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How long will a claim take?
Im moving into my new house on the 2nd of Jan , i have an appointment with the council to do a E-benefit form on the 6th. They said the E-benefit, where they do it all on the computer takes 7-10days. Does any one know when i should expect my first payment? Iv just applied for income support (yesterday) , i will be a lone…
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Help with LHA and Council Tax Benefit Claim please
Hi all, I wonder if you could offer some advice about this situation. Unfortunately me and my husband are separating and it has been decided that he will move out. We are both on the mortgage on this property which is worth about £110,000 ish and we have a £100,000 mortgage and £20,000 unsecured that we owe. We have…
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Info needed please..DLA/income support
My uncle has recently been awarded DLA... High rate mobility and low rate care, He is also claiming income support. He has only just been awarded the DLA so with xmas/new year coming up he has not been able to informed the housing benefit people or income support .. When he does contact them will it affect his income…
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Wife and myself have recently unemployed how much will we get
We are 55 have no kids and a morgage of £165 per month and council tax of £125 per month Can anybody explain if we can claim anything please we are getting desperate
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New Year's benefit payment dates [merged]
Just letting folks know, if your due JSA on 1st Jan, to check there banks, mine has gone in today, a day earlier, than I was told. Happy New Year ( almost ) Wench x
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Is she entilted to anything ?
hi wonder if anyone can help i have a daughter of 18 she works about 12 hours in a pub a week she is on an e2e course i which she gets ema for but what i wanted to know is is she entitled to job seekers allowance ? or any benefit she lives at home with me . i work p/t and get wtc etc if she is entilted to anything will i…
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savings and benefits
I am a single parent of 3 children. I have recently returned to full time work (£16995 per year) and am in receipt of child tax credits and working tax credits as based on previous year's income of £2300. I am a home owner about to move house but as it is not ready I will be in rented accommodation for several months. The…
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tax credit ?
i am off work at present on tax credit , i have a private insurance that pays me a sum of money when off work . do i have declare this as other income? after all why should the govermment benefit from my insurance policy if i am the one who pays for it.:confused: any opinions welcome thanks
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New years day?
What should i do if i would normally sign on for job seekers this friday?
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so confused regarding the CB paymetn
I am due to get my next cb payment on the 4th Jan 2010 (going by the last payment on tues 8th dec), but on looking at the website it states i will get it the week commencing the 11th! I am a bit confused about this any one care to help a confused mummy lol!x
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ESA One year on, second ESA50
I wonder if anybody can offer any advice please..... I have been receiving ESA for almost a year. Like most people, I failed the so called medical about seven months ago. However, I appealed sending in further medical evidence and the decision was reversed without going to a formal hearing. I was placed in the support…
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Sdp
Have had a letter from dwp saying i may be intitled to sdp,is this on top of any benefits i receive and what are the qualifing conditions ?
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Ctc & nhs
Hi, I am currently claiming CTC and went to the usual optician to book for my son's yearly eye test and new glasses (he has lazy eye/squint). I was asked what benefit am I receiving, I said CTC, I was then told that my son's not entitled to free eye test and voucher. Was this lady right or not?? My son's glasses is broken…
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Tax Credits paid early? anyone?
I have a post office card and when I went to get my usual Child benefit today, there was a higher amount in there. My tax credits are due tomorrow, could it be those early? The post office lady said they had not been informed of early payments as tomorrow the post office is open as usual. Just wondering if any other pink…
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ESA benefit
Please correct me if I am wrong in thinking about my case..as my wife works 16 hours a week and we receive family w/tax and child/tax benefit together with council tax and housing benefit and child benefit for one child £20 pw Total we receive in our pocket from all this is say +- £1100pm Say they awarded me £300pm…
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can you please help!! jsa!!
im no longer entitled to jsa as i work 4 hours a week and receive child maintenance, ive received today a letter saying that from 29 July2009 they cannot pay me jsa!!As soon as i started working and receiving child maintenance i informed jobcentre, i even had a man from dwp coming to my house in august and he also wrote a…
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signing on and off contributions based JSA
hi there I need to sign on for the first time in years, my employment ends 31 dec. I understand i'm eligible for 6 months contributions based JSA but not then income based JSA as i have capital (redundancy payment). the question is, what happens if i find short time work? (in particular, i thought i might pick up the odd…
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Income Support - Help Please
Hi All, Many thanks in advance for reading and offering advice. I seperated from my husband in April and had my calim for income support rejected as while things were being sorted out financially we both ahd access to our joint account and he was paying all bills here inc mortgage. That changed some months ago and I now…
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DLA Query
Hi guys.. Wonder if any one of you are able to reply or suggest this query. I first applied for DLA back in around 2000/2001.. but over the 5 years, it's been refused 3 or 4 times, then tried again in 2005 (no circumstance have changed - still the same) I finally got my DLA application accepted. But have wondered about why…
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Couples JSA but wife with infants?
Hello, We have been claiming JSA as a couple for a while now. Trust me, I'd rather have a job - I am an architect and whilst that isn't megabucks, it's more than benefits. Anyway, we have two kids (17mths and nearly 3yrs) and my wife is looking after them as well as doing a degree through the OU. When I made my application…
