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Housing Benefit
Help, I have split from my partner (not married), we have a house in joint names, I am know claiming housing benefit, which has now been suspended due to me being on a mortgage, if I sign the house over with no monetary value how will affect my housing benefit?
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Help with IB50 please
I am on IB/IS/DLA (Middle Care/Low Mobility) On Friday I received an IB50 form to fill in from ATOS. I have not had one of these for over 4 years and last time they also included a Med4 form for my GP to complete. This time they don't want one of those. I was never made to go for a medical last time and find the whole idea…
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Student financial help
Hi, I am starting a course in podiatry in september, i am 30's single, with 2 children, in a rented house. I will be able to obtain NHS bursary, although my working tax credits will be stopped, and i will still be able to claim housing benefit. Does anyone else know what else i can claim for, as all the information is…
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Tax credits help! Should we even apply???
Hi all I had a baby last July and have now decided not to go back to work. We didn't apply for credits last year as my partner had earned well over the limit the previous tax year. This year however, he has just calculated his income and it's only £29k (I say only but really we are very lucky!!) so we should be entitled to…
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redundancy job seekers and self employed
hi all newbie on here ive just had my 5 weeks notice for redundancy of my employer im thinking of going self employed as there is no paye jobs in my line of work wouldnt be earning much from now to april 5k max what do i do! i know about setting up beining self employed do i contact jobseekers or do i get help from wtc my…
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E303
This is a rather specialist query for one of the JCP bods. A British National has been residing in France for some years and has recently been claiming the French version of JSA. They return to live in the UK, have an E303 and expect to receive benefits at the French rate (rather higher than in the UK) for a crossover…
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widows pension
my friends husband has just passed away and she lives in the e.u. can she claim widows pension etc from the uk she is on longterm incapacity. She is 55 could she claim any other help at this sad time. thanks m.
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More Bl*ody Forms!!!
Does child benefit have a time limit to sort out a claim? i was told 8 weeks to sort a claim but we are now on week 15 and im getting sick of sending the same information to the same questions every week. cutting a long story short, a lad we have living with us has nobody with PR, (his mum died and we are in the process of…
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housing benifit
hi was wondering if anyone could help me i am wanting to move out of my parents and live with a friend, i am on incapacity benifit and claim dla, and she is a single young parent! i was wondering how much would we be able to claim for housing benifit? etc i know it varies on the area, we are in the south ribble area! me…
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1997 benefit overpayment, being chased NOW
does anyone have advice for this. I am being chased for an overpayment of Income support from 1997. I didnt know about this, I cant even remember if it may be correct. I have chased them to ask for the details, but to be honest I dont have those kinds of records to be able to check against their information anymore. Any…
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Help with JSA & Deprivation of Capital Question
I hope you guys can help me on this one with a man that used to do some work for me before I retired. Here is the scenario: - Man 62 nearly 63, pension £600 p.m. cash taken out of pension £50,000 in savings account in joint names. Was self employed for 15 years but had to stop due to ongoing health problems with M.E…
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JSA help
I lost my job in march and applied for jsa, I have 7 periods of absence and the company policy was 5, so my boss told me that I was pretty much goin to be sacked and advised me to jump before pushed and I resigned, I know it was my fault and learned from my mistakes some absence was due to illness and some due to personal…
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What could she be entitled to?
I'm asking this question on behalf of a friend with no internet access so I will give the details as far as I know. I'll try and keep it short but it is a bit of a saga! Friend, her hubby and 2 kids live in a privately rented house which is under a compulsary purchase order and is due for demolition in the next few months.…
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Letter from jobcentre customer compliance!! Query has arisen!!
Hi all I am really upset, a letter came this morning from the jobcentre, it states; 'we need to see you to discuss a query that has arisen concerning your claim to benefit..' We have had this before and it turned out someone had tried reporting us, apparently telling alsorts of lies. Luckily the interviewer could see it…
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Housing benefit
In june last year my mum went in for a straightforward operation and was destroyed. She suffered septicaemia, septic shock, multi organ failure, 8 heart stoppages and a splenectomy. She also suffered horrendous neglect. Despite all this she managed to pull through but is ventilator dependant, has diffuse bilateral brain…
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LHA - Desperate Help Understanding!
Hi guys, Yesterday I was on the verge of signing a rent agreement for 12 months, based on the fact that I initially thought I was eligible to a substantial amount of LHA @ £219 in a borough where the 1-bedroom LHA rte is £370. I am single, under 25 and have no disabilities. Now in the Entitledto.com I entered all my…
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Compensation Recovery
Does any one know if the compensation recovery unit can stop benefits to my dad..he is to receive damages from NHS for killing my mother whilst in for outpatient procedure,she was supposed to go shopping in the afternoon after the appointment. the damages are for clinical negligence , he is sharing the award between him…
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maternity pay/allowance confusion
hi there. i am 7 months pregnant, and due to sickness in my pregnancy i took my holidays and then early maternity leave (starting 22nd may). i recently recieved a letter from my employer stating that I was not entitled to statutory maternity pay from them due to not earning enough, so sent me a form to apply for maternity…
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£100 per week disregard-maternity and tc's
Hi, I told sa friend at work that she can claim £100 disregard for each week that she was on maternity last year,when renewing her tax credit claim.She was on maternity leave from last feb till last october.She rang up this morning to renew her claim and give her and her husbands figures for the last tax year.She was told…
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tax credits backdating
hello, i am rather confused at the moment.i recently changed from a single claim to a joint claim.my single claim ended on the 27th may and i sent in my joint claim pack on 1st of june and i have rung today and it is currently being processes.i am unsure if my claim will be backdated to 27th or the 1st and will it be…
