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Returning to Work
Hi Today i had a meeting with the Job Centre and am willing to return to work after having 2 babies (one 2 years and the other 6 months old). my husband works full time and i am looking for a full time job too. I have looked on the tax credits website and calculated what childcare help we will be entitled to and it says we…
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What Medical Conditions Qualify For Free Prescriptions?
Hi Does Anyone Know What Medical Conditions Qualify For Free Prescription? Our Eldest Daughter Is Epileptic And We Found Out By Accident That She Was Automatically Eligiable For Free Prescriptions, If I Had Not Been Searching Through For Information About Epilepsy We Would Not Have Known, The Doctor Di Not Mention It To…
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tax credits - fraud or not??
Hi, can someone help please with this situation. There very worried. They have been claiming child tax and working tax as a single parent for about 12 months when infact it should of only been 6 months. The inland rev have sent a letter saying they want bank statements etc for last 12 months. They say that the ex partner…
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Claiming Incapacity Benefit?
I was working before christmas but suffered bullying at work. I left when i couldn't take it anymore and claimed sickness benefit for a few weeks and then went on to income support. I was planning on getting another job pretty quickly. I have been on anti-depressants and suffer from anxiety for a year or so now, but it…
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JSA / Income support question
Hi could anyone advise in the following situation please. DH is getting JSA (income based) as he is out of work and currently seeking employment (seems a hard task at this time of year) anyway I stay at home and look after our little boy who is autistic. If my DH was to stop looking for work and give up his JSA to help me…
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dla appeal papers.....
can anyone tell me how long I should have waited to recieve the details I requested to prepare an appeal for dla? I have askedfor my claim to be looked at again as it was refused, and at the same time, I asked for the information used to decide the outcome to be sent to me (eg doc reports and GP report and visiting doc…
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Carers allowance and temp work
Hi am new to posting but hope that I give all details needed. I am receiving CA for looking after my son, I would like to return to work but need to be at home for school holidays as have no one to look after him. If I do part time temp work only during term time how will it affect my CA as I may earn more than £95pw some…
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Sure start maternity grant refusal
Can anyone shed any light on where we stand? Our daughter was born on 24/10/07 I started getting income-based JSA on 9/11/07 I applied for a Sure Start Maternity Grant on 27/11/07 I got 2 weeks work starting on 10/12/07, which finished on 21/12/07 I received a letter dated 10/12/07 saying we are not entitled to a sure…
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Not working/health problems, can I get help?
Okay I'll try and explain in the quickest possible way. I am 23 and currently my boyfriend and I live with a relative who we pay rent to. My partner works full time but I have not worked for a while due to severe depression, panic attacks and anxiety. I have tried to overcome this problem without medical help but think…
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are we claiming to much or too little ???
I have been unemployed for 4 weeks now. i currently claim j.s.a at couples rates £90 a week my wife claims incap at £85 a week. we have 3 children under 16, 1 is under 12 mths. we claim famaily all at £40 a week and tax credits at £120 a week. full housing benifit and full council tax. are we claiming all we entilted to?…
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entitledto.co.uk
how reliable is it? just put some figrues into it for 2008-09 tc and wondered if it was fairly accurate?
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How long is acceptable to wait for WTC?
I've now been waiting for 13 weeks, I'm really desperate for this money because I'm currently off sick again and my employer refuse to pay SSP. I phoned them at 6 weeks and they said the claim was fine and being processed, I'd have the money within two weeks. Phoned again at 11 weeks, they couldn't find the claim and…
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Incapacity Benefit and returning to work
Hi At moment I am on IB and and at last in a position to return to some part time work (I hope). I was wondering what happens, ie Im going to get in touch with the jobcentre and get help that way I think, but does my benefit immediately change to jobseekers? Or does it stay incapacity until I find work? Was wondering of…
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can ct benefit be claimed?
Hi I am on IB and my hubby works ful time and we also get CTC and WTC, CB and Industrial injuries benefit which means we are over the limit for any rent or ct benefit. However our 24 yr old daughter has returned home and is getting IB, would she be entitled to claim any council tax or housing benefit to cover her for rent…
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tc advice
come april/may i will have been given a large payrise,and also my wife will earn more money,at the moment we get a fair whack of tax credits weekly,but as i dont know how its worked out(with income etc) not sure if we,ll get anything next year(2008-09),i ask becasue my only child,who gets dla and high rate mobility/is…
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govt pension at 50 yr old
Hi, I havent lived in the UK since 1996, however i have kept my voluntary N.I. payments upto date. Having worked since the age of 16, I already have at least 33 years of payments in hand. 20 years of that was working in various positions for local authority so superanuation was paid during these years, I have recently…
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Tax Credits Income Declarations
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Need some help asap
First, sorry if this is in the wrong place. I'm really upset atm, things going on at home and i need to move out asap. I'm at Uni with a full time table so no chance to get a part-time job. I hardly get anything through the loans scheme with it been based on my mum and dads income, and i'm not sure how quickly they can…
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Home visit for IB medical
Just wondering if anyone else has had one of these and could tell me what to expect. I have been given a home medical due to my panic attacks and anxiety. Last year I wasnt as bad and I went to the actual centre for the medical. Could anyone tell me if the home one is any different? - I'm really stressing about it. Many…
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Please help, working tax credit expert needed!
I am a single mother of two working 32hrs on a low income and struggling financially. I have a chance of a job at 37hrs which would bring in £15000 a yr, would I still be eligible for working and child tax credit? or how would I stand if I did the same job at 18.5hrs?
