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renew wtc
Hi again another quick question,my wtc,and fc due to finish 5th april,will this continue or do i have to reapply,as ihavent received any forms etc..thanks again x
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Can someone tell me please
Hi have asked before but carnt find my post to update about the sure start maternity grant! My partner works 39 hours a week and gets £158 recent payrise! i get £104 per week ctc and cb i dont work SAHM then wtc montly of £298. We pay full rent and council tax. I have a 4 year old daughter and a 16 year old brother whom im…
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advice please on change of job/ benefit or self employment??
sorry ... long not quite sure where to start really, ... on 3rd jan we had our house repossessed due to not being able to keep up withthe mortgage repayments. we are now living in a hostel . we have been told that we didnt make ourselves intentionally homeless and have been told that we are now eliglible for social housing…
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How Much May I Earn?
Hi All, I am on Income Support, over 50 and get a Disability Premium rate of IS. I haven't worked for 6 years and am desperate to try again. I am thinking of applying for a job at a local plant nursery but this will only be a few hours a week and at minimum wage (whatever that is atm). Some time ago there was a scheme…
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Back to work perks on IB
Does anyone know if there any back to work schemes that i could be entitled to as i am claiming IB? I have just been offered a job after being off for 18 months with back problems from my last job. Thanks in advance.
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landlords and housing benefit
hello me lovlies, need to pick your brain <ive also posted this in buying and renting> anyone thats read my threads before know that im getting divorced. ive two children and work,im having to give up my home and go into rental. now for the first 6months il be paying out of my equity for the rent , but will soon after will…
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How am i suposed to manage?
Ok I am at my wits end and don’t know where to turn or what to do.. Basically I am unable to work through ill health. Up until January I had a partner living with me, so was just about able to manage. I receive Incapacity Benefit at the higher rate plus Income Support. I do get council tax benefit, but no help towards my…
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Housing Benefit Advice
Hi There, First time on this so be gentle with me..... Just a quick question really. I am single parent with two children aged 15 and 4. I am currently living at home with my parents (divorced three years ago and had to make myself bankrupt as my lovely ex husband made me take out lots of loans and cards and when I left…
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Benefits & Crisis Loan
Hello all I'm am absolutely desperate for some advice, not sure if i'll be able to explain properly but i'll try my best. I was recently finished from work (15th Feb) and have had no money since then. I completed all the relevant forms from the benefits agency, IS, Council tax, housing costs etc and I have just got off the…
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WTC run on after leaving work, anyone had it? Ok it's been awarded, what about IS?
Hi I claim WTC as a lone parent but have given up work, I was advised i'd be entitled to a WTC run on for 4 weeks, which is handy as i didnt realise i'd have to give 4 weeks notice to my sons nursery to reduce his hours so I've got nearly £400 to pay them. I have been told different things by a few different people at the…
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Child tax credit
hi there, im looking for some advice regarding my award for child tax credit. i have a child, who is 19months. My partner claims incapacity with a top up of income support. i am also unemployed. the inland rev award is 41.99 a week. when my partner was working we were getting about 55.00 a week. i contacted the inland rev…
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Taking in a lodger any advice please
Im thinking of taking in a lodger, It will only be on a S**t, shower and shave basis for a couple of months while he waits for his first wages off a new job and then he can get his own place sorted out. What would happen if I informed the benefits office. I get income support for me and my children and council tax benefit.…
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Strange housing benefit payment
Hello, I receive housing benefit of £160 fortnightly into my account. It was last paid as normal on 13 March, but then I unexpectedly received a payment of £1.63 on 20 March. I am not expecting anything to be paid until 27 March (tomorrow). Within the last 3-4 weeks I have sent off my completed form for a review of HB…
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Tax credit help needed
Sorry if I go on a bit, but it is a long(ish) story. We had a second baby in January of Last year. Put the claim in almost immediately, the paid up straight away. Renewal cam and I didn’t do it the fastest, but phoned and told them my salary details, and was told they needed my other half salary details. I told them it was…
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Want to benefits, but don't trust JC to give me good answers!
Hi peepz, N00b to the forum, so go easy on me! I've just recently left FT employment after not being able to put up with an idiot of a boss .... and now seeking another job, but in the mean time I'm thinking of signing up for JSA, and I've got an appointment at the local JC on Monday. I've got a couple of questions that I…
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we will be better off??
im 20 years old my boyfriend is 27, i dont work i stay at home and look after our 3 children who are 4,2 and 7 weeks old. i claim income support and child tax housing/council benefit etc i live on my own with the children. my boyfriend lives with his parents and works as a hgv driver earning upto 250 a week we want to move…
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Housing benefit and pre-determination
Hope someone can give me some advice or guidance. My marriage has broken down completely and I'm looking to move to a rented house locally with my two children (They are not my husband's - from a previous marriage - and the house we live in is his so I don't feel I want to throw him out). I'm self employed - I run a local…
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Tax Credits Help
My partner recently moved in with me and doesn't earn much. I contact TC immediately and did a check on entitledto. According to entitledto I should be entitled to approx £100 a week although TC are saying I am only entitled to £40 a week. I have a one year old child with huge nursery fee's and we both work so it is not…
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How long will does it take for a taxcredit claim
On the 8th of February my girlfriend and her son moved in with me and my daughter. So to keep things leggit we contacted the tax credits office and were told that we would have to cancel our existing claims and then put in a new claim as a family. We did this straight away. As of yet we are still waiting to hear about our…
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Housing Benefit overpayment.....
Until a year ago, I lived with my partner in rented accom. and we were entitled to HB, which was paid to my partner. After an acrimonious split, I now live alone with our 2 children (2 & 4) at a different address for which I claim HB in my own right. My ex-partner lives elsewhere and has a well paid job, and does not claim…
