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JSA - Sanctioned
After making the usual visit to the JobCenter today, I was informed that I have been Sanctioned and my JSA would be cancelled for 4weeks. This is due to not applying for a job that I said I would at the start of the signing on process. Now, I fully understand why they have stopped payment (Although appealing as reasons to…
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Reapplying for JSA?
Hi, How should you go about reapplying for JSA? After claiming it, then got a temporary job, now the temp job is over, need to claim it again. We're at a new job centre due to moving and have lost the booklet as didn't think it would be needed! Thanks.
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Jsa ..
Hi My husband put a claim in for Jsa last week and has his 1st appointment today. i was just wondering how long it will be before he gets a payment? Will he sign today and then sign in a fortnight then get paid ? or sign today and get paid for the week ?? then fortnightly as of next time?
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Housing benefit question
Friend of mine put in claim for housing benefit as on SSP. Got letter from council yesterdat after filling form online stating all the stuff that has to be taken into the officem passports proof of child benefit, tax credits etc, and 5 weeks wage slips and bank statements Now what he needs to know is this. Hes been getting…
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DLA if I appeal? Plus CA
Yesterday i recieved my DLA notification. The good news was that it was approved, bad news is that it as been cut from middle rate for personal care to lower rate meaning we lose about £115 per month. If we appealed about it could they turn around and say we've looked into it and we have decided to take the full amount off…
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WTC - will it be affected
I am a disabled - part time worker - working 16 hours per week - My wife works 20 hours - we get about £250 per week WTC My wife has been asked to reduce her hours to 15 - will this affect the amount that we receive or is it based on my 16 hours ?
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do you get benefits for vol. redundancy
my partner moved down to 3 days a week to care for me following car accident feb 2010. i now have fibro/cfs so was unable to return to work. i was also carer so had 2 paid jobs as such. we were fairly comfortable but had past debt we were paying managebly. now after accident i have no income )am applying for dla) and…
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Claiming housing benefits while on joint mortgage
I and my friend bought a house on joint mortgage in 2007 thinking that prices will appreciate and we will move in individual units after accumulating some equity. We both have families. I have two kids but my friend do not have any kids. Things did not work out the way we thought and house prices started declining. Due to…
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I desperately need a freephone number...or ANY cheaper number for JSA enquiries!
Hi there all, Has anyone applied for JSA before christmas experienced a severe delay in payment? I applied on the 17th December, had the jobseekers interview and still im awaiting news or payment. 26 days!!! I can only find 0845 numbers on saynoto0870.com and cannot find a local nu,ber for Woking or my old branch…
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DVLA, income support and inheritance
Hi :) May I start by thanking members of this forum for previously helping me claim back 700 pounds in ppi payments last year. All the advice I used came from this forum :) . Thankyou. Although I've searched the forum I found nothing that is applicable advice to my case so if there is a post with the same question, and…
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entitlements...
Hi, I'm new here. Just looking for some advice. Without going into too much detail , up until 2005 I worked for a big employer, alot of the time I felt ill so I finally gave in and went to see a doctor, a serious condition was diagnosed and I needed several operations. I had them, unfortunately those operations ended with…
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SSP1 and a stubborn employer
Hi I was wondering if any one could help me with this. I have applied for ESA and they have told me that i need an SSP1 form from my previous employer, however the employer says that they don't give SSP1 forms to people who are not currently employed by the company, the Job Center has even contacted them with no luck. Can…
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Dla / ATOS medical today
had my medical today, should have been yesterday but the dr cancelled. went ok, he seemed to take interest in what i had to say, understood my problems, and seemed to write it down as it was told, but weather it actually goes into his report is another thing. i asked the question, what are my chances, he said i dont make…
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Warning for all seasonal workers
The new government has re installed a rule that was made way back in 1995 under the conservatives that any individual that is seen to be in seasonal work or in remunerative work shall not qualify for any benefits. This rule was initially introduced to stop high paid earners such as oil rig workers from claiming benefits…
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Self Employed tax return
Can I put a claim on a tax return for the £20 charge the Agencies debit from my husbands wages to transfer his payment every week?
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JSA Rate of Payment
My son has his first JSA appointment on Friday, after me making a telephone application on his behalf. I am his appointee. I've just put his details into entitledto, and I'm sure the results can't be right, or I'm misunderstanding them. Entitledto gives the figure of £147 per week JSA. I'm not sure if this includes the DLA…
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No job seeker entitlement
Hi My 62-year-old husband lost his job just before Christmas. He worked 4 days a week for a local garage. He has a tiny pension from when he was in the Navy and this just covers our second mortgage. I work full-time. He has been told by the Job Centre that he is not entitled to job seeker's allowance because he was not…
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complicated working tax credit entitlement query...
i am asking on behalf of my ex-boyfriend. here is the situation (i apologise in advance as i fear i am going to make it more complicated than it needs to be!): he is 27years old and currently single. he is currently employed 30+ hours per week and earns £18,000pa gross since i think around sep10. i believe he currently…
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tax credits help please
hi all, sorry for starting new thread, just not sure which one to tag it onto, i am just wondering really if tax credits sometimes owe you money at the end of the tax year? last year i was earning about £13,500 and then in may i changed my job and then fell pregnant so my earnings for this year dropped to just over £5000.…
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CAN CSA deduct money from wages
Just a question here peeps, not sure if its the right place. My partner has paid CSA for his son for the last 6yrs, regulary. However, they started to take the direct debit payment out a couple of days earlier than it was due, leaving OH over drawn and face bank charges. He had to cancel the DD to avoid further charges…
