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advice on having a lodger
hi, currently i am renting a house from my parents, i dont have a tennancy agreement, never needed one. anyway i am considering renting a room out to a friend who's just split from his mrs and would be homeless if he wasnt to come stay with me. anyway he is in receipt of benefits so would he be able to claim housing…
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Benefits whilst at Uni
Hi, I'm a disabled student and will hopefully be starting Uni in October. I currently recieve DLA and Income Support. I get income support because i'm not well enough to work but also because i have not paid enough National insurance contributions to recieve Incapacity Benefit. Basically i was wondering whether i'd still…
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warmfront grant
I had a grant and got cavity wall insulation. It also covers breakdown of the gas boiler. My boiler isn't broken, but it does need replacing as its guzzling gas. Will my grant pay anything toward this? I've emailed warmfront but not had a reply yet.
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Life after IB - JSA?
Will I go on New Deal immediately or would I have to wait? Thanks.
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Evidence for I.S./I.B. - Very worried, please can you help
I recently submitted a claim for Income Support and Incapacity Benefit. Because I am currently suffering from depression and everything is such an effort, I did not get round to sending it off until quite near the cut off date. It did reach them in time but I have today got a form back from them saying I need two more…
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Tax on Stock Market trading profits
I apologise if this is the wrong section but i'm new to this stuff. I was just after some advice about tax. I have started trading the stock market and am making around 4k per month. At the moment i re-invest all of my profits back into the market, so although my portfolio is growing i am not actually taking any money out…
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Going back to college - childcare?
I've decided to go back to college, and finish my social care courses, starts in September, I was wondering am I enttiled to the "tax credit" paying towards childcare? I couldn't go back if I wasn't getting most of it paid TBH, my OH is on a 16k salary so money is tight without the added expense of childcare, Or do I…
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My turn now...
after posting a thread last night about my sister, i've now had a letter throught from HMRC. It is saying that my tax credits will not be paid till i send through the following: Bank statements for ALL bank accounts bearing my name for last 3 months CC statements for last 3 months Loan or HP agreements with my name phone…
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Please help. tax credits issue
I received a letter yesterday saying they overpayed me 5 years ago I knew about this months ago and they said they would reduce future payments to get it back. However, this letter was nasty! "We have already told you about the overpayment of tax credits detailed above" Section 29 of the Tax credits act 2002 applies to the…
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Am homeless, will it affect me benefit?
I'm on incapacity benefit, but am homeless. at the moment i am staying on a mates sofa. my friend is worried if i give his address it will affect his benefit (he gets incapicty aswell, which i know will be unaffected) but he also gets housing benefit and council tax benefit. as the benefits people have no address for me,…
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Some help needed please.
Hi, was wondering if someone could help me. I did not work at all during 2007, due to not feeling very good, and looking after my mum who suffers severly with arthoritis, and has been waiting for two knee replacements for around 3 years. I have claimed no benefits at all, and have lived off my savings, and foolishy my…
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quick question
I am asking this on behalf of my sister. I am looking for advice from someone who has either had the same experience as her or works for the social... She split with her husband 2 years ago he agreed to pay her £100 p/w but more often than not didn't have it. she bought him out the house so he has no stake in it at all.…
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wife pregnant - worried about money
Hi there - my wife has just found out she's pregnant - our first. Basically, we really don't know how we will cope. I only earn £14,000 per year and she earns £24,000. We don't think we will be able to pay for childcare and she is talking about giving up work until the child is in school and then going back to work part…
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not sure what i should be getting
hi people i got made redundant today and i am not sure what benefits i should be getting as not done this before i am 30 and have 2 kids aged 8 and 9 my husband works and he gets £20,000 a year we have no savings should i get any benefits.
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a few questions
Hiya New to the site here. Just a few questions if you dont mind. My mate is thinking of applying for DLA and IB but has heard that they ask for previous bank statements, just wondering if anyone knew if this is true or not? If they do ask for bank statements, what happens if u cannot provide them, as in hasnt got any…
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New deal
:eek: HI, I am about to go on jsa new deal but I have done it before and it was a waste of time (no placement meant I was stuck in a small room for 7 hours a day. after i finished doing spec letters and phoning for jobs all there was to do was read old newspapers ). I want to sign off to live on my savings so how long do I…
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Benefits & return to study
Hi, i wondered if anyone could offer me some advice. I am a lone parent to a newborn and a 1 year old, i am currently on Income Support and i get help with my mortgage payments from them, I get child tax credits, council tax benefit & child benefit too. I would like to return to college and do an Access to Higher Education…
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Taxcredits,childcare expenses and over the threshold of earnings!
I am a single parent working full time,salary for this year will be about £34,500. I have 3 children,17,16, both doing full time education,and a 2.5 yr old,from 2 separate relationships. Child support is something of a no,no ,definately will never get it for my first 2 children and for my last child is proving an ongoing…
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Benefits and Inheritance Quandary
Hi there, My granddad passed away recently and has left all of his money (around £55k) to his four children: one being my dad. I have been told that after probate each of his children will inherit around £12k each; which leads me on to my problem. My dad is currently on benefits (I think he gets DLA as he's disabled) and…
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JSA & Part time work
Hi I am currently claiming JSA have been for 6 weeks now, I have the chance of part-time work covering an existing employee's 2 days off only. This works out at 8 hrs per day with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break each day, therefore I will be paid for 14 hours. Will this affect my claim? Many thanks in advance gid
