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Income Support rates?
i've just lost my job and wondered if anyone knows how much income support id be entitled to for me and my 12 year old son
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Job Centre Plus Scaring Me All The Time.
Hiya. Well I dont really know what to say. Maybe I should start with a little bit about me? I'm Lisa, 28, Live in Devon, Husband and 1 daughter age 9. I have been diagnosed with severe depression, anxiety and have claustaphobic tendancies. I claim Incapacity Benefit & Low rate DLA, Income Support for my husband, Child tax…
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Question regaring Carers Allowance
Currently my wife is entitled to carers allowance due to myself being disabled. Our daughter has been recently classed as disabled for Aspergers. We know that she (my wife) is only able to claim CA for one person. Is there any rule that says I could not apply for CA for my daughter? we both look after her so even though I…
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please help Income support stopped>>
hi all.i havent a clue what to do right now. To put it short i have 3 children.2 of them are from my husband who doesnt live with me but we still see each other regulary,i was claiming income support and housing benefit etc with no problems.as im ;living alone and not working.well the council wrote to me with an…
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I don't get WTC??
I should be starting to work next year - had a tentative job offer from the college I'm doing my placement at. I also got accepted to do my Ma Part time from September - so YEAY me!!! So I decided to have a look at what I'd get on the entitledto website. As a teacher, for every hour I work I can also claim 40 mins from WTC…
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Tax credits and self employed losses
Hi, my Dh is self employed and last year i did my declaration as an estimate for his income 06/07 and I have to give an accurate figure by 31/1. I estimated £0 income as he has losses from the previous year which will have offset his profit. The problem is that his accountant has now recommended he offsets his losses…
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Help with benefits please
Hi i wondered if anyone could help me with what benfits we can claim. My husband is only going to be working 15 hours a week as of tomorrow, so i need to find out what we can claim to make up for the money he isnt going tobe getting now. So we have 2 daughters, the oldest is 5(almost 6) and the youngest is 2(almost 3), we…
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Inheritance question again
I am soon to receive a lump sum from an inheritance of approx 30,000 I have read through the threads on this site and would like to know the following please I receive incapacity benefit now and would like to gift this inheritance money to my son to set up a new business Over the years my son has supported me financially…
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new tax year
with it coming upto the new tax year do i need to contact tax credits to renew claim?
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pension when retired through ill health
hiya just a quick question on the above.if you are retired from your work because of illness i believe your pension starts rather than going onto any benefits( IB or the one that takes over from it.) is there any way you can work out how much you would get per month/year as i dont think it will be the same amount as if you…
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will ct go up ?
Does anybody know if child tax will go up like child benefit does in aprill? :undecided
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my hours dropping of system
Hi Ihave what the WTC call a technical fault re my claim according to the yougov calulator I should be receiving around £130.00 per week for WTC and CTC but I,m receiving £33.00 a week no CTC as that has finished even though my son is still in full time education at school the reason being according to the helpline my…
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can they do this?
i started working for company x in jan 2007, signed off from job seekers when i started working and started to recieve working tax credits, single person no children, everything was fine, 2 weeks ago i was made redundant so informed the job centre i wished to sign on again and informed tax credits about my change in…
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Notice or the sack!
The father of my grandson has been asked to "hand in his notice" or they will find a reason to "sack" him. My daughter had a beautiful baby boy in December 07 and he was not allowed time off work because they where "too busy", so they told him to take a week "paternity" and 2 weeks "holiday in Jan 08. He has now returned…
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Carers Allowance
Hi does anyone know if you can claim carers allowance when receiving invalidity benefit and dla, i still have to care for my autistic son but not sure if i could get carers allowance. thanks
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Tax credits?
i have never had much luck with these tax credits they always seem to get it wrong and now i think they have it wrong again me and my husband have a combined income of 21 thousand a year before tax i only work part time but at the min im on maternity leave im 31weeks preg with twins i recieve £6 a week from tax credits for…
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HB, CT, JSA benefit advice please
Hi, We might have the chance of relocating to another part of the country. If we were to move we would have to claim Income based JSA as it's too far away to be able to attend interviews etc before hand. Would we be entitled to claim Income Based JSA as we had moved into the area without jobs? Also, would we be entitled to…
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Benefits in addition to SSP
Hi, My brother will be off sick for at least three months. He will receive SSP and around £70 a week from his employers benefit scheme giving a total of around £140 per week. He lives on his own and has no savings or private insurance/sickness cover. Does anyone know if he claim any other state benefits to help with the…
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New Benefit to Replace IB - over 60?
My husband has been receiving IB since 2004. I read that the new Benefit due to start in October 2008 would be for new claimants initally, but then would move on later to those claiming IB since 2003. In the article I read, it also mentioned that those aged 55-59 would be expected to take part the Over 25 New Deal. My…
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tax credit nightmare again - please help
hi there, i am furious with tax credit office again.- long story - bear with me! can someone help/advise before i end up in a mental institute? I git a letter in April 2007 about an overpayment for £450, i called them straight away and asked them why/when is it from. they couldnt answer.they said they would look into it.…
