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Income supportadam
i claim income support my ex has offered to give me fifty pounds a wk could this affect my benefits
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housing benefit and uni student coming home
just looking for the future, my son is currently doing a levels and wants to go to uni, we currently get a HB top up, but wondered what would happen if he came home for all the holidays, do HB take all that into consideration or would i have to think about downsizing and he will have to sleep on the couch. we would like to…
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income support in pregnancy
Hi, am asking on here for my daughter. She is 18 and pregnant, she currently recieves job seekers allowance. I have trawled the internet to find out at what stage in her pregnancy does she need to change her claim to income support, and at what stage does she get the increased rate? I think its around week 25 but can't be…
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A little advice Please :D
Hi everyone I am currently on income support and recieving housing benefit to help pay my half of the rent and council tax (share a flat with friend) I am feeling like I want to try get back into work now after three years being very unwell, and have gained a qualification studying at home. But am a little worried that as…
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3rd child now getting dla, what next
HI all HOpe all is well. Just been awarded dla for my 4 year old of £47.00 per week. They rang me to tell me this yesterday. They also stated I should look into getting the allowance but because this is all new to me I don't know how I go about it and will it effect my wftc/tc each week. Any help would be very much…
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DLA Mobility
Hi. This is a query for on behalf a family member. A while ago she was informed that from 2011 she could claim the high rate mobility due to changes being made that everybody who is blind can claim this. Is this still the case? Thanks
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Sanction put on benefits by misstake
I found out this morning that on feb 2009 a sanction of £10 a week was placed on my benefits due to failure to attend a work focused interview. However the records show I did attend the meeting so the sanction was an error and I have been told someone will call me back later today to disguss the arrers. My question is will…
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Housing benefit: Submitting a claim before i move in
Hi To cut a long story me and my partner broke up some 4 months ago. We have a little one. I moved out and back with my parents etc. It is a private property to which she now receives housing benefit. We have decided to give it another go, however i am due to move back from my parents at the start of november. Trying to…
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hello again
I just put a post a post in about my husband going back to work and how it would effect us and i for got to ask about housing rents and council tax. would we have to pay full housing rent and council tax if my husband was working 16 hours or 30 hours.with 16 hrs he would get £107 a week and £98 working tax credit and my…
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Not sure if its called guardians allowance? Help please
Hi there. I am a single parent and Im looking to possibly move in with my partner in the next couple of months. I just wondered if anyone could tell me if the benefit he receives for looking after his nephew is counted as an income? (His sister is a drug and alcohol addict and all her children were taken into care and he…
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hello
I need some help please,my husband was working full time but had to give up his job last year to be a full time carer for me as i am disabled. we are on income support i claim it for us and low rate dla and i get carers allowance for my daughter who is grown up she is over 21 and does not live with us.that is all we get.my…
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Tax credits confusion
Hello! Im new to the tax credits system, I just gave birth to my first daughter, and after 4 weeks of waiting, have just phoned the tax office to fione out when my payment would be...she said it was going to be paid on Thursday (yey!) but then said there is one payment for £68, one for £39 and one for £11 and then a…
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Worrried about working
I am a diabetic on 4 insulin injections a day can someone give me peace of mind i have diabetic neropathy in me feet and am currently on 100mg morphine with oramorph for breakthrough pain it is a pain no one can describe at the moment with a struggle and the help of good work colleagues still managing to work 2 days its…
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Tax Credit Delay new joint Claim
Hi I put in a new claim joint claim, It worried me after reading loads of posts on here about the huge delay in receiving first payment. Tax credits received my form back 3 weeks ago and i still have no payment, Iv phone every day for an update to be told its processing and phone back in a few days for an update, They have…
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School Dinners
Hi, wonder if anyone can help. I am really confused about the whole free school dinners/help with school trips etc. I have 3 children, me and my partner both work. Our joint income is around £15,000 a year. We receive WTC and CTC and free prescriptions. On the letter from school, it said that we can't apply for help…
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not sure my job seekers allowence is right
hi, first of all i will say i really stuggle with some maths, espcially if it involves dates problem is i dont know if i have been getting enough JSA but i really cant work it out, i owe £180 on my creditcard and i cant work out why because i only spend what i have (or think i have). so i looked at my statements online for…
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Confused, how to maximise income
I type too much beware. The short version is: JSA + Housing benefit is about £30 a week short of what I actually need to pay my rent and bills, how can I earn more money ontop of benefit. Id also need to work at least 35hours to pay everything if I got 0 benefit. How is JSA and Housing benefit effected by working <16hours…
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Council Tax backdated payment bills -£1,000
I have just received in the post, a number of council tax letters from Dundee city council stating that I owe outstanding payments from various years running from 1994 (6 bills in total so far yet). I kept most of the council tax books which clearly shows I have paid the full amount without any discounts (1994-2000).…
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ESA stopped - no reason
My DIL is terminally ill and on ESA. Her money hasn't come through today and she is upset. She is asking me if this happens often ? WHy would it just stop? Anybody any ideas?
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Tax Credits and Travelling
Does anyone know if we can still claim tax credits if we are working for an English Company, paying tax in England, getting paid in to an English bank account etc. But we are working from home and thinking about travelling round Europe with the kids for 6 months. Can we still claim tax credits or do we have to actually be…
