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Is Internet cashback counted as an income when it comes to benefits?
Please can someone help.... Does anyone know if Internet Cashback is counted as an income when it comes to benefits. Many Thanks Andrea
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What happens to my benefits and council property if I go into respite care?
Hi everyone, I'm having a really hard time of things and I'm seriously thinking about going back into respite care for a while because my MDD (Major Depressive Disorder) has resurfaced again and I just don't know how to cope with things because I feel extremely low and my GP visited earlier today and said that he can…
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ESA appeal confusion
this is a long one guys so gold star to anyone who gets to the bottom! I am appealing my ESA suspension and have been told i will receive nothing until the appeal is completed or i go for a medical. I have sent away the medical questionaire (dropped it off by hand to the office in Glasgow) so i am hoping to hear from ATOS…
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Esa
I need to let ESA know that I am changing my bank details. Is there an email address I can send this to or do I hae to ring the dreaded 0845 number costing me a fortune on the phone? Thanx
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Pension Credit
Hubby got the sack today! hes worked at same place for 16 years but since he had to have quite a bit of time off with his diabetes they have made life difficult for him, his boss is a real nasty piece of work, anyway he got a final written warning 5 months ago partky for the time off and partly cos they said he had spent…
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apprenticeship @ £95 per week and esa claim
I am thinking of doing an apprenticeship with the council in which i could earn up to £95 a week could i keep my esa as im in the work related activity group and my support worker is really great and totally understands why i feel i need to attempt to do some work. Im 26 and have been housebound for 2-3 years and am now…
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Return to work credits trap
People on RT credits please beware! I have been receiving Return to Work Credits of £40 per week and recently received a letter dated 13th December 2010 asking for two recent wage slips to be provided within 2 weeks so my payments could continue. I posted these on the 18th December to include my most recent ones, however I…
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Child tax credits down by £30 a week?!
Hi I have recently made a claim to income support and cancelled the WTC element of my tac credit claim, now I have 2 children and since my youngest was 1 I have received between £95 and £105 per WEEK child tax credits. I was recieving WTC for about 3 months and then as of this week it has gone back to CTC only. I have just…
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money or my health?
hiya all, i work 16 hour and have two boys aged 7 and 3. i have been put on the sick from the doc or depression as i cant cope with work, and the kids.. My 3 year old is disabled and i get DLV high care for him, and carers allowance. Work no this and i find that they arent bothered about my life.. I have to work every day…
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Benefit Entitlement
I am 20 yrs old I left school and went to work at 16yrs I got made redundant so I decided to go back to college which I really enjoy but all I get to live on is £30 a week ALG which I get only when I go to college. My parents are older and they get the state pension to live on when I was under 20 they were entitled to tax…
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Child tax credit missing payment
Hi Just wondered if this has happened to anyone else Got my payment into the bank as normal on xmas eve BUT today i checked online and no payment has been made:eek::eek::eek: Doesanyone know why this is - had bills coming out monday and will now end up overdrawn because of this and ensue a hefty fee thanks in advance
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The new LHA rule for under 35's that only allows them to claim the rate for one room
I originally posted this in the spending cuts thread but didn't get much of a reply, and was advsied to start a seperate thread. "I've just had a quick read through all the previous posts, and trying to understand how things will work out with the new rule about under 35's only receiving LHA amount for a room in a shared…
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advice welcome
Me and my partner are wondering what benefits we could be entitled to, I earn 16k a year and my partner will be earning aprox 10K a year when she returns to work (she is on maternity leave at the moment) we have one son 6 months old and we will be needing to leave him in a nursery all week while we work, so we earn about…
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Who's this payment from?
Hi, I've just had a payment go into my bank for £75, it has my NI no. then DWP LCWP. I think it must be a cold weather payment, but where I live there has only been 3 triggers and I have already received what I thought was 1. That 1 was for £25 and had CD then 4 numbers 09DEC10. If this wasn't a CWP does anyone know what…
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Happy new year thread
May 2011 be all you hope and wish for,happy and healthy and problem free.
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Husband walked out today, what benefits am I entitled to.
My very first post, so please bear with me. This week my DH dropped a bombshell that he'd meet someone else and was leaving us. :( He's gone today to live with his parents, he has verbally agreed to continue to paying everything for myself and our two young children, but then that only leaves him with approx £600 a month…
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Rent Benefit Help - Single Parent P/T Worker
Hi there I would like to hear from anyone in the same situation as myself or soon to be situation I should say. I am temporarily staying with my mum with the view to renting a 2 bed flat for my son and myself but am very worried I won't be entitled to any help off my rent. (I have tried the turn 2 us website but not 100%…
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Benefit payments for 3rd and 4th January
Hi, does anyone know if we will get any DLA (or other benefit payments such as CB) that are due on the 4th, early? Payments have been all over the place this Christmas and its starting to get on my nerves! Was meant to (according to HMRC when i spoke to them before Christmas) be getting yesterdays CTC yesterday as normal…
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Help when getting SSP
Is there any other help available when receiving SSP as tbh the amount given wont even pay the rent let alone living costs as well for a family of 4
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Return to work credit
I have a friend who is about to come off income support benefit. She is eligible for the return to work credit of £40 per week additional payments to ensure she stays in work etc. Is this benefit still functioning? if she was to be shipped onto jobseekers allowance will the length of time it takes to be eligible be reset…