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Savings limit help please
Hi folks, I'm not up to date on current savings limits for HB/CTB/IS - I get disability premiums, am under 60, and have some savings now - is the limit still £3000 for having *any* effect on benefits? Thanks in advance folks :)
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going back to work after being on income support
i 'm becomeing self emplyed as off monday ,i filledin all paperwork for tax credit,housing benefit,in work credits etc. howlong doesit take to have a payemnt from tax credits, in work credits and the £250 back to work grant? the jobcenter told me no more than 10 working days or 2 weeks but has you can imagine i'm a…
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a little bit of advice with carers allowance
good afternoon me and my wife used to both get carers allowance. Now my grandad died in october and i had the 8 week run on with carers that finished on the 28th december. We put in a adult dependant increase in forme on my wifes carers as i am now the full time parent for a our 2 year old until she goes too nursery at the…
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tax credits
I have just had a pathways interview. They mentioned that if I start work I may be elligible for tax credits. Iam not ready to start full time yet but could try and do part time hours. I did the qualify test for tax credits and according to that if I was to start work tomorrow :P at 16 hours a week I would get £812. I…
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Housing benefit if live-in son has a lot of capital
I have a relative over 82, a widowed council house tenant. She has a son living with her, early-retired (54) with a small pension (£800 a month) who also has ISA, savings account (£50,000 +). Widow receives housing benefit at the moment, son is classed as non-dependent by council. Son pays about £120 a week into his…
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Income Support/IB
Hi I was wondering if some of you could clarify my position about potentially moving in with my boyfriend. I am on Income Support(IB?)/with a disabilty premium being paid. I think I was put on IS because when I first claimed I had not paid enough NI contributions to be put on IB. I live in a one bed council flat and…
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Where to send JSA complaint form
Im about to lodge a complaint regarding lack of info and outcome from my JSA backdated claim.Been almost 6 months and still nothing,not even a letter.Where do I send it to lodge the complaint.To Cosham?It reads send to the form to mthe office that sent you the decision.Well I have no decision so Im lost.
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İs child tax credit decision correct?
İ applied for and was awarded ctc but they wouldnt pay because my wife who is foreign didnt have a Nİ number-i am the sole provider and she has no redress to any benefits or funds here in the uk-she cant even work!-any ideas??
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HELP PLS! Forgetting to tell council tax benefit people, more than once
Last year I forgot to tell the council tax about a change in income a few times. I suffer from aggitated depression as diagnosed by psychiatrist, and I get absent minded with paper work. I phoned and they adjusted my council tax benefit. Late last year I got a tax rebate of over a thousand pounds in 3 cheques. I threw the…
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No shifts & tax credits?
Question for my girlfriend... She works 30 p/w for a hotel and recieves approximately £50 a week in tax credits. The thing is at the moment the hotel aren't giving her any hours as they don't have enough guests staying due to the time of year. They've told her that she's not needed again til approximately Valentines day…
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Having to move area & leave job... can I claim?
Hi, I'm currently working away from home in full-time work on a seasonal contract that expires at the end of March. Unfortunetely I've been given notice that I need to vacate where I'm living within 4 weeks so I'm facing having to move back home then as I've not been able to find any temporary lodgings for the remaining 7…
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In need of advice on Housing Benefit rules
I'd be really grateful for some pointers on this. Basically, I graduated last year (I'm 24), moved away, am now working full time in London. I rent a room in a houseshare. As far as I'm concerned, that's where I live. But I've been told that my mother's housing benefit has been cut off because I'm working! I don't even…
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Trying to get off ESA but system and situtation makes it so difficult.
Hi all, I have been reading so much but I think I'm more confused than I was before. I have been on ESA for a few months due to a long term mental health problem that I finally decided to try and overcome. I hate being on it and want to slowly get back into society and perhaps have a part time job. Just to explain, I have…
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No LHA in account
I know no-one on here can give me a definative answer, but if anyone works in housing benefits your opinions would be most welcome. I am in private accomodation and recieved LHA, I get this every 2 weeks, it usually shows in my bank account on a friday but the the day I am meant to get it is a monday. my last payment shows…
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quick question regarding tax credits
hi, just a quick question, if you are in a couple with a young child, where one person works over 30 hours, and the other doesn't work, with a household income of about £16500, can we claim working and child tax credits? many thanks for your help
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Should i claim carers allowance
Hi, After speaking with the advisors from the carers allowance unit I am not sure that i would benefit in putting a claim in. My son is in receipt of HRC, & LRM, I receive contribution based ESA, just passed the medicals. My husband works full time and earns approx £30k, I have informed CTC and am waiting their new award…
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change of circumstances tax credits
Hi I am hoping someone can help I have recently returned to work from mat leave and have decided it is no longer a position i want to be in,my question is i have found a job i would like to apply for and was wondering if my income was to reduce from around £9500 to around £7000, and my partners income this year will be…
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Privatley renting property on income support
HI, I hope someone can help, I currently rent a two bed flat for me and my son privatley from my parents through the council (all above board) and receive payment from LHA for 2 bedrooms. I am due to give birth soon and was hopeing to move to a three bed property, as i am having another son I am not due any more LHA but…
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Part time work and tax credits
Hello Everyone I am coming to the end of my maternity leave and dont want to return to my current employment (stressful job on full time hours which cant be reduced to part time). I have seen a job advertised for a couple of hours for around £120 before tax. Does anyone know roughly how much child tax credits and working…
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Urgent help required
Hi I would appreciate any help anyone can offer as I am really worried about this situation. Back in March 2007 my mother and I moved into to a new council property and I paid the rent and council tax as I was in full time employment, whereas my mum is on benefits. In July of the same year my brother, who has a mortgage,…
