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Community care grant
I have just come out of hospital after a year and been moved into a flat that is unfurnished, I have applied for a community care grant, how much can be offered, I receive ESA and DLA and am in a wheelchair, the flat is for disabled i.e. low cupboards, sliding doors and hand rails but there is not even carpets let alone…
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Housing Benefit
Hi I would be really grateful if someone could answer this query. Due to bankruptcy we will be moving into rented accommodation and due to being unemployed and getting JSA we should get housing benefit. We have two children under 10. We own a 1 bedroomed flat that is in negative equity so the Official Receiver isn't…
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"Entitledto" Joke or Scam?
Could someone do me a favour and go through the savings bit in http://www.entitledto.co.uk/savings.aspx?sid=4&cid=f7517c27-4f1d-412a-b6d4-5287200d1690 enter a figure and tell me what interest it assumes from the income, :confused: I wan't to know the bank account where to get this amount risk free (or even medium risk)…
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Social Fund Loan
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me out. A friend took out one of these loans in 1990 & made the last payment in 1996. Since 2002 the DWP has sent her a letter every 2 years stating she still owes them £87.43 & that if she doesn't pay this o/s amount they will pass it on to a DCA. Do they have a time limit on claiming…
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JSA Query
I have been claiming JSA since the new year having been made redundant just before Christmas. I am going abroad next Wednesday for a family wedding which was all booked and paid for before I lost my job. I have informed JCP and they have told me that I need to sign off and then sign on again. Coincidently next Wednesday…
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If both claiming JSA does it have to be a joint claim?
Hi I have been claiming CBJSA since March and my hubbie finds out if he is being made redundant on friday. He will get a redundancy payment from his firm so will have more than £16k in `savings`, if firm honour redundancy money-enhanced. So he will be claiming CBJSA aswell. Will we both be `allowed` to claim in our own…
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Tax credits...
Hi all, Just had a quick question about tax credits wondered if anyone on here can answer? We (me and OH) have been recieving tax credits for the past year as both of us were working. Final figures for last year should come in about £20K combined. I was made redundant in Feb this year and we informed the tax credit office…
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JSA and Training - unfair to stop it?
Hi folks, Hoping somebody can help me here. My fiance and i have been on JSA since the start of march. We have a young son (8months old) and currently live with my parents (which is very over crowded) My fiance left the Army in January because he wanted to spend more time at home with me and his new son (there was a tour…
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benefit fraud tribunal
i'm hoping someone can help me, my mum was recieving income support for her and my sister but last july her benefits got stopped as she was wrongly accused of benefit fraud. She attended the job center to have a interview under caution they was accusing her of living with my elder sisters ex boyfriend (old family friend)…
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Reducing hours/not working
I wonder if anyone could offer any advice on my girlfriend's situation, would be much appreciated if so. She suffers with rhuematoid arthritis, and has done since a young age. She was told at that point that at some stage, she would have to finish work on medical grounds, as the RA was likely to worsen. Though she has…
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Housing Benefit/LHA..?
Hi guys, Been out of work and claiming Incapacity Benefits for the past year and a half. Have 3 prolapsed discs and sciatica - hoping to have a new form of operation (had 3 failed ones already) in Germany - I've been putting money aside for it for a long time - so hopefully will be cured! During which time I have been…
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IS and child maintenance payments?
Please would someone clarify this for me: If my ex pays CM four weekly, will IS take the money off on weekly basis? That is, will I lose all my IS the week he pays it, because I will be over the limit for that week, or will they divide it by four and take off the applicable amount every week using that figure? I ask as my…
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Part Time Work and Freelance
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help at all. I am currently working full time and come september am looking to go part time at the same job but the remaining two days was going to work freelance as a sign language interpreter. My DD is one and I was wondering if this will affect my tax credits. The interpreting work would…
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Not entitled to ANYTHING!
Hi there, My partner has been out of work since the new year (he's a builder). He bit the bullet in early Feb and went to the job centre to sign on but was told he wasn't eligible as he hadn't paid enough national insurance (we have always just paid whatever the bill stated that came though the door, I assume this…
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Does the disability premium of WTC end after 6 months?
Another question from me, sorry, but trying to get everything clear in my mind before starting my new job. Have been looking at the tax credits web site and i seem to qualify for tax credits due to working more that 16 hours, as i have been on incapaity benefit for some time, thus meaning i can claim the disabled element.…
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Can I have some advise please-Housing benefit and a new baby
Hi all, Would loike some advice if thats okay.. I have been reciving hb for nearly a year now, I have 2 daughters one is 3 and the other 17 weeks...I received a letter today from the council just to inform me that there was a change in my benefit (only by 90p or so!) and there was a leaflet attached to say I must notify…
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When do you receive payment JSA
Hi all OH qualified for JSA from 18th March of £64.30 per week So far he received a payment for £86.43 on the 3rd April No idea what dates that payment relates to so not sure when he will next get one ? He's not here hes gone up north looking for work and I can't ring because it's in his name Anyone know Worked out that…
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Confused??! Help with Disability living allowence/carers allowence
Hello all, Wonder if you could advise. My other 1/2 had a short psychotic episode (bought on by extreme stress) & unfortunately was sectioned. Her recovery was fairly quick & she is now much better but still not 100%. She has seen an occupational health doctor (she works in a college as a teaching assistant in languages…
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im not sure i am receiving enough tax credits
i have had a lot of changes in my circumstances over the last couple of years which i think may have affected my payments from tax credits i will put it in full so it can be understanded. tax year april 2007 - april 2008 (income £19500) april 2007 - january 2008 i was working 24 hours a week and my partner full time i was…
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does anybody have an answer?
I work 24 hours a week and currently have a child aged 19 at college but will finish college in July. Currently receiving working tax credit and cjil;d tax credit. How do I stand when he finishes college? Am I entitled to claim any money with no child and working less than 30 hours a week? I will be 50 this year so I…
