-
Mortgage interest payments claim
Hi Im currently claiming JSA. Got a letter through last week saying to complete a form and might be able to get mortgage interest paid. Ive just been verbally offered a job starting in April (and will continue looking for something between now and then.) Not therefore sure if I should bother claiming as not sure how long…
-
What can be claimed?
Hi, I hope I am on the right thread. My father was made redundant about 15 months ago, after 30 years at the same company. He is mid fiftys, and unfortunately has not had any luck with finding another job. His redundancy money has all gone now, just on day to day living. His wife works full time. He claimed job seekers…
-
The help with mortgage interest saga!
Last November, after being on contribution based JSA for 3 months, I was sent forms to fill in for help with the mortgage. I thought this was just paid to those on income based JSA but my local job centre said there had been a change in the rules and I was now eligible for help. In January, having heard nothing, I phoned…
-
Would i get help?
Hiya, I am currently a working single mum and would really like to go back to college, im not exactly sure what im entitled to and don't know how income support works, would i be allowed to quit work to go back to full time education? If so how does income support work, how much? At the moment by wages only just cover my…
-
Carer's allowance and allowed work
I wonder if someone would be kind enough to advise aboout the possibility of claiming CA and working variable hours/days. I understand that the weekly after deductions wage has to be below £95 but what if there are some weeks with no income at all and then some where the total is above? I think specifically of supply…
-
Estate Inheritance and claiming income support
My dear grandmother passed away on the 5th of October. My mother arranged for a will to be done as the old one was lost. However the will was only written as a draft and never finalized before my grandmothers death. A new will has been created by our solicitor and has my grandmothers wishes stating everything is to be…
-
Tax Credits when living with parents.
Hi can anyone please help? I live in a 5 bedrommed house that I rent from a housing association. My daughter her partner and there son who is only 18 month old also live in rented accomodation, however we all stuggle financially. So, today we talked about them all moving in with me as I certainly have the room, plus I work…
-
My JSA being stopped in June Class 1 N.I contribution runs out??
Hello I need some help I received a letter the other day about my JSA and how much I will be paid below that It says Bare in mind I am 24 and haven't worked since I was part time at Morrisons where some times I would earn above the threshold and be taxed. I have been claiming JSA for over 18 months now What will happen?
-
Can i claim Job Seekers????
I have recently come off benefits (September last year). I found myself a job pizza delivering. My car has broken down now, i have no way of affording another, so i cant do the job! We live in the middle of no where so getting to the shop even to do an instore job isnt even possible. Will i be able to re claim benefits or…
-
advice needed to help my mum please
im still quite new to posting so sorry if this is the wrong place. the situation is my mum is thinking of leaving her full time job to become my step dads full time carer as his health is getting worse and he feels himself that he should now have a carer agreed also by his gp. my mum lives in a council house and my brother…
-
Received letter stating ESA to stop but still on sick note?
Help, been on ESA since Nov 09 after recovering from two heart attacks in May 09. Had the routine medial assesment which went really well, but week later received letter stating they are stopping my esa as I scored 0 points. My doctor has signed sick note and my heart specialist say I cannot go back to work yet. I feel…
-
Carer's Allowance/Attendance Allowance - HELP!
Could someone advise me please? My mother has been temporarily incapacitated since a pretty hefty operation at the beginning of December. She was discharged just before Christmas and since she's also newly widowed, I've been her main helper. At the beginning, she was fairly bed-bound, so I helped her with personal hygiene,…
-
Deprevation of capital question.
Elderly couple receive inheritance. Takes them above £16,000 savings. Couple plan to use the money to: redo the kitchen (It has bare plaster walls in places, tiled floor, non fitted units - it is at least 30 years old). Move a large outbuilding in the garden. Do maintenance work on the original roof. New carpets. Do these…
-
On benefits, child benefit problem
I speerated from my husband in october last year and have claimed imcone support, child tax credits and child benefit, i was living abroad for 2 years before that so had never claimed anything including child benefit. After 3 months of living on hardly anything my tax credits are now sorted out, but i put the claim in for…
-
Utterly confused - need help!
Can anyone please tell me how much savings are allowed before it affects benefits - I cannot seem to find a definite answer! Parents are both over 80, get a pension and pension credits (think that's what its called maybe tax credits - again confused!), their council tax is paid as well. That's what they get but have now…
-
***Jobcentre Plus & 0800 numbers from a mobile - GOOD NEWS***
From 18th January 2010, customers of O2, Orange, Tesco Mobile and Vodafone will receive free mobile phone calls to our 0800 numbers for claims to State Pension, Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support, and Employment and Support Allowance as well as to ask for emergency payments or crisis loans; those with T-Mobile and Virgin…
-
leaving disabled husband,what will happen?
I hope this is in the right bit of the forum. I am seriously considering leaving my husband,I can no longer cope with being here and want to leave before I begin to hate him.:( we have a small child and our home is mortgaged,I understand the parent with main care of the children normally stays in the home but our home is…
-
JSA, Depression, Advice!
Hi everyone, I'm just looking for some advice here. Basically for quite a few months now i've been feeling really unhappy. I had a job back in June that didn't work out, am currently back on JSA (job seeker's allowance), but nothing's coming up. My life at the moment. I probably don't eat as much as i should. I cry quite a…
-
Bank accounts for bad credit & benefits?
If you are on benefits do you HAVE to have a bank account? Do they pay any in cash? Assuming you have to have an account, there is a PO one that you can't have anyone except benefits pay any money into isn't there, a bit like a benefits only saver account? If you need a bank account & are uncredit worthy what accounts are…
-
Advice re: reduction in working hours and tax credits.
Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on my mum's behalf. She is 51 and has been employed for seven years by the local council. Her contract has always been for twenty hours a week but she has always in the past done ten hours of overtime a week. She's been off sick for four months (she had a big knee operation as a result…
