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Benefits Advice needed
Hi I am a complete benefits novice so any help or advice is greatly appreciated. I am currently on CB JSA and an approaching my 13 week review, at this review is it possible to request a move to IB JSA if I meet the criteria. I am married with 14 month child, my partner works 24 hours a week and earns 15K a year. Am i…
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Tax credits and childcare confusion.
I was just hoping someone could help me clarify something. Currently, my wife doesn't work and we receive circa £15/week child tax credits due to my income(2 children). She now has the opportunity to go back to work as the children are a bit older. This will take our joint income up to £43000 with her income being around…
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Help, what can I do?? 2 steps forward 10 back!
Hi Guys, Hoping you can help me here, I have just gone back to work after being on IS im on 16 hours raising to 30 soon, My council tax run on was paid late and because of this 2 Direct debits came back unpaid. so Co-op have charged me 19.50 for each and my car insurance have charged me £20 late fee.. I rang council to say…
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Esa help for my mum please...
Hi im really hoping someone here can help ive had a real stressful afternoon on the phone to jc plus, my mum has been on esa cb since august last year, she has been diagnosed with cushing's disease, arthritis, diabetes, she is in the limited capability for work group. My mum has also been homeless for the past 19 months,…
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smp and tax credit question
i was informed last night that tax credits disregard first £100 of the smp. i called them today with are new income firgure for april 2010 to april 2011 smp will be claimed in this tax year. they removed £3900 from my yearlly figure and told me i would probably get a weekly increase in money. i asked question about what…
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Cold weather payments query
I'm on income support - will I still qualify for help with cold weather costs? I've tried searching, but I can only see it is for pensioners. I've got a few years to go till pension age.
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Tax credit disregard smp pay
Hi my fellows can someone explain what they mean by tax credit disregard 100/wk of smp as i am on maternity leave , and ihave given them my 2010/2011 income to be approx £4440 as i multiply 123x9 months . Please how am i going to calculate this i start smp in april not going to work until may next year may. So all the tax…
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ESA Joint claim
New here, so a outline of history. Six months back lost my job and started aclaim for JSA just as my O/H started a claim for IBESA due to rhumatiod arthritis. after about six weeks with no progress with either claim my O/H was told that there was a problem with claim, and after a lot of trouble was eventually told both…
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jsa suspended
hey im new to this so please bear with me a bit.... i was working at tescos bournemouth for 19 months part time off 18 hrs....£115.i decided to move to southampton and try to get a full time job... after getting jsa from southampton for 3 months i moved back to bournemouth as the job situation in southampton is…
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jobseekers allowance and tax credit help please
we are a couple with 2 young children and have just started to claim jobseekers allowance. how much child tax credit will we get for a child of 3 and one of 8? i have done a couple of online calculaters but they come out with different amounts. we only have my partners 102 a week coming in.
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ESA income related
Hi, i get ESA income related and i have googled and seen i can get free dental treatement, but the dentist want a letter from ESA with a reference number on to prove this? who do i ring and what they on about?
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ESA Appeal Advice Needed Please
My brother got 0 points at his medical, so appealed this was heard on the 9th but he got no notification of the date so obviously didn't attend. I assume that he should have had a letter informing him of the date-time. All his post is checked by myself or our Mum a couple of times a week, there has definitely been no…
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single mum moving back to uk with a 9 year old
hi, I have been living abroad but my marriage has broken down and am having to move back to the uk with my 9 year old son. Can anyone tell me how much child benefit and child tax credit i would recieve. Also i hope to get a job asap but would i get working tax credit ? many thanks in advance from a worried mum
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Benefits for single mums
my niece lives at home with her mum and she is 17 with a month old baby and she does not recieve any any money at all.does anyone know what she will be able to claim? thanks in advance
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Tax Credits
Help.... Me and my partner earn a total of around £35k a year we have a wonderful 1 year old little boy, We were originally told we where underpaid by the tax credits so they gave us a couple of payments for the new year that were around £140, and no we dont get anything as they messed up. Childcare costs amount to around…
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JSA to ESA - normal procedure?
Hi, I have a sick note for 4 weeks from my doc and was advised that I needed to swap from JSA which I've been on for four months to ESA. I made a claim on 05/10 and the DWP wrote to me by letter dated 07/10 requesting evidence for my claim, i.e. the sick note. I posted it to them by first class post on 11/10. The JSA claim…
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Any advice very confused
Hi all , after yesterdays announcments by George Osbourne I am a little confused and worried about my situation as I am sure many others are about theirs.I will be very honest with you and tell you I am not the smartest tool in the box .Here goes, I am a single mum currently on income based ESA I have yet to have my…
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Unauthorised payments
Hi Are banks allowed to take money out of an account for debts even if the person is unemployed and in financial difficulties? I am currently living on Jobseekers and found that Halifax had taken £40 of my jobseekers money without my permission from my Natwest account. I am furious and upset by this. Thats my food shopping…
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help, dont get the new cuts
Hi, dont know if anyone can help me. just heard the new cuts. I understand that couples will need to work 24 hrs to claim wtc but im a single mum - will i have to work 24hrs. lucky to have a job with 16 at the moment their so overstaffed. help! dont really want to spend ages on the phone to tax credits!
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Help... come off benefits. tax credits and job grant how long???
Hi, I hope someone can help me. I've just come off IS (been on it just over a year since split with partner) as I've found a job woo hoo (although its just a temp xmas one, but better than nothing) I was told that im entitled to a job grant of £250 for going to work to put me on (pay is monthly in arrears) and i've called…
