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£16,000 savings but can i get a council house? (scotland)
Hi, I've just left my long time partner. My name was never on his flat tenancy so he is staying there with the furniture and 2 cars while i get a £10,000 isa that i can't touch till April (i think) and £5,000 in a business account that i'm going to have to close now we are not together. Our 3 year old son is coming with…
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2009 has been a bad year :(
Hi everyone, long time reader of the forum but first time poster, hoping for some help and advice. Following the sudden death of our eldest child our world has been ripped apart. I took 9 months unpaid leave and it looks like I will be made redundant from my job. I am looking to go self employed but my income is likely to…
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Housing benefit and access to bank accounts
Dear all, I have an interview next week to apply for housing benefits, first time ever. They have asked for ID and payslips and also my bank account details. I thought I'd need to take in bank statements which I'd rather do to prove things but apparently they don't want those if savings are under £16k. Are they able to…
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Would We Be Entitled To LHA?
Heya guys. Just wondering if you could help me with something. :) Thanks. I'm on income support due to incapacity and lower mobility and high rate care of DLA. OH gets carers allowance for looking after me. We currently live with his parents. His parents have been thinking about taking out a second mortgage to buy another…
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Tax credits and housing benefit?
Me and my partner last month decided to split and I have been claiming as a single person since the beginning of december. We have a joint mortgage and a little one and have still been living under the same roof. I have now got a rented house which i hope to move in within a fortnight. Now my name is still on the mortgage…
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OU Study
Hi Just been made redundant after 17 years. On jsa and then I guess the other jsa. How does the costs of studying at the OU work out? Thanks
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benefits for depression sufferer
My husband had a 'mutual termination of contract' from his job in April after 2 long periods off work with depression. He was initially put on ESA, but then scored 0 points in his medical assessment - not surprising as none of the questions were relevant to his condition. Unfortunately the appeals process etc is just too…
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Tax credits stopped because of one day gap in employment
My lil sister has just been told that her tax credits were not paid today becuase of a one day gap in her employment, they cancelled her claim and said she needs to re apply! Basically she was working 30 hours up until the 18th december and on the 20th dec she started a new job of 16 hours she is 25 and also get sthe…
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Jobseekers time taking
Hi I have a friend who is unemployed and homeless, they have applied for Housing Benefit and Job seekers. They are living on the generiosity of others, and went to the job centre 2 weeks before xmas when they realised they were entitled to jobseekers. They have been told that it will not be sorte until end of Jan. Just…
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Happy New Year to the Benefits Board folk
Greetings from Caledonia :D May I take this opportunity to wish everyone on the Benefits Board a Happy New Year at the bells tonight. :j For me the New Year is that one time when you can look back at the last 12 months, to remember all the good times with fond affection and reflect on the not so good, with more poignancy…
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Pension Cedit Guarantee Credit - Capital
* Savings Capital:- I am 63 singlemale receiving PCGC; if I was to spend 8k GBP to replace my old car thus reducing capital by 8k GBP resulting in increased payment of PCGC would the 8k GBP be deemed notional capital or allowable expenditure? * if deemed notional credit, would it mean in future, when I had lived off…
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Confidence
I need some help. For the past 2 years I've pretty much lived under a rock, not claiming money of any sort trying to sort myself out but its to a point where I think I've just bottled too much in and need to talk to someone professional. I've also taken a confidence knock after having left my life behide, I went to see my…
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advice for my mum
my mum is having terrible marriage problems at the moment and wants to leave her husband. she has been married 4 years and is 66 years old. the house is bought and paid for by her husband but she thinks the house is in joint names. we know when she tells him she is leaving he is going to turn nasty and probably just chuck…
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My brother
My 17 year old brother staying with me. He will have to move in with me for a bit has no job not getting any support from dole or nothing.. pretty much homeless unless i take him in.. surely theirs bound to be something i can claim for his living expenses.. I mean i can afford him to stay with us but why should i?
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Slightly Complicated Tax Credit Query
Hi there I work full-time and my OH is at home with our children, the youngest of whom is just three. We qualified for my youngest's private nursery fees (two half days every week) to be paid via Tax Credits, on account of my OH qualifying for DLA (we also get extra Tax Credits because of this). Now my son is three, he…
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WTC - Disability Premium, will it be stopped?
Hiya I currently work 16 hrs a week, i get DLA (High Rate Mobility and Middle rate care) and also WTC However my DLA is up in jan, i messed up some of the questions on the DLA renewal form, so asked for a reconsideration giving them more info, and hope to get an answer soon But if i lose my DLA, will i be entitled to any…
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Incapacity Benefit
Is IB paid a fortnight in arrears or one weeks in arrears/one week in advance ? I ceased qualifying on 23rd Dec, can anybody work out when I will get the final payment and when it will cover ?
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imcome support payments
i get paid on the 4/1/2010 but because its a ban hoilday tomorrow does it get paid in the 31/12/2009
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Advice about my daughter predicament.
My daughter has been in a relationship with a guy for a year. They are both 25. they both had their own appartments in different towns and a few months ago decided to move into my daughters. After about a month they realised that just the one bedroom was a bit sall with all their stuff so arranged to move into a two…
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JSA: Not meant to sign-on today
Today I went to the JC to sign-on. I am on my third weekly sign-on this week. I went to the JC, and they told me signing-on doesn't happen this week. :o It will be postponed to next week (i.e. 6 Jan). When I had my weekly sign-on last week, I haven't been told about this arrangement. Anyone not signing-on this week?
