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Help! Where do I start? Employment Terminated and to apply for ESA
I dont know if anyone can help me but I havent got a clue about benefits and dont know where to start. I had a deadful 3rd pregnancy which has left me with cripling backpain and no feeling at times in my left leg. I cant sit down for more than 20 minutes without losing the feeling in my leg and having shooting pains in my…
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Alpha-One Immune Deficiancy
Has anyone been awarded DLA for A1AT? If so what would you put on the DLA forms? Regards:rotfl:
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family allowance
okay, my sister and i are needing a referee She has a daughter who is 41, I have a son who is 40 She insists that she did not receive family allowance until her daughter was around 11 years old. but i seem to remember receiving family allowance (by means of a book with tokens in it) as soon as my son was born (1968) She is…
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Ib Sick Notes???
Hey all, Just a question, My sick note runs out in the middle of Dec, it is my 3rd sick note for 2 months, as i have one everytime i go to see doc regarding my A1AT and VSD as well as my depression. Does anyone know how many notes you have to send in before they say that you do not need to send any more to the Job centre?…
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Esa underpaid?
I was told by citisens advice that esa was something near £100 per week yet i recvied a letter stating i will only get £47 a week why is this?
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Dla medicle assesment!
I had a letter from dla saying a doc is coming to see me next week! im really scared what will they do to me and how long will they stay for ?
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income support paying for the interest of your mortgage
I would like to know generally what mortgage companies are like when you have to go to them because of change of circs when you need to have help via income support to pay an interest only mortgage. Do they accept this or can they recall the mortgage? I have 2 years left on a repayment but will have to go onto income…
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Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and Savings ?
My brother is working but gets some help with his council tax and rent, but our father died and when the sale of the house goes through (Whenever that will be !) we will get around £124,000 each, now as far as I can find out he will no longer qualify for Council Tax and Housing Benefit, but he says that if the money is put…
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Employment and Support Allowance
If you resign from your job rather than be dismissed for long term sick are you still eligible for Employment and Support Allowance?
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quick question re CTC appeal
i applied for child tax credit in june and to cut a long story short they messed up with the claim and when it went through in august I said i wanted to apeal it as i has been told so many different things by the people on the phone. so they sent me the appeal stuff, i sent it off 18th august, i then received a letter a…
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Customer Compliance Query About Benefit Claim
I got a letter 2 days ago (dated 25/11) saying that Jobcentreplus want to discuss a query that has arisen concerning my claim to benefit. I've to see someone later this afternoon, which is a bit quick! Reading through all the threads about Customer Compliance, I'm unsure whether "query" is actually shorthand for someone…
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Any advice to avert a family meltdown?
My partner died recently leaving me with four children, his credit card debts and a massive mortgage (we bought it 2 years ago). We weren't married, there's no life insurance or pension and the house is in negative equity (I had it valued last week). I'm due to go back to work in the New year (I was on maternity leave) and…
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Time to process Child Tax Credit application
Hello, I was wondering if anybody has an idea of how long it takes (on average) to process a new child tax credit application? I have never claimed CTC before and submitted the application 3 weeks ago. I realise that they are very busy and I'm not in any particular hurry, but I was just wondering if it is normal not to…
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Tax Credits application - employment status and what to declare as income?
I'm getting myself in a knot trying to complete an application form, though tonight probably wasn't a good time to start it (so am about to put it away until tomorrow) DS went back to college on an 'approved' course in September (having pulled out last November), so I immediately completed a joint claim for myself and DH…
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DLA Payment
I just logged onto my banks website and seen that I am approx £3 up on my usual payment for DLA??? Does anyone know if an increase has been given? I'm a bit worried about it as I haven't received anything theough the post. TIA
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£60 bonus
For those who dont read other forums on MSE or elsewhere it might be worth mentioning that the additional £60 christmas bonus announced last week in the budget isnt just for pensioners but for anyone who qualifies for the usual £10 xmas bonus in december e.g. carers,those on dla and a range of other benefits,so its £10 in…
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housing benefit question...
i get £250 housing benefit a month(my rent is 275) but i get paid £230 every 4 weeks(13 payments of 230 instead of 12 payments of 250), so when i get that 230 i transfer it to my rent account but then i have to top it up by £45 (a weeks jobseekers allowence), then when i get my next payment that also gets transfered over…
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Maternity allowance help
I am about to send away my bank statements with my wages on it to the MA people. (cant find original payslips, they said they would contact my previous employer for the information to confirm it) But. what I need to know is, I know I have to send in 13 weeks worth of payslips. so im gonna send in 4 lots of bank statements…
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small income affecting tax credits?
Currently my husband works full time and I take care of our 2 daughters fulltime. we recieve some tax credits but I was wondering if I did something like Avon to bring in some extra cash will it affect our tax credits? say if I earned £100 a month would I recieve £100 less in credits therefore working for nothing! please…
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Tax Credit Payments - Christmas 2008
Does anyone know whats happening with the Tax Credit payments for Christmas week this year ? Are they being paid the week earlier or on time ?