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putting name down for housing- ADVICE PLZ
i want to put my name down for housing but dont know if its a long wait and how it works. any advice plz
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advice on how many days father can visit child
hi all, the father of my baby comes to visit her almost everyday, sometimes when he works in the area he stays over then go to work as he is self employed. is that allowed as i receive HB. he does have his own place ,am worried that if he is here and the council finds out will i get in trouble.
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Advice needed please
Hello, I`m wondering if any of you lovely people can help me. I`m currently on stat sick pay due to depression and have been/will unable to work for 4 weeks (current time signed off by doctor) but there is a high chance that this may increase to longer. I think i`m on about £75 a week. My partner is self employed and due…
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Job Grant problems
I have been trying to apply for a job grant after returning to work after three years on benefit for stress and depression. I was claiming Income Support and Incapacity Benefit. I have a husband and a child on my claim. It took a lot of courage for me to return to work and my main worry was the financial implications while…
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savings and benefits
My dad has just been made redundant and at the age of 63 he is going to find it difficult to find jobs. He has a cash lump sum that brings him just over the limit to be able to claim housing and council tax benefit (£16,000). However, after a few months of using the redundancy money to pay bills etc it will be below the…
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Just a question on claiming Working tax credit and returning to higher education.
Hi Ive just started work and have been told that I am entitled to tax credit as I did not earn much last year (08/09). I may return to become a full time student possibly at the end of the year and was wondering if i do claim tax credit will i be able to tell inland revenue that im becoming a student and therefore want to…
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holiday aboard - jsa & new deal
hi....just a quick question about my jsa i have just been put on new deal (18-24) as i have been claiming income-based jsa for the past 6 months. i am currently 14 weeks pregnant and due to switch to income support in september...11 weeks before baby is due. i am going to las vegas at the end of the month for my sisters…
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Claiming a refund for dental care via tax credits
Hi, I have just received my little card to say that my partner and I receive tax credits and do not have to pay prescription charges, nhs dental treatment etc. I had a tooth removed at a private dental hospital a few weeks ago and apparently I can reclaim some of the money I paid for the treatment (£240!!!!). Does anyone…
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council tax
hi can you help me, i have just had a bill for council tax but i thought i didnt have to pay council tax, i am on income support, i get lha, dla hrm lrc, and am a single parent with a 14 year old child.
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Housing benefit & council tax benefit officer wants to visit us at home ???
Hello, a letter from the council plopped on the mat this morning (amongst all the overdue bills) They want to send someone around to the house to ....."verify you are recieving the correct entitlement to benefit" The letter goes on to say ....."during the visit you will need to provide proof of all income/capital i.e…
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help please
Hi, i'm recently divorced with a 17 year old son on a part time college course. I'm on jsa and recieve LHA and council tax benefit. My son is moving out so my LHA will be reduced. My problem is I cant afford to stay where I am so have to move. I have not been on jsa long enough to get a budgeting loan and cant raise the…
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Do you HAVE to tell the landlord if you are claiming Housing Benefit?
Hi everyone, I am recently separated from my husband and so am going down the route of benefits help short term until I can work more hours (when my little one starts school in September). I currently work part time hours. I am finding it hugely difficult finding rented accommodation as most landlords will not accept…
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ESA ...must be a record !!
I applied for ESA for my 17 year old daughter on the 5th May and yesterday received the award for the higher amount..in the support group after the 14 weeks is up on the 4th August. (108.55 a week) Have received lots of info from the ESA and communication from them, cant believe how smooth it all went, now waiting till…
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New post, JSA, due to wrong forum
I was made unemployed, definitely not by choice, after moving jobs, getting a place in London and settling down. Apparently I was distracted. Because I claimed Working Tax Credit when I was working, it meant it was 4 weeks after I stopped working before they could think about my claim. In those 4 weeks, I received £380 in…
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Job seekers allowance book?
Hello, please could some one help recently signed on and been looking for work but not sure what im ment to write in the book about what you did also how often are you ment to write in it? as ive got to go in again tomorrow. Thanks.
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What am I entitled to as a single parent?
Hi, I have recently become a single parent with my 2 daughters, also just lost my job, live in rented house and not sure what I am entitled to claim for? Would welcome some help, thanks
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Tax credits- childcare help please?
Hi, I'm just filling in the forms and I'm up to the childcare provider section. What I want to ask is, My daughter is in a different school to my Son (3.5 miles apart), My daughter goes to AfterSchool club and my son Wraparound, my daughter will need to use the after school club twice a week until the summer holidays then…
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please help confused
Hi all, Ive tried to work this out myself but need a little help, at the moment i get income support but have saw a job which is 15 hours a week with a wage of £4863 pa would i still get help with rent council tax etc.......i went onto entitled to but i couldn't work it out ?? I am a lone parent get child tax , chld…
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HELP underpaid Tax
HELP we received a bill today for £2534.13 from H M Revenue & Customs stating that we owe this tax because of 'inappropriate childrens tax credit included in the tax code'. We phoned them and was told that it was the employers fault so we phoned my husbands employer and was told by them that it was not their fault as the…
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Praise for Manchester Council HB Team
I am often in the Benefits thread moaning about DWP inefficiencies, so I'd just like to give praise where praise is due ...... I wrote to the Benefits team at Manchester City Council on Tuesday 2nd, posting the letter late afternoon, asking them to make a change to my HB & CTB entitlement as a result of a drop in income. I…
