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Looking to move off IB and start my own business.
I worked for 35yrs before being finished on ill health due to using heavy plant, I have been on Incapacity benefit now for around 5yrs... my health has improved BUT I still qualify for IB because I am deaf. I have studied at University while on IB with support from the University re notetakers etc and now I feel I could…
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Child Tax Credits 2011 and beyond
Hi, I've looked at this online and am a bit confused. I earn roughly £27000 ish a year give or take depending on overtime. I have 2 kids, one of 5 and one of 2 with a third on the way and due on 30 Mar 2011. I don't see my salary increasing by more than £1000 over the next 2 years. My wife stays at home and looks after the…
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Claims?
Hello Could anyone please give some advice. I looks like my wife and I will be seperating shortly due to a few things and I would like some advice as to what if anything she would be able to claim for. I currently work and bring home just under £30,000, my wife does not work. I will be moving out of the house which is…
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DLA for bipolar
Hi all. I was wondering if anyone can help me as I have searched through posts and can't find anything relevant to my question. I got my award through today as I have bipolar with psychotic features. I am unfit for work and have been for a long while but just never claimed anything and lived off my husbands wage. My…
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I was given wrong information at the job centre. can anyone help me please
I have been on long term incapacity benefit and low rate D.L.A care allowance for the past 2 years. I am very proud to say i have found myself a part time job and will try my hardest to work as long as i can. I am now 56yrs old and this is a big step for me following my illness. The lady at the job centre told me i would…
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housing benefit
today after 3 years ive was told i have prolapsed disc and will need and op next year and im due for spinal block by end of this year. i was told i shouldnt be working due to the nature of my problems which could get worse. my boss was unable to grant me so much time off work to have this all done. and i dont get sick pay.…
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Benefit question
I may need to apply for Jsa Contribution based can i use my own surmane and not my married one.i know i have to put down i have a partner but have always used the surname i was born with thanks in advance
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Cold weather Payments page
I've had it booked marked from earlier this year, and thought i would look to see if it was cold... as it really feels it right now, to find the page gone, and when you search it takes you back to my booked marked page, so they haven't updated their side only moved the page http://pensions.direct.gov.uk/ First one to show…
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Claiming tax back
Just got my p45 through the post from HM Revenue & Customs. Total Tax to date = £391.40 I think I am on emergency tax, can I claim that tax back?
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working tax credit fast tracked but how long to wait
I came off long term incapacity benefit to start a part time job. the job centre fast tracked my w.t.c application form. That was 3 weeks ago after telling me it would only take a week. Still no news and when i phone them they just say try again next week. Anyone else with same problem. :mad:
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JSA/ESA Contribution Conditions
I had a quick look and havent seen it commented on yet so I am making this thread if anyone is interested. I appreciate it will probably be merged into another thread. From 1st November 2010 the Condtibution conditions for JSA(C) and ESA(C) are being changed so that only the last two years are taken into account instead of…
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Really need some help
Hi. My boyfriend has decided he no longer wants to be with me and wants to move out as soon as he can. We rent a house which is £750 per month and he pays all the bills. I contribute what i can but we have a 5month old daughter so i spend most of my money on her. He has said he will pay for me and our daughter to stay…
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Advice needed for self employed - claiming JSA
Hi everyone, at the moment I am self employed, setting up my own online store. Although I am working around 42 hours a week and claiming HB, Council Tax benefit and working tax credits, I am still struggling to get by on a weekly basis with paying the bills etc. (I rent a flat on my own btw.) I am now looking to return to…
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Very confused now
My life changes so fast but basically I decided to claim housing benefit for the room I rent for me and my girlfriend as I lost my job. Well now my girlfriends sister is needing to live with us as she needs to study here while her mum is living in Spain, she is 15. I am 20 my girlfriend is just turning 17 and still in…
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Breakdown of marriage
My husband has decided that he wants to leave. We live in a private rent house and have 3 children. I have been told that I have autoimmune disease which is causing me alot of pain and fatigue. I am having treatment finally but life is going to be alot tougher bringing up 3 children on my own. I'm not sure if there is any…
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Boyfriend Been Reported
I am in tears at the moment and i am not sure what to do! It seems my boyfriend has been reported for benefit fraud when we're not doing anything wrong! He has no job and is getting benfits for his rent etc. Some malicious person has said i am living with him when i am a student and live 50 miles away. I only get to see…
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Tax refund disappeared, please help!
Hi I'm really hoping someone can help. I was made redundant on 1st June 2010 at 3 months pregnant and starting claiming JSA immediately, I was placed on contribution based which meant handing over my P45 to the benefits office. My P45 showed earnings of £2630 and tax paid of £310 which I assumed I would be refunded once my…
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JSA contribution based confusion
Hi I am after some answers if we have anyone working in the benefits field i'd appreciate your advice. Some background I lived in Leeds for 10 years and worked the last 8 yrs there in continous employment up to 1st Oct 2008. My wife and I had our first child in 2007 and decided we would be better to relocate back to our…
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Can anybody help point us in the right direction please?
Hi, I fear this is going to be a long post, but please bear with me whilst I try and explain the situation, in the hope that someone might be able to shed some light on this. My partner’s then 16-year-old daughter announced she was 26 weeks pregnant in June, and she wouldn’t be starting a planned College course in…
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jsa and wanting to work 15 hrs, help please.
I currently claim jobseekers allowance and i have applied for a job which is only 15 hrs a week, its a job i have done before so i know the ropes etc, however i am a single parent with a 10 yr old girl, why is it that you have to work 16 hrs or more to get working tax credit. I really want to work but some of the jobs ive…
