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Help with Working Tax Credit - childcare
I'm a single mum working 22.5 hours a week. Occasionally work asks me to do an extra day which I don't mind but the amount of money I get for my extra day is seriously cut into by the £77 I have to pay if my ex and I can't co-ordinate and the kids have to go to nursery for an extra day. My question is whether the childcare…
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Working Tax credit wages increase question!!!
Hi all, Hope you can help clear something up for me I have a seasonal job working different hours each day which allows me to claim WTC. Last year I earnt 11k and this year I have been claiming again. I have been working more hours this year and I told them I would earn more around 14k instead and they updated my records.…
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Help with Child tax credits
my hubbie and i were getting the minimum amount of child tax credits for our 1 eligble child. I phoned them up this morning to give revised figures as we are both self employed, hubby is a roofer so really badly hit by recesion and this awful weather, the girl is putting it down as no profit will be made, does anyone know…
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Signing off JSA
Hi, I just have a quick question about JSA. I'm starting work a week on Monday, if I ring them now and say I'm going to sign off on that day (or day before) will I still get paid until then or will it stop now?
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Advice Urgently Needed - Overpayment of Jobseekers (Do I have any rights?)
Hi, I am in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance. I got a job working 15 hours a week in November. I went into the Job Centre and told them the day I got the job. Also wrote it on my 'looking for work' document. Received my bank statement today and they seem to have overpaid about 6 weeks benefit. As far as I'm concerned it's…
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Jobcentre requesting copies of letters
A bit of a rant and a question here folks if anyone can help. At my review I took with me a couple of sample letters that I have been sending out with my applications. My advisor asked if she could keep them or take photocopies of these. I declined and gave the reason that I don’t want them kept at the jobcentre as my…
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ESA and ATOS
Well here i go again another fight with atos as i have got to go for another medical about my depression which atos dosnt reconise as mental illness have been on the esa since nov 08 after a mental breakdown i have been trying to get myself up to my old self but things just happen to knock me right back . when i went to my…
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WFTC - Reprofiling
Does anyone have experience of the tax credit systems reprofiling? I had a change of circumstances which I let them know but my payments have stopped whilst they undertake reprofiling for me, unfortunately this has left me very short of money this month impacting on not being able to pay one of my bills on time. The…
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grant??
Hi, i am a single parent to a 5 year old, i am receiving benefits as i am unable to work due to a long term sickness, multiple sclerosis. My home is very cold and can be quite noisy (living 2 mins from a supermarket) my main question is, i wondered if there is any way i can get a grant for double glazing in my home? Any…
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Delayed ESA claim
I have mental illness and been on ESA since Apr 09. I'm still waiting for my Work Capability form (almost 9 months now). I have tried ringing them to let them know that I'm still alive and still waiting but usually speak to someone who works in a call centre with no authority generally saying somethin like 'I'll make a…
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Contribution ESA
hi i wonder if any one can help with advice i am in a womanaid refuge and am unable to work right now i have been on Contribution ESA since aug i have been offered a house and been told i cant get any help with funiture etc as i am on Contribution ESA and i will always be on Contribution ESA even tho that been nearly 26…
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Benefits Advice Required for Carer
I am hoping that someone can assist me with a query I have. I am currently a carer for my wife who suffers from cerebal palsy, at the moment she claims the lower rate of DLA Carers and gets the Higher Rate mobility which is offset against a motability vehicle. I became unemployed 18 months ago and 12 months ago registered…
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Job Seekers' Allowance - Income from pension
Income based JSA is obviously means-tested, but contribution based JSA appears also to be means-tested. My question is: for a claimant who is NOT receiving state pension (ie under 65) but has income from savings and/or a private pension, how much can that income be before the claimant is not entitled to JSA?
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Tax credits...cut hours...advice needed!
Hi I work sixteen hours a week, my partner was recently made redundant so as of April Tax Credits will be based on my earnings only...however I was informed today that HO at the company I work for are cutting our stores contracted hours. The manageress has decided the fairest way to deal with this is to cut everyones…
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Travel to interview expenses while at A4E...
Hi. :) I'm currently on a 13 week course at A4E, and I have an interview tomorrow. I'm very short on money until my benefit payment early next week, and when I explained this to someone in my A4E centre, they told me that they couldn't refund the money until after the interview, but the Job Centre should be able to issue a…
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Child Tax Credits Help
Hi I hope someone can help, my situation is that my husband has just been made redundant from his job. We have two children 3 & 1 1/2 and I'm working 18 hours a week, bringing home £920 a month. My husband is receiving contributions based jobseekers allowance. We are lucky as my husband was at his firm for 17 years and…
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benefits calculator
hi, wonder if anyone can help me with a question that i am sure there is any easy answer but i can't see it. i have calculated our benefits online with entitled to, it asks me which benefits i receive already, i.e SDA, & DLA but in the final calculation page it doesn't mention these 2 benefits in the list, so do i add…
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New Deal - JSA - Advice/Question?
Hiya everyone, Just wondering if anyone can tell me anything about this 'New Deal' thing? I've been signing on for 6 months now. I did have a job for the first 3 months, but i was only getting like 3 hours a week so i was spending more getting to work than i was earning! I've heard they do CV Writing and everything with…
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benefit advice
I was wondering how many nights a week my partner is aloud to sleep at my house. I am on income support but take no money or help with bills from him. I would like him to stay every night, as he makes me feel safe but don't no how that will fare with benefits point of view, his circumstances are he lives with his parents,…
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Will we get anything after redundancy??
Hiya Was just wondering if someone could maybe offer some advise, please?? My DH is currently on gardening leave which ends at the end of Febuary, he has been there less than a year so will not get any redundancy. I work 4 days a week (which I will change to 5 if needed) and earn £16000 and he was earning £42000. We have 2…
