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pregnancy and income based jobseekers allowance
Hi Please can anyone help? My husband lost his job and is currently claiming income based jobseekers allowance (he`s desperate to go back to work but is having problems due to references). I am a full time stay at home mum with a 21 month old boy, i recently found out im very unexpectedly pregnant and due in aug (will be…
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Can I get any help from anywhere?
I need to take some time off work in just over a week as my daughter is having surgery. The first 3 weeks I am taking as holiday. I thought I would get 1 week or maybe 2 weeks compassionate paid leave from work. But I am not. I will be off work for a minimum of 7 weeks but possibly longer - I really dont know how long - it…
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Benefits for wealthy people
My friend's son suffers from autism etc. Would he be able to get any benefits? He earns over £100k a year, would this disqualify him, or are there any non means tested benefits he might get, also I guess there are quite a few other discounts etc, he can get if his son is registered disabled.
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Pension Credit - Is this easy to get
I am just turned 60 and struggling to keep working (poor health) and only been working part time for years. Can I simply apply for this benefit and get it? Why is it that 60 seems to trigger this benefit without having to try and get a job. Never claimed any benefit before.
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Housing benefit
Hi can anyone help with this: If you live with a non dependant in a rented property, do you have to be the one responsible for paying the council tax and utility bills if you want council tax and housing benefit ?
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Grant toward tax credits
my daughter has started a nursing degree has 3 children and a husband. does her grant go towards working out tax credits
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Income Support Mistake Special Payments Claim - Should I seek legal advice?
I had to stop working because I became disabled. I applied for IS Nov 2006 after having been on SSP for 6 months (couldn't claim IB as I hadn't made enough NI contributions) and also asked if I could apply for help with my mortgage payments but I was told I would have to wait for 39 weeks as it was a 'new' mortgage. I went…
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Means test for disabled facilities grant
I have been told that I may be eligible for a grant to install disabled facilities in my house. ( for a downstairs bathroom ) The grant is means tested .They call it a test of resources. Can anyone tell me what this involves ?
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Ib50
My husband was sent an IB50 form some 18 months to 2 years ago which I filled in. He was fine and got through it without a medical. Now since we have moved counties he has now been sent another having passed the last one. He has Aspergers Syndrome, Paranoid Psychosis, hears dead people and is extremely het up about things…
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Childcare Vouchers/Tax Credits....
I am in the process of getting Childcare vouchers through work, total of £220pm. Do I need to notify Tax Credits? And will this make a difference to my entitlement? We only get £44.16 pm anyway, which I assume is the basic amount.... Only a slightly seperate not, DS's childcare sessions went from 1 pw to 2 pw a couple of…
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Working Tax Credit - Free Prescriptions
Hi My Sister receives WTC of approx £7 per week. Does she need a special card to claim free prescriptions etc or does she just show her WTC award notice. Thanks
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"We will not ask for proof of earnings"
What on earth :confused: How can Tax Credits not ask for proof of earnings? What do they go off, just your word? How do they know people aren't saying they earn less than they actually do just to get more TC? That sounds absurd to me!!
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Can anyone help me with an approx figure for TC please?
Getting a headache trying to work it out on entitledto :( Couple Annual gross income me = £4680 (I'm only on min wage boohoo) OH = £23000 2 children age 11 and 10 1 in childcare Childcare average weekly payment = £20 The thing I'm not sure on, on entitledto, is on my part it says child ben @ £30.20 a week which is right,…
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any help for the wife?
my wife finished work in 1981 to become a full time house wife and mother,with every intention of returning to work when the 3 kids had grown up.As the kids were in their teenage years her health deteriated,(she has ongoing water and kidey related problems)she has not really been well enough to hold down even a part time…
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Can I claim Anything
I am a carer for my husband who gets IB and DLA I get care allowance. I have been getting more ill myself over recent months and have just returned from yet another hospital visit where my consultant said I should get extra help for myself (I have a cereable tumour) now I would have thought I was unable to claim anything…
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Have I done something Blonde?
Hi, I've been on IB for the last 4 years. My condition has gotten a lot worse in the last year or so and I was advised to apply for DLA, which I did yesterday. After reading other posts i've realised some people advise against applying for DLA incase you get refused, as it can trigger problems with your IB? I'm really…
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New Deal for Disabled People
I am currently on Incapacity Benefit and am looking to going back to work soon even though I am not 100% fit. I do not have a job to go to so need to start from scratch. I've been reading about New Deal for Disabled People and wondered how the scheme works. If they find me a placement is it tempoary or permanent? Also will…
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Does Incapacity/inc Supp Help Pay Mortgage
Can anyone tell me if the above benefits contribute to paying any part of your mortgage if you are a home owner? Just thinking about the future if my husband has to claim them through ill health. he is already on DLA.
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Is it much of a hassle to renew DLA?
I was awarded DLA (both components) almost 10 years ago for almost 10 years and will need to reapply (well my parents apply on my behalf) for the 1st time soon. Will this be straightforward or is it as much hassle as if it were the 1st time? The changes since then are I am now in "permitted" employment which I get a lot of…
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students and benefits
Can university students claim jobseekers allowance through the summer holidays?
