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Work Trials - New Deal
Hi everyone, The other day i applied for a job at my local B&Q on the checkouts. Now my details were then stored on their system, and someone phoned me back the day after and said that they're trying to set up a new team of people dealing with trade customers, and would i be interested in an interview? Naturally i said…
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can my wife claim anything for her seizures that she has
hello my wife got diagnosed with epilepsy about 6 years ago , she has tonic colonic seizures , there nocturnal nights seizures in her sleep only , they are really violent and she will always wee herself and bite her tounge to bleeding point , she usually cant eat anything for 2 weeks after properly i work 2 nights a week…
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Council tax and 2nd person
I am on income support, ic, dla, and sda so have not had to pay council tax but my daughter is coming back to stay with me for a while. I rang the council tax office today and I don't know why but I just assumed my eligibility would go down from 100% to 25% because of my benefits and the rest would have to be paid as my…
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My ex-wife does not seem able to get any benefits
My ex-wife and I divorced in 2002. At that time I was 56 and he was 51. We both remarried in 2003. Her new husband died in 2005, I think he was 58 when he died. She is desperately short of money and can't seem to get any benefits. She does not work and cannot drive. Our son lives with her and they just about manage. She…
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Job seekers allowance
We recently returned to the UK after living in southern Ireland for the last five years. I am working full time but my husband has been unable to find work, he made a claim for job seekers allowance (nearly six months ago now) he has worked all his working life (now 45) until now so has paid all his NI both here whilst…
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cancer diagnoised wha can she claim ?
Hi all We have had some sad news today my aunt has been diagnoised with lung cancer, She currentlty recives carers allowance for my grandmother will this stop now shes been diagnoised ? they said she can claim mobility is this all ? Thankyou for any help owens
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cold weather payment and DLA
anyone confirm for me as im at a loss at the website and subsequent thread. my postcode comes up for 1 cold weather payment. i receive dla middle rate care and low rate mobility. it says not to call as payments will be automatically made. do i qualify or not? cant say ive seen such a payment. im not being greedy but it…
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Timelines and knowledge very limited = HRMC + Job Seekers
Help - I was made redundant 1 year ago, December 08. I started claiming job seekers in April 09 through stubbon stupidity. Today I received my Unique Tax Code and have only just managed to register for my online self-assessment. It said up to 7 days for my activation pin to be sent taking me to the 21st January. I set up a…
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benefits for part time cabin crew, help
I am single mum, part time cabin crew (75%) How i can apply for housing benefits with my income which one is basic solary 8500pa plus allowances (every month differnt from £50 - £300), can they count allowances as a income. Where i can ask and who can give me best info. Thank you
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How much is incapacity benefit??
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child benefit/housing benefit help please
Hi I am new here and in desperate need of some information. I have tried looking online but cant find what im looking for. I am a single parent working 21 hours a week and have 3 children aged 17 14 and 5. My eldest started college in september and my hours of work changed from 16 to 21 around about the same time. NOTE 2…
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Tax credits and non resident parent
Hi all, I am divorced and have lived with my partner (still married but separated), my two children and his son for three years. We claim jointly for tax credits for all 3 of the children and were receiving child benefit for them all, along with maintenance from my ex for my two via the CSA. Access has always been every…
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child maintence payments question
after how many payments of child maintence from the father is it classed as regular payments and i would have to inform the benefits people? When it is regular and i tell them will they stop all my claims (child tax credits , income support & housing benefit) while they re calculate leaving me with no money and no way of…
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Support for motgage help. Will it be deducted from my Job Seekers Allowence?
i am currently claiming jobseekers allowence and i have applied for mortgage help. i got a letter 2day saying "the money u are entitled to each week includes money towards the interest on your mortgage. We will take the money from your jobseekers allowence to pay straight to your lender. we will pay your lender every 4…
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Help for the Self Employed
Hi all Writing on behalf of my sister who is in a bit of mess cash wise. Her hubby is self employed and hasn't worked for 5 weeks due to the weather, then his van blew up so he can't get to any jobs anyway. As his business was making losses and they always struggled for cash he went up to see what benefits he was entitled…
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When do the benefits for 2010 increase and by how much?
Or is too early to find out :confused: Sorry if its a dumb question.
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Can I use a current year estimate and what to expect.
Due to changes at work, our household income will drop like a stone from April. Can I ask them to take an estimate of our 2010/11 income instead of my actual income for the 2009/10 tax year when assessing our payments? Also, can I do this with tax credits AND child credits? The estimate will be best case scenario at this…
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Housing Benefit Woes!!!!
Hi all, Just need to rant, so apologies upfront. Last October I entered the dreaded housing/council tax benefit system. I was working 16 hours a week minimum wage, whilst looking for better employment. My local council took over 8 weeks to sort my benefit out (apparently I was put in the wrong pile TWICE) This caused me…
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Tax credit run-on - oops?
Hi. I stopped work on the 26th December and assumed i would get tax credit run-on. I am now applying for income support/housing benefit. With regards the tax credit run-on, i assumed this was done automatically and you didn't need to contact them - so i didn't! After doing a search though, it seems i should have rung and…
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can someone explain tax credits?
hi, I have just got married and we are thinking of starting a family, so i have been looking on the direct gov website in relation to maternity pay etc. i am self employed so looks like i would receive maternity allowance, my husband is employed. I just want someone to explain tax credits? is this money you get off of your…
