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ned help re bf maybe moving in+pregnant and 1 child
hiya i hope all this makes sense.i currently live with my dd who is 15 months old in a 2 bedroomed flat which is partly paid for by the council (i pay quite abit still)and i am on income support as i was advised by doctor to give up work after battling pnd for months following my daughters birth,this has worked and i am…
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kids free holiday
a couple of years ago there was a post on here about an adventure holiday for kids and it was free for parents on benefits can anyone remember the website? its for a friend who is a single mother she could do with a break from the ankle snappers lol
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Anyone got a job after IB?
I'd be really happy to hear from anyone who has managed to get a job after being on Incapacity Benefit. How did you do it? Were the JobCentre any help at all? What job are you doing now? Is life better? Are you financially better off? I went on IB when I had cancer, then went back to work (too much too soon) and had to go…
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What benefits will i still get when son at college
Hiya My son is 16 and going to college in september was wondering if i still was entitled to all my benefits or do they take off my money the £30 ema what my son wil be getting when he goes to college. Benefits im on incap (IS pay it) CSA Child tax Child Benefit Housing etc thanks
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this week and next wks tax creds
hiya all, ive just cheaked my online banking and iv bn payed my working and child tax creds 2day. i shouldnt of untill 2moro. and them i remembered it was bank hols this weekend. so does that mean i will get another payment for next weeks money this week? because of the bank hol on monday?
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Child Tax Credits and extra earnings
I would just like to check that my understanding of the child tax credit rules are correct. I am married & have a 2 children one of them is disabled which means that my child tax credits are fairly high given our joint income. Both my wife & I work around 30 hrs per week which gives scope for either of us to easily…
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Can I afford to have a baby ????
My girlfriend has been out of the country for a few months and we've decided now that she's back that it might be time to start a family. However, my salary is only just above £ 16k although I do have approx £ 18k in savings. What financial help could we receive ? I don't think I am entitled to income support due to my…
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Claiming JSA forever ?
Hi, As far as I am concerned this cannot be true, but if anyone can confirm I would be greatful so I can challange him on it !.................. I have mate who has been claiming JSA for 10 years !, every time he is offered a 'Training Course' or 'CV Course' or such he just tells them to get stuffed !, he has 4 kids and…
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Advice needed re:mortgage/endowment
Hi, I would be very grateful to anyone who could offer me some advice. I am in the position of receiving Incapacity-based Income Support due to the fact that I suffer from chronic illness and am unable to work. I have a £36k interest-only mortgage which the DWP contribute a certain amount towards each month (and I make up…
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Help With Mortgage
I have just read that if you are a carer for someone on middle or higher rate dla then you dont have to wait the full 39 weeks for help with mortgage, apparently we should have had a percentage paid after only 8 weeks and full rate at 26 weeks. My hubby was on dla middle rate and we had to wait 39 weeks. we nearly lost our…
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JSA Hardship Payments done away with ?.
Hi, I have just read in another forum about this women and husband who were both claiming JSA, they have 3 kids, she says the women at the local JCP took a dislike to her husband when he refused a training course and suspended him, he was given a Hardship payment form to complete and send away, but they then told her she…
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Motability Scheme!!
Hey check out the link!!! cheers snoop!! http://www.motability.co.uk/main.cfm?Type=HVFD
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strikes
does any one know if the job centre strikes are still going ahead tomorrow and tuesday, as ive seen something in the paper the other day but ive not herd any more yet
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Is gout classed as disability?
Hello great forum only just found it:beer: The reason I am here is my 39 year old son has just been diagnosed with Gout ,he was sacked from his job last xmas,due to severe gout in feet and knees and no diagnose from 3 docs,so they would not sign him off sick ,and every time he went to job ,they sent him home due to not…
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DLA - Advice Needed
I would be grateful for some advice regarding DLA. On the advice of a Welfare Rights Officer I have asked for a re-consideration of the decision only to award me low rate mobility. I consider that I provided enough evidence for the higher rate of the mobility component to be awarded. While I am grateful for any award which…
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what can be claimed ?
hi everyone, firstly thanks for taking time to read this. at current me and my wife find it a bit of a struggle but we survive on what we bring home, i bring home 1k a month and she brings home £525 a month, but by time you pay rent foot and utilities etc we usally only left with £1-200 per month. We have been trying for…
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DLA and Asperger's Syndrome
We have just learned that it is likely my daughter has Asperger's. She will be professionally assessed shortly. She is 21 and currently on jobseekers, although she has absolutely zero chance of work at the moment due to her lack of social skills. She has never worked. Will she be able to claim DLA or Incapacity? Have any…
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New to benefits - please help!
Hi I am due to go on maternty leave in July and was wondering what i will be entitled to. I have tried to input my information on the entitledto but not sure if I am inputting the right information. Basically at the moment I am earning 21,500 a year and my partner is earning 26,000 a year. I just want to know whether I am…
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Can anyone answer please??
I have a son who will be 3 in June and currently receive £45 odd child benefit for him. I am expecting our second child in June (also) and wondered if anyone could tell me how much more money i will get. Thanks in advance guys and gals.
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DLA care component success
my dad already gets the high rate of mobility, applied just over a month ago, 1 letter came a week ago saying they had just recieved the application (did it online) he got another this morning saying they'd granted him the middle care rate, he's over the moon! we never knew about this benefit and im sure he'd have been…
