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ESA appeal tribunal
I have a tribunal next week and wondered that if I could re-appeal if they didn't overturn their decision?? Many thanks ...
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Working part-time, getting TC and HB, extra work?
I'm a single mum and I work 3 days a week. I receive some HB and tax credits (mostly for childcare). I have the option to do some supply work (im a teacher) 1 or 2 days a month to help with the money situation, but dont know how this would work with my benefits, as it wouldnt be regular, and obviously not all year. Would I…
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help! what is this run on in benefits when starting work?!
hi, i am 20 years old and was claiming income support for two years whilst at college and JSA since the beginning of september and also housing benefit and council tax benefit for this time. I have now found a job and have been told about something called a benefit run on at the job centre but i really did not understand…
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Income support + partner
Hi there I currently claim income support (because I'm a disabled student) with the disability top-up (an extra £20) and disability living allowance. My partner isn't working at the moment, and he's thinking of moving in with me. I understand that it'd have to be a joint claim, but as he'd typically be on JSA if he was…
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Back dating child tax credits
i was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to have any Child tax Credit Underpayments backdated further than 3 months??? my wife and i were messing around with a benefits calculator and discovered that we should be getting around £100 per month more than we are currently getting. we hadn't notified the tax credits…
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Change is circumstance - paying back
My friend was telling me the other day that they have stopped claiming for ctc as they have been having trouble with overpayments and they thought it was easier just to cease claiming. I think they get the basic and are on high income jobs and dont necessary need it. Her partner then mentioned that they have had to pay…
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JSA and PPI
I am currently claiming JSA due to being made redundant but I start a job on the 18th January. I am claiming PPI on 2 loans and I have to keep sending forms to the DWP for them to confirm that I am still claiming JSA and send them back to the loan companies to prove I am still unemployed. My question is when exactly do I…
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would a lump sum affect wftc and ctc?
I haven't received any amount and what I will eventually receive will be dependant on how much a property is sold for minus costs etc, but at some point 2010, or whenever,I should be getting 1/3rd of the property sale. This I am hoping to use to fix up my house (get proper heating for instance!) and pay some of my…
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Freedom Pass pls help
Hello All, I suffer from Anxiety Panic attacks and Agoraphobia the lady at the Job centre insisted I claim DLA and has also send me a form for freedom pass I am finding it really very hard to concentrate on feeling in the freedom pass form. Is there anyone who have the same problems as me and have a freedom pass I find the…
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smi mortgage interest payments
I was claiming interest on my mortgage i had to stand 13wks before i claimed it, i started working part time for 7wks but had to hand my notice in due to my illness which i had before i started work. I am now back on income support as a rapid reclaim does anybody know if i could have a rapid reclaim for smi mortgage…
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what is the threshold per year to claim
Morning Brother and his long term partner had a baby girl 6 weeks ago. Both are working, brother on £15,000.00 a year and his partner a much more higher paid manager's salary. She is expected to be on maternity leave until September 2010. Question is: What is the yearly salary figure that you can claim before the ctc…
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Housing benefits, self employed application
I am such a sweat with this application, the Local authority plead with the public to come and 'collect what is owed' by them so thats what i did. I recieve CTC and WFTC so guessed i may be due some council tax discount in the form of Housing benefit. Well i applied 7 weeks ago, and since then have had a request every week…
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waiting on ctc and no work because of snow!
My partner moved in with me 2 weeks ago, and i signed off everything straight away and we made a new claim for ctc/wtc and hb/ctb i know the hb takes a while to sort out, but the tax credits told us it would take about a week to deal with our claim..... because of the snow and ice we have had my partner has not been able…
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Pension Credit - Moving house
We are a couple in our late seventies. We qualify for pension credit guarantee and the interest on our £40k mortgage is being paid by the pension service. My wife also receives DLA. These benefits have made our lives more comfortable than we had expected and we value them greatly. We moved back into the Coventry area…
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Home study and benefits
My 20 year old daughter left being a full time student and lost her job 10 months ago, She then went on job seekers allowance and also gets housing benefit and council benefit. She is unsuccessful in the huge amount of jobs she applies for as she has no experience in anything but hairdressing. So she has been speaking too…
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Tax Credits can they work out the optimum for you?
Hi all, i would appreciate some advice on tax credits, basically a heads up before we ring them tomorrow. Basically my wife is going back to work in April after being off on maternity with our second child. We basically want to know if the Tax credit help line can help us work out what hours my wife can work before it…
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advice on working and benefit
i work full time hours and earn £15000 a year i recieve child tax credit and no working tax credit as my husband works, he is on the verge of losing his job. i wanted to know if my husband can claim contribution based job seekers allowance and get cleaning job or something for 10 hours whilst seeking a full time job, only…
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Child tax credit/working tax credit, confused!!
Hi there, wondering if someone could explain a little bit more about this to me. At the moment my wife is on maternity leave, my daughter is 6 months next week, meaning my wife is starting to think about going back to work. She currently takes home her Statutory Maternity Pay, roughly £450 per month, along with £20 child…
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Needing help with Jobseekers? Help
Hi there. Just to see if anyone can clear this up or if they have been in a similar situation. My partner is about to go onto JSA income based on 23rd of the month but myself I have just started JSA contribution based. We both live together and it was just to see how will this be paid once this happens?? Will he still get…
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DLA Renewal time scales
Does anyone know what the renewal time scale for DLA is. My husband was quoted 12 weeks. I said you did say renewal and he said yes. I thought 12 weeks was for new claims. They have had it 3 weeks and the claim ran out last friday ho hum. 9 weeks to go then. Thanks in advance. Yours Calley
