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making a claim for income support...please help
hi i wondered if some one could help me, me and my partner have hit a real bad patch in our relationship and my feeling towards him have changed, if we were to split could i claim income support? i have 2 boys aged 5 and 3 i dont have any money or savings but i will need to pay rent/ bills/ council tax etc. if i were to…
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Income support,live in wales? Find out here about water assist
I am on income support, i have three children under 19 and have a partner, i live in south wales as so i'm on the welsh water supply (not metered) and pay the rate that is set by them untill i discovered by debt advisers that i am entitled to a scheme by welsh water called WATER ASSIST this scheme is put in place for those…
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E.S.A advice....
Hi. I've been getting E.S.A. for quite awhile now, I recieved a letter two friday's back saying that my doctors note was running out and I needed to send another in by Monday of last week. I phoned up the doctors surgery the day I got the letter to find out what I should do as my next doctors appointment was the following…
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Child tax credits and maternity leave! help!
Hi, i currently receive Tax credits and family allowance(not sure what the new name is) for my 4 year old daughter. I am struggeling to work out how much i will get when i am on maternity leave in January 2010 and have a 2nd child. I am aware i should get extra for a 2nd child and a little more for a child under 1. When i…
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Laid off, will jobseekers affect redundancy?
My father in law has been temporary laid off from work. He has had one week of the guarantee payment and was told after that he may be entitled to benefits. The benefits office said he can claim jobseekers allowance until called back into work but we are concerned that by claiming this it may invalidate his claim for…
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advice for HB & CT overpayments please
Hi, I went back to work in January 2008 working 20 hours a week at 2 jobs. In May 08 I had to give up one of the jobs. I notified the council that i now was only working 16 hours & gave them all the relevant information & documents. When i was sent my new benefit amounts, i was amazed at how much less i was going to have…
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Please help RE. tax credits and benefits
Hello, I am a part time postgraduate working 21 hours a week in a lab with my contract for only 12 weeks left. I'm about to move in with my boyfriend into a studio flat in Putney. The money is tight, to say the least. Whilst I'm a very good budgeter I'm unclear as to whether we'll be entitled to any help - there seems to…
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How much will my partner moving in affect tax credits if still fall in criteria?
Hi All Just wondering if anyone knows roughly how much my working and child tax credit would go down by if someone moved in with me. I am currently single parent, with a toddler working full time (37 hours) on a salary of around £16,000 per annum. I pay out £350 on nursery per month and about £400 on childminder. I get…
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Council Tax rebate?
Hi, i live alone and pay council tax every month but i am moving out next month to live with someone else. I noticed that my borough council have split my bill into 10 monthly installments so when I move out am I entitled to a rebate of some kind? I have lived here for 6 months ( i moved in at the start of the financial…
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Has anyone got a spare DLA care renewal form please?
Has anyone got a spare DLA care renewal form that they don't need? I had mine sent to me but I've made a right mess of it and need another. I don't want to give a big explanation to the DWP people, as I am having enough trauma with the form as it is!!! Can anyone help?
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Housing Benefit for the semi-single
I am looking for more information before I give advice to a friend. I am wary of making any suggestion that would potentially waste her time before checking my facts best I can. The situation is: friend is living in the two bedroom flat her partner owns. (In Scotland if that changes things?) She pays him a flat rent -…
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Mum (widowed) on low income - HELP please!!
Hi all, I really hope someone can help my Mum and I..it's a bit complicated, so if anything is unclear, please feel free to question me! My Dad passed away last November, aged 65, leaving my Mum a widow. My Mum works nights in Tesco, and earns roughly £670 a month. For the first twelve months after Dad passed away, Mum was…
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Atos Query
Hello. I received a missed call on my mobile and as I didn't recognise the number, I googled it which told me that it was Atos. I submitted my renewal form in April. As I have problems using the phone i.e.I don't. Using it gets me in such a nervous tizz that I start having panic attacks, will they write to me after so many…
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Pension Credit rates
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Will we get any help?
Hi My partner has just been given a date for his redundancy (Dec 11th) he will get around £5000 when he finishes, he hopes to get another job straight away but in the current climate we have to accept that this just may not happen. He's not been out of work for the last twenty years so all this is a bit new to us! I…
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Failed ESA Medical - what happens to payment??
Hi, wondering if anybody has any knowledge regarding this. I suffer from clinical anxiety and depression, and despite taking my psychologist notes, tablets etc, ATOS failed my medical as of 22nd September which is when my medical was. I am planning to appeal but would like to know what happens to my payments during the…
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child tax credit
my partner and i have decided to seperate but due to finanical reasons he will still be living together can i claim tax credit for just me or do i have to have it in joint names as we do now till he eventually moves out
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Hubby gone what now?
this is my first post, hope i have put it in the right place. I am in recipt of IB &HRM &LRC, my hubby has left me do i notify jobcentre & will it affect my benifits?
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Income support?
I currently dont have a job, but I am looking for work, my partner works 32 Hours a week for £13,000 a year and we have a Mortgage, can we claim income support? If not what help can we get as we cant afford to pay the mortgage whilst I'm out of work?
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crisis loan help!!!!
Iam moving into a flat on thursday that has absoulutly nothing in it apart from a cooker...iam on income support as lone parent as iam 32 weeks pregnant on my own. I have just phoned up to enquire about a crisis loan and told i will not get one im not entilted as i have not been on benifits for more than 26 eeks or…
