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Income based JSA.
Need help please. Background-Lost my reasonably well paid job in April, after being with the same company 13 years(only 2nd job ever)went through procedure of signing on and disclosing all relevant info about myself,children and partner(employment,salary,tax credits etc).Was then informed I was to receive £65.23…
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JSA - What happen's or What will they do if you miss your signing on appointment.
Jeeezzz, I don't know how I done it, but I missed my appointment to sign-on last Monday. (21 September). I don't in my mind (and on my calendar) that today Mon 28 Sept. is my sign-on day. Once I made this discovery, I immediately telephoned JC+, made an alternate appointment for tomorrow (29 Sept) and have been told by the…
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FT student husband, SAHM can we claim IS
My husband has started college we have 3 children, so we have CTC, CB, HB and CouncilTC. He gets 30/wk ALG can we claim IS ?
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whats likely to happen? forgot to tell TC we pay into a pension
hi all:j long story cut short, hadnt told tax credits that dp is in a salary sacrifice as a tesco manager that takes 4.75% of his pre tax wages into a pension. Tbh a mistake on my part i give them the details on the p60 of his earnings each year and didnt realise id have to tell them about the pension? anyway i rang them…
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Any ideas?
Hi! i receive dla mrc hrm, is with sdp, i am a single parent of a 10 year old. A couple of weeks ago i stayed at my older daughters house for about 4 days as i was in a lot of pain and could hardly walk. When i gor back i found in the post that had arrived a letter telling me to go to an interview at JCP. The interview was…
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Benefits (particularly Income Support?) if working 15 hours?
My daughter (a single Mum to girls of 4 & 6) currently works full-time (37.5hrs/week), but is finding it's getting too much for her - so is considering the option of a job-share opportunity which would mean just 2 days (15 hours total) a week. She's been in touch with various places to try and find out what she'd be…
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Some advice required please
I am posting this on behalf of my friend - in June she fell and has a major tear in her cruciate ligament, she has recently gone through an operation and is having weekly physiotherapy however she has been advised she needs another operation and recovery time will be approx a year. She is now unable to work as she is…
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benifits and student partners
I am currently claiming I.S benefit and I am studying part time. my partner is a full time student and gets a loan and grants. we both dont have any extra income. will my benefit be stopped or reduced? and what happens with council tax?
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National Insurance Contributions
Not sure where to post this so I thought best to post it here. I'm sure other ex or current students get this so may be a universal thread. Anyone received a letter from HM customs stating a missing tax year of NI contributions? Mine was 2007/8 but this was during university. So far I have covered 4 years out of 30 in…
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query re benefit entitlements
Hi all, I recently gave up my job, to care for my husband who was injured in a road traffic accident, which has left hime permanently disabled. he has been awarded DLA, Mobility, Incapacity. I meanwhile have several health issues of my own, I am waiting for an op which will incapacitate me for 8-12 weeks, but have…
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blindness help/benefits
hi all. im after a bit of advice. i really suffer with bad eyesight and have a damaged optic nerve and tilted disc. i have had CAT scans and all the relevent tests to prove this. i have been suffering bad migraines, dizzyness and my eyesight just `goes` for about 10 mins or so (this happens around 4 times a day). optition…
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Threat to remove DLA
I have heard there is a Green Paper with changes to Attendance Allowance and Disabled Living Allowance and possible threat to remove DLA. If you go to Benefits and Work there is a petition to sign on line.Has anyone any further info?
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Housing help!
Not sure if this the right area for this, but ah well. As of the 24th of October I will have nowhere to live, my landlord isnt renewing the contract on my house (well a room) this year as I think her daughter (who also lives here) doesnt like me much and has made somethings up to get me out of here. Cant do anything about…
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can they do this?
I've just checked my bank statement and the Highland Council have just taken £86 for council tax that I definately do not owe. I have paid them every month and never been behind. I was flooded out of my home in July and haven't been back since as I gave up the tenancy of the flat and my last day of tenancy according to the…
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Council Tax
Hi wondering if anyone can help me. my son is a student who lives in a flat and is exempt from council tax. However he is in debt so he doesnt fill in the form the council send each year (just came last month) so his details are not on the electorol roll. anyway he gets a letter each year telling him they may visit but…
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How long?
Hello, I hope someone can help me. I don't post much but I am a frequent lurker and I don't know where else to ask. Don't really want to go into details but my husband and I are splitting up. We own a house together and have a 1 year old daughter. I currently work 3 days a week and DD is in nursery. He won't leave the…
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Crohns Disease. Can i claim any benefit?
Hello I have been having terrible stomac cramps which actually feel like labour pains for the past few years. I finally took myself to the doctors and was refered to hospital. During this time i have been unable to work becasue the pain is so terrible I finally had my results yesterday (after a very drawn out and never…
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simple question..
a little questin to pick your brains with.... phoned tax creidts yesterday asking if i was not entitled to working tax credit...they need to know a few things, including my estimated income from april 09 to april 10.... am i right in thinking that i include my earning from work, so that is april, may and junes wages (i…
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Husband's jobseekers allowance entitlement
My husband is a graphic designer and recently came to the end of an 18 month contract which followed on from a 6 month contract before this. When he tried to register for Jobseekers allowance he received a letter stating that he had made insufficient NI contributions to qualify. This puzzled me since all of his payslips…
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Housing Benefit question?
If a couple have a child (dependant), and they have savings for the child, which this be taken into account when applying for the HB/CTB? If this reduces the benefit, how does it work?
