to give me full ill health pension but it will be reviewed in 2 years due to possibly getting new treatment TNF therapy. It is only £3300pa but I also get dla high rate mobility and low rate care which is £65 ish per week. I will also be claiming for ib from 20th January as my…
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is there something i can get?
i am going to tell you as much as i can so that its easier to help :) i am 27 living with OH (who works 40hrs p/w) and we have 3 children 9, 6 and 4. We get CTC, WTC and CB. I have applied for a distance learning course with OU and am currently getting all stuff together so i can apply for the funding for it, anyway…
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CTC Help
ive just started extended maternity leave, so have no income until i return to work. i rang the tax credits helpline and told them my mat pay has now stopped, and they just said thanks, call us when you return to work. does this mean, i am left with no money until i return to work? i thought my tax credits would be…
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If my boyfriend moves in, how will it affect my wftc
I am a single Mum with 2 children. I work 30 hours per week, get monthly maintenance from my ex and currently receive about £110 per week in working family and child tax credit. My boyfriend and I are currently discussing living together, but I do have several concerns, one being that I own my property (well, the bank…
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mobility advice please
My 4 yr old daughter gets middle rate DLA .They said they would contact me before her 5th b/day so i could apply for mobility she is 5 in a weeks time and i havent had any forms though do they contact you ? or do you have to chase it up yourself ? thanks for any advice.
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Help and advice
Hi all help would be very much appreciated from you I need rounded up figure as much as possible. I have been offered a job working 43 hours a week £6.00 an hour. My hubby is long term sick and receives lower rate DLA and IB. We have 3 kids eldest age 18 and still at college. at the mo income supoort is £245 a week with…
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can some1 answer this question?
im 22 and my husband wrks full time ive been out of work for a while now and ive tried signing on several times but they have told me that as my husband works we cant claim anything is this true? he is not on the best of wage and we are finding it really hard to manage at the moment. Thanks in advance for any help:beer:
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reapplying for benefits???
hi just wondering if someone can help my b/f gets DLA, IB, IS (he suffers with bipolar) i get CA, CTC, and CB we are hopefully moving in about 6 weeks as we are going through a mutual exchange ... we were wondering if we have to reapply for these benefits when we move or will they just be transfered to the nearest benefits…
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Am I making best use of tax credits?
Hi - My wife and I are expecting our first child in mid-May. We're both in permanent employment, but my wife will be taking her maternity leave. I would welcome some help in navigating the maze of tax and other benefits out there. I've started looking at Child Trust Funds and Childcare vouchers, both of which seem to be…
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Child benefit and Maternity pay question?
I'm in the forces and may soon be posted to Cyprus (woe is me:p ) and we would be living in the British Soveriegn Base Area in a BFPO address. We are due our first child in April and moving to cyp in june. Now I have 2 questions I'm hoping people can help with: 1. Do we still receive child benefit in Cyprus? 2. Most…
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Benefit Q
Are you allowed to spend benefit money on anything you want? ie I was thinking about buying gold "bullion" bars but wouldn't the benefit people need to know about such purchase as it is technically an investment as gold generally goes up in value? It's partly an investment but partly 'cause I just think it's a cool thing…
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How much money am i entitled to??
Looking for a bit if guidance here, maybe someone who works for the benefits agency or someone who has had experience of the following. Ok, here goes: Mum gets Bereavement Allowance of £87.30 per week When my dad was alive he got DLA, IS, and the Interest on the Mortgage Paid. My mum has had to reapply for IS as a new…
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Is there anything to worry about
I care full time for a family member she is in a wheelchair and has a lot of other illnesses and very bad depression she has received DLA for many years and i filled in her DLA form which i showed proof her tablets, A letter from her pension department which asked if they could get a medical report from her doctor to see…
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Please can anyone help me?
Hi Everyone At the moment my partner and I are claiming reduced rate Income Support, whilst I wait for my appeal against the decision regards to the Incapacity Benefits. My partner starts full time work on Monday(I will ring up jobcentre to tell them), I probably will not get any benefits, because he will earn too much. My…
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Free insulation for over 70's OR those on benefits
In the Guardian newspaper "money" section today. If you are over 70 OR on certain benefits, you will qualify for free loft insulation and cavity wall insulation worth £600 from British Gas and you don't even have to be a customer. Even people in rented accommodation can get it, with the permission of their landlord of…
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working/child tax credits PLEASE HELP!
quick question being posted for someone without the net. Husband /Wife couple (both under 25) with one child Husband was working F/T Wife was at home looking after young un Were getting Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Husband has been laid off work last week, and in doldrums as to what he should do, wants to study…
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A trick to avoid going on new deal ?
So i had an interview with my advisor and she said in 3 months time if i am still signing on i will have to go on new deal which is compulsory for me! Now i told her what if i dont want to do that as i prefer just looking for a job stil...she said no its compulsory (forcing me to do something i dont want to do...wheres the…
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Disability car??
My next door neighbour has a car that is something to do with disability ( they give it to her). I often read these pages as to how hard it is to get DLA. I've lived next door to her for 3 years and she's had 3 cars, We get on quite well, occasional coffee etc, but I've never broached what her disability is. She doesn't…
