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Housing Benifit Scotland
Can anyone tell me how much benefit will be paid for us ? I am shortly going to be unemployed and will be going to live with my son for a while he is currently unemployed and recieves HB he has been paying £100 towards his rent ,will we get the full amount paid when I move in ,I won't be entitled JSA 26 weeks .
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advice - unpaid for 6 weeks
Hello After some advice and if possible, use some of your vast knowledge, Friend of mine is working for a small company which is struggling and all the staff have not been paid for around 6 weeks (Paid fortnightly) owner keeps saying that there is money around a corner, but it has never appeared, of course if they leave…
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Sure Start Maternity Grant
I am in full time employment, my partner has just given birth to our baby son, she is on maternity allowance, can we put in a claim for the sure start maternity grant?
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ESA Income Based...changed to contribution based?
Hi all, Got a bit of a problem that I need advice for. Been on Income based ESA since April 2009 due to a Kidney disorder. Medical was not after 13 weeks as it should have been, it was EIGHT MONTHS LATER in December 2009. Got a letter in January this year telling me that my claim was disallowed, so I duly lodged an appeal,…
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Housing Benefit-Student Finance
Hi I need to know how much of my daughter Student Finance will be used when our housing benefit is updated. Our local council has today cut our housing benefit and Council Tax, by £250 per month, this is because my daughter is a non-dependant, they are awaiting my daughter pay slip, she works part time and how much student…
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Tax credits stopped?
Hi, I have read that if you have over £5000 in your bank account your tax credits can be stopped, is that correct?
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Personal Situation
I have put this in the home buying forum also but as it has relevance to benefits i thought i should also put it here. Hey guys, In a really sticky situation at the moment and all help is seriously appreciated. Okay, Il start from the beginning. I am now 22 years old and in Manchester 2 Years ago I was working full time…
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can someone help me please,new so poss in wrong place
hi,sorry if this is a bit 'me me me' however today a bailiff arrived at our house re council tax (i owe all this years) we're really,really,really skint. my partner earned £20,072 last year before tax. i don't work-we have three children aged 15 (and in full time school) 3 (today-so a particularly nice touch with the…
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TAX CREDITS AND 16hr RULE
Hi there Im currently separated from partner and have six year old daughter. Moved back in with parents. I am working 16hrs per week but is likely to reduce to 14 after christmas and I know I need to be working 16 to get working tax credit. If I take on a work from home job to make up the hours and declare my earnings…
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How quickly are tax creds claims for childcare costs processed?
Hello does anyone know how long it takes to get a claim for childcare costs processed? Can you get it arranged in time to start paying your childcare provider? thanks:beer:
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Care home costs if been living rent free?
A 65 year old relative had got into debt to the extent that his secured and unsecured debts roughly equal the value of his house, and he can no longer afford the repayments. Rather than let him carry on with all the stress of these debts over the next 10 years I am contemplating buying the house and letting him live there…
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Please can you let me know if I am entitled to housing benefit?
Hello, I was a full time student at university studying for a year long Masters degree (Sept 09-10) - during this time I was renting an appartment with a friend at £300 a month each (I just made the final payment on it this month). I was still attending the University up until July 2010, however in July I told the…
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JSA Quick reclaim
I just got a question about reclaiming JSA within the 26 weeks. My contract finished last week and I had been on JSA before until May. Theoretically, I could simply call DWP directly. I wondered if anyone have made the experience so far and wanted to know what the difference is between the quick reclaim and waiting until…
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Query about appealing
Hello all, Could you settle an argument for me? the query is, if someone is claiming sickness benefit and are waiting to appeal because they dont have enough points do you have to pay the money back if you lose the appeal? Thanks in advance. xxx
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Hip replacement and DLA benefit
Hi, I am looking for advice regarding disability benefit. Im seriously confused and dont know if i am eligable and government website is no help! I am 24yrs old and have had Hip displasia since birth. following 11 operations etc etc i now have servere OA of my left hip and mild OA in the right. I am having a hip…
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Working tax credits backdated pay
Recently applied for WTC and received confirmation, however there was no mention of backdated pay. I understand it can be backdated up to 3 months but have only just read on the internet that what I should have done is attach a sheet of paper requesting backdated pay to the application form with some details. We did not…
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Housing Benefit - inheriting a house.
Hi all , I cannot seem to find an answer to my questions and even my
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Does JSA give money for people paying rent?
Hello everyone. Since May I have come out of Education and got JSA. My partner lost his tempory contract in July and so he went on JSA too. We want to start a life and get a home for ourselves, so we found a really cheap apartment for 220 rent a month, which we can both afford. However, we can't afford it with all the…
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Pensions and Tax Credits
Hi, Can anyone help on this question:- How much to i declare on my tax credit form below is my current situation:- I have a basic salary of £23400 and from this my employer deducts 10% for my pension. (£21060 left after the pension deduction) i also pay for private medical care for the family £40/month from my monthly…
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Disability Element of Tax Credits
Hiya, I called tax credits today and was told I qualified for this, but it needed to be passed to another department as I do not get DLA, they would need to get the element put on manually. I already get working and tax credits, as both myself and partner are on a low income with a 4 year old. Does anyone know how long it…
