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Warning - benefitanswers.co.uk
I work with vulnerable people, and received this round robin email today. Extract follows. I visited a service user yesterday who stated that they had contacted a company offering free benefits advice. The company visited, completed DLA, Inc. benefit and carers allowance forms on behalf of the client. The company work on…
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How is Council Tax Benefit Calculated?
I've been through various battles with my astonishingly incompetent council's benefit office. My benefit's recently gone down quite a bit, I've requested an explanation of exactly how they came by the figure, but they've yet to reply. It's easy enough to determine, for example, income tax liability or incapacity benefit…
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Need advice for brother who is homeless and penniless.
Not sure if this is the right place for this, but here goes. The situation is that my 60 brother has returned to England having spent the last couple of years living like a hippy in Africa. Came back penniless, had to borrow the airfare home. Should point out that he was self employed before he went but the business went…
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Income support payment
Now it is paid fortnightly my payments for december are due on the 11th and 25th. Will the second payment most likely be paid a little early or late? Any advice much appreciated Sarah
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Christmas Help
I don't know if this is the correct area of the site for this, my friend has two small children one 8 weeks old. Her benefits have been stopped with the statement "Get a job", she's been argueing for them to restart for two months now. She's used all her savings on emeregency gas and electricity, as well as food for the…
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Claiming Jobseeker allowance and living with partner
Hi there, My partner is due to move in with me, she claims JSA at around £100 per fortnight. I earn approx £16k per annum, will she still be entitled to claim JSA? Thanks, Amnesia
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Income support/
Tried working it out via various ways, however still left in the dark to a degree. Single under 25. Gets DLA high rate care/low mobility. What rate per week is IS? Thanks
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DLA for the first time?
Hi All, I'm 61, and it was recently remarked by a disbled person that they were surprised I wasn't on DLA. (they saw me staggering around on my walking stick!). I do have an auto-immune condition which is worsening, but had never even thought about DLA. How does one go about it, please? Cheers, HG
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Does Anyone Know When Benefits Will Be paid Over Christmas?
Mine is normally paid on the Monday the 28th of December. Do you think it'll be early, Thursday (Christmas Eve) for example?
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Unpaid housing benefit from 7 months ago!
I am owed housing benefit and JSA 7 months ago, and i'm just being ignored whenever I phone or go in to see whats happening. Does anyone have any ideas what I can do to get the money i'm owed?:mad:
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Income Support Appeal ?
Hi I am a full time carer,and only recently found out I should be getting income support also,but when I asked the dss to back date the claim,the refused in a rather vague letter, I have heard that I can claim back 3 months,but asked the dss for longer,maybe that`s how they refused,can anyone tell me if I claim back 3…
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NI contributions/State Pension
I took voluntary redundancy in August aged 54. Initially I did not take my company pension and claimed jobseekers allowance. I decided to take my pension and, as this was more than js, I get no benefits. Jobcentre told me I should still sign on to get my NI paid. Pension office told me that from April 2010 you only need 30…
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Could I be fined for fraud?
I claimed working tax for my job which although I was employed, was agency based and so no benefits etc. When I renewed my tax credits in June I told them about my working situation although at this point I had been off work for a couple of weeks due to illness. I cant recall if they said this or if I heard it from…
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Can I back pay NI contributions to increase Maternity Allowance?
I am about to claim Maternity Allowance, but believe that as I have not paid NI for sometime, I may only be entitled to a very reduced amount. Does anyone know if I can back pay NI (think I need to pay for 26 weeks to qualify for full amount) and if so, who do I ring and what do I ask to do/say? Sorry for being dim, but…
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tax credits suspended payments
My sister has had her child tax credits suspended. An anon call was made to tax credits saying she was claiming fraudulently as she didn't have children. Which is nonsense. Her ex left in may and she has been raising my 2 nephews alone since then as her ex isn't helping at all. We suspect it was one of the ex's crowd that…
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A new business.......
Hi all HAve been with company for 18 months, but due to economic downturn & personal differences, looks like it might be time to move on, adn I am keen to start my own venture.:eek: I was just wondering if there is any financial assisstance available to help with someone who is in this position, not grants, but like JSA (I…
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disputing tax credit overpayments??
grrrr im so cross. last year i started work i was a single parent so got money for childcare. i was living in devon at the time and obviously my childcare provider was also in devon...i actually only worked a few weeks...went back onto income support and cancelled the working tax and claimed just child tax (cancelling the…
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Incapacity benefit not paid...no notice given.
As title says I was due my incapacity benefit to be paid into acct today as usual, every two weeks on a wed and it has not been paid in. As everyone else I have direct debts and bills which are carefully managed and have to be paid and on time and this has really mucked this up and a direct debit has not been able to take…
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Do I qualify for maternity allowance?
Hello Does anyone have any experience of claiming maternity allowance? According to the basic criteria, I qualify for MA and my employer has already given me the form to say that I don't qualify for SMP as my earnings are not high enough, so it seems fairly straightforwrd. However, I had a thought earlier about wether or…
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£10 bonus?
Whats this about £10 bonus at xmas - I get jsa - nothing else. Thanks
