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Disability Living Allowance
DOES ANYONE KNOW OR WHERE i CAN FIND OUT WHAT DEGREE OF DISIBILITY MIDDLE RATE DISIBILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE IS? AFTER MAKING A CLAIM ON MY INSURANCE COMPANY FOR NOT WORKING DUE TO FIBROMYALGIA i HAVE BEEN ASKED THIS VERY QUESTION BY THEM:confused: .
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Am on maternity leave will i get tax back?
Hi - wondered if anyone could help me. I left to go on maternity leave on 4th May this year and am returning to work on January 4th 2009. My company pay me nothing extra apart from the Statutory Maternity Pay. I am still being taxed on this amount which I am a bit suprised at seeing as I hadn't even done one full month at…
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ESA from Jobseekers Allowance
Hi, I have been on JSA for about 9 months and have used up my two periods of sickness so can somebody please tell me what will happen here??:confused: I have just been discharged from hospital with Kidney Stones which the hospital believe will pass in the next couple of days and am still in some discomfort/pain and…
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Contribution Based JSA help needed
HI my oh was made redundant and had a claim for CB JSA refused as they said he had not paid enough NI contributions one year. A few days later he received a letter saying that he had paid 33 years and needed 30 years for state pension which is fine. He could however top up his payments to cover the missing period 07/08 My…
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high rate care and disregarded income
hi everyone just signed up this site.would like to know .i receive high rate care dla .my son works and would like to know .is his earnings disregarded if i claim housing benefit.i know it used to be .but wonder if this has changed thanks in advance
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JSA Options after 6 months - Help
Hello, can anyone help? I have been unemployed for just over 6 months. My personal advisor initially mentioned a self employment scheme - which I didn't jump at, needing time to think of a business idea. Now I am being pushed towards a re-training scheme. I am interested in both schemes, my question is: If I go for the…
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NI Number Fraud - Really need some help
Dear all, earlier this year, i had a girl living with me for 2-3 months. In October, my employer (pay roll) has made me aware of the fact that the Tax office has another persons name and address against my National Insurance Number, which I have been holding sind June 2002. I was completely stunned and then realised that…
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Getting rid of capital to get benefits
My mother has scrimped & saved all of her life. She is over 80 years old and registered disabled. She has £20+ in savings, which she refuses to spend. She wishes to leave it to family members when she dies! My problem is that she is only just breaking even after she's paid out her basic living expenses on a weekly /…
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How do I prove rental liability for housing benefit.
I rented a property over 6 years ago for a 5 year period, at the time I was on housing benefit - filled out all the forms - gave in the rental agreement and all receipts to the council and was paid housing benefit. I have now moved out of that property, my personal circumstances have improved and am in the process of…
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Advice Needed: Tax Rebate
A friend sugeested I may be entitled to a tax rebate at some point, but I'm not sure exactly how to go about claiming for one, if anyone can read my circumstance and offer any advice as to whether I'd be liable and how I go about claiming for one. I've recently left my job, I resigned in order to go travelling, although…
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child savings and income support
Please advise: My son currently 15 is due to be given a large gift of money. This may come before he is 16 or just after. He currently has a Nationwide BS flex account. I am in receipt of income support. Will my benefit be stopped when my son gets this money? Please advise: Having read an old thread the Harpenden BS was…
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Accident-off work-benefit entitlement
Hi My husband owns his own one man band company, I assist. He had a serious accident and has just had his arm reconstructed and is in a big frame to stop it from moving. He can walk a little bit (although he has to be careful not to knock the frame) but he cannot drive or work easily. As a result, the company income has…
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jsa crisis loan ?
how much is it possible to get,will thy give you money for your mortgage,and how much do you pay back a week out of your entitlement.
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Re: Housing benefit - addition of my name to the mother's rent card
Hi Everyone, I’d need some advice regarding Housing benefit, I’m living with my mum since my birth (now 22 years) and wondering if it would be possible for me to be added onto my mother’s rent card so that I could start paying rent officially when my mother can’t afford to (at later stage when she’s retired) I have been to…
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anyone know dates on dec's child tax credits? if any early!
hi guys, just wondered if getting them any early as im due to get mine on the 23rd dec :( thanks in advance for any info
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how many hours?
Morning all, my hubby claims income based jsa for both of us and we get council tax benefit and mortgage relief.Can someone please advise how many hours i can work without it affecting benefits. Thankyou
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Letter from the tax credits !!!!!!!!
Hello ,dont know whether anyone can help me i got a letter from the tax credits in november asking me if i am a uk citzen and my home phone number . I sent the form off and rung them this week to see if they recieved the letter they said they couldnth tell me as i didnt pass security ,i know from june when i got a letter…
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postal address for JSA formal complaints?
Does anyone know the postal address to write to if you wish to make a formal complaint about the handling of a JSA claim? The complaint isn't really about the Job Centre staff its more about the call centre staff (payments line) and the handling of the claim itself. Cheers guys :)
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Income and pension question
Situation is this: Married couple. male 65 wife 62. Wife gets dla, husband entitled to carers but doesnt get it. He also gets state pension which is topped up with pension credit. Do i assume correctly that if the wife got income from a modest trust fund that this would affect (reduce) the pension credit entitlement?
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ESA the suspense is killing me!
I appealed the results of my ESA medical assessment as i scored zero on sept 1st- over 3 months ago and still no news I just want to know how long people have had to wait? i know it can be up to 6 months but just wanted to hear peoples stories of how long they waited!! if it did take exactly 6 months are you more likely to…
