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Housing Benefit and Equity in property.
My wife and I have separated but she and the kids are still living with me in the matrimonial home. She has managed to get Income Support and is in the process of finding somewhere else to live. She seems to think that she will get Housing Benefit but surely the council would count her equity in the house as part of…
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DLA question
I have anxiety problems and have been told by my doctor that I have Traumatic Anxiety Disorder. I have since been told by someone in an employment service that I should be entitled to the lower rate of Disability Living Allowance. I said that i dont class myself as disabled as it is more an emotional problem but they claim…
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Returning to work - working tax credit & disability help please
Hi all, I have a long term illness/disability for which I receive disability living allowance indefinately: Middle Rate Care Component £47.10/week Lower Rate Mobility Component £18.65/week I also get incapacity benefit as follows: Incapacity Basic Rate £89.80/week Incapacity Age Addition £15.65/week I've returned to work…
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Car Lease Salary Sacrifice and Maternity Pay
Hello, I work for the NHS and my employer opperates a salary sacrifice scheme to pay for the use of a lease car. In choosing to do this I would enter in to an agreement for 3 years, If I become pregnant during this time I believe a salary sacrifice scheme could affect my maternity pay. Does anyone have experience of this…
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Tax credits - help with calulations needed please.
Hi all, I am currently on maternity leave and assessing my options for returning to work. Having looked at the entitled to? website, I am now seeking some reassurance as to whether I have completed the information correctly. On my return to work I will be working 18 hours per week and earning £154 per week. My husband…
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ESA stopped
I've been off work sick for a year suffering from work related stress. I work in NHS and I have a new job to return to when I am well enough to do so. I went for a medical for ESA in April and got a letter today telling me I had received a total of NO points and therefore my ESA would stop from 5 days before they wrote the…
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Question about JSA Contribution Based
Are you allowed to work or earn any money whilst claiming the above? I am doing some calculations with my partner and want to know if there is a threshold? Background info-he is on JSA contribution based, I am self employed working 20 hours a week and we have a joint claim for tax credits which includes an element for our…
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tax credits and shared care?
Hi i am posting for a work mate. Earlier this week we had a work meeting that resulted in us being offered work over 50 miles away for some of the week.. or face redundancy. The woman who shares my job was asking about tax credits and shared care. atm she gets child benefit but doesn't claim tax credits. If she takes the…
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signing off jsa?
Hello, I start my new job on the 13th of july, (yay!) and am currently on weekly signings as have been unemployed for 3 months. I have been told (by a friend) that if i tell the job centre my jsa will stop immediatly even though i dont start for three weeks. Would i be best to wait till just before i start the new job…
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Paying for school trips.
Hi, I hope this is posted in the right place, son's school have a day trip planned for July 7th, recieved letter last week.Letter states that "The visit has been planned on the understanding that all parents are prepared to voluntarily meet the cost of £* per child. In my eyes it's very expensive . I am on benefits and…
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Help with a bill?
Hi there, I was just wondering if there is any way I can apply for help with a surprise electricity bill I have received for £800. I have only £90 in my account and am claiming JSA, Housing and Council Tax benefit (none of which have paid any money into my account yet) after losing my job at the start of the month.
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ESA Medical
Hi, I have today received my letter detailing my forthcoming appointment for my medical. Anyway they also sent a letter giving details of the suggested journey I could take using public transport. It states that it would take me 2 hours and 46 minutes to get to the Atos centre, involving a 20 minute walk, 3 buses. This…
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JSA confusion
So I've started to sign on for JSA. I completed my application on the 8th June, then 2 weeks later signed on for the first time yesterday ( 22nd June ). Before I went to sign yesterday I checked my account balance and I was creditedd £29.12 for JSA. Is this some kind of mistake? They told me I'd recieve £50.95 every week,…
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New Deal/new start, claiming for things
Hi Got an interview later in the week and have been told I can claim for some new shoes, any idea how much? Been given a list of stores I can go into, told to find some shoes, tell them I am claiming from new deal and they will give me a form to take back to job center, they will stamp it, I then return to shop give them…
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Working Tax Credits
Can somebody throw some light on this if possible? Earlier this year I was claiming Working Tax Credits. Unfortunately due to redundancy I was no longer eligible and informed HMR&C I was no longer working. When I started another job I informed HMR&C who sent me another claim form which I completed and returned to them. 6…
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Made redundant and no mortgage protection.
Hi Everyone. I am a single parent and a week last friday was made redundant. I had the hour interview the following monday to claim JSA and then had a face to face on Wednesday 17th june. During the phone interview,because I still live in the marital home and was still paying the mortgage,I was asked if I had mortgage…
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does everyone...............?
Get their WTC and CTC paid to them on a thursday? cheers Luke
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Tax Credits - Signed off work
Hi this is really complicated (well it appears so to me!) I work 15 hours for an employer, but work an extra hour for a friend enabling me to claim working tax credit. I charge my friend a small sum for the hour I do. I have to complete a tax return for year ending Apr 09. However during this time I spent 3 months signed…
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Disability Element WTC and Extra Hours
Hi, I have been on WTC with the diasability element for nearly 3 years now. I work 16 hours a week. I have been offered an extra 2 hours a week at work which I feel able to do and would like to do. I understand that I would not need to inform WTC at this stage as I would not be going above 30 hours a week or getting an…
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Mental Health and Benefits
What benefits would someone be eligable for if they had: severe OCD Bipolar Disorder And a doctor had said that they were not suitable for work? This person is in a couple, partner brings home £1200 per month. Has mortgage/rent (shared ownership) of £325/£220 and council tax of about £120.
