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Benefits & tax credits
Archives for March 2008
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i claim contribution based job seekers
i have applied for a budgeting loan of £1000.00 and have just got a rejection letter because i don't claim income based job seekers.is there really a difference,the letter says i can apeal the desision but what are my chances of winning if they don't pay anyway for people on my benefits,the money is to get me back into…
Can you help please?
A friend of mine needs some advice. He's currently working 39 hours a week earning £218 per week. He's really struggling to pay all bills etc and was looking to cut his hours down to 16 - 29 so he falls int the bracket where he can get HB and CTB. Could he claim IS or anything else aswel? He's previosly been to DSS and…
help with savings and benifits
hi please could some one help me my friend mum has made a will leaving her house to her son on the condition that he pays his sister (my friend) £16.000 of his savings. If her brother had to go onbenefits and had gave my friend her £16.000 would thebenefit office not help him as they would say that he gave his savings…
Housing Benefit!
My freind lives at the moment with her husband in a mortgaged property. She is on the council list for rehousing due to a breakdown in relationship. If the house does not sell by the time she has somewhere to live would she get any help with the rent, until the house is sold? She cannot work due to ill health and she has a…
£4k Housing benefit overpayment from 2001/2002
Hi, A friend of mine received a letter yesterday from a London Borough Council. saying that she was overpaid housing benefit while living there. The rough dates/ values they provided are below: 07/01 - 11/01: £2500 11/01-12/01: £1000 03/02-03/02: £500 Apparently, the reason for overpayment is that she moved out of the…
Neighbour has an NHs exemption card ......how come???
Hi! My neighbour has 3 kids (school age),her partner works and earns approx £25000 a yr. She doesn't work but a few weeks ago she was saying she was having some dental work done and i said it must be costing her a fortune but she said that she has an NHS card so treatment is free. How is she able to get a card with her…
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