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Can anyone help me please, im so confused
Hi everyone, would like some advice if anyone could have some input. I have had an anxiety disorder and panic disorder for about 6 years and have been unable to work. I was on incapacity, then changed too contribution based employment and support allowence. I had a medical in November of this year and was told i was fit…
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Job Centre owe us £700!!
This is my first post and I need some advice. Bare with me it's a doozy. So I live in a shared flat in Southampton where I have recently moved to for a job. The job is nothing special, I get paid minimum wage but work long hours so earn enough to get by and pay off some of my debts very very slowly. After moving, my…
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help please, re: income support and savings
Hi everyone, I've had an absolute nightmare trying to claim Income Support since my maternity leave ended. Firstly, (feb 10) they declined my application as they said my Xmas bonus and holiday pay from when i was working was added as income and was too much etc etc. So I appealed to the tribunal, and won! This was last…
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please help re: income support and savings
Hi everyone, I've had an absolute nightmare trying to claim Income Support since my maternity leave ended. Firstly, (feb 10) they declined my application as they said my Xmas bonus and holiday pay from when i was working was added as income and was too much etc etc. So I appealed to the tribunal, and won! This was a few…
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child benefit
evening all just wondering if someone can help me with a query on the new child benefit that starts in april 2011 from what i have read if both parents are working like me and my partner do then as long as our joint income is less than £80k or there about a year we still get it. which our will be a lot less than that, my…
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please help
hi i am on income based esa and my partner is now my carer and i only get esa and dla and basic tax credits for my son is there anything else i can claim thanks
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resigned due to stress - entitled to benefits?
My 31 year old daughter has had resign her job, which she was in for 4 years, due to an overload of stress - personal and work-related and has moved to Wales to be close to family. Once she is back on an even keel she plans to go self-employed, until then would she be able claim any benefits - does anyone know?
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Help with returning to work after maternity calculations
I'm pregnant and would like to give my work as much notice as possible of my intentions of coming back to work. I know that I can change my mind but my plan is to come back part time on either 3 or 4 days a week and I would like to discuss that with them early on in terms of how my role could be adapted to support this. I…
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Really Urgent Help Needed MA & SSP Please
Thankyou for your help regarding this matter
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dla
hello can i apply for dla online if so how many thanx
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JSA -Is it just me with Bank Holiday problem?
Before Christmas I went to sign on at the Job Centre, and was told that I couldn't sign on my next due date on Monday 3rd January, because it was a Bank Holiday on the Monday. My next sign day would be on Monday 10th January, meaning me to go a week longer for my benefits. If anyone else should have signed like me on…
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Attendance Allowance help
I am soon to become a help for my gran as she is deaf, has arthritis and vascular dementia so struggles with day to day things like eating, dressing and cleaning. She suffers from paranoia and will not have a home help in so I offered to go to her unless someone is there too. I was looking up to see whether she can claim…
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JSA and fixed term deposit savings
Hi, I hoped someone on the board may be able to help me. I've been unemployed for 3 months and have now spent all of my available savings. I want to claim JSA and housing benefit as I'm now pretty much broke. However, I have £30k in savings in a fixed term deposit account that does not mature until August 2011. The bank…
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Advice as partner is being made redundant and we've high childcare costs
My partner has just been told she will not be kept on with her new Employer at the end of a probationary period due to being off ill and not meeting sales targets. This will happen by the end of the month. Our dilemna is that currently I earn sufficient to just about cover the household bills (mortgage, utilities, kitchen…
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Live in Girlfriend has been made redundant - Entitled to any benefits?
Hi, My girlfriend moved in a year ago and has recently been made redundant. She is currently seeking work. She fully owns her own apartment and rents it out which gives her an income of £380 a month which she has been paying to me on a monthly basis during the past year as rent and to cover bills - she has a rent book. Now…
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How do they work out working tax credit
We had a meeting in work 2 weeks before christmas to tell us they where looking for 21 voluntary redundancy and they are going to have a 30 day consultation with the union. So as my working tax credit payments have been reduced i was thinking of putting my name forward as i think i would be better off on the dole but…
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Can i get DLA paid weekly instead of 4weekly?
My 8 year old child has just been awarded DLA (middle rate care, low rate mobility) and the letter says the payments will be made every 4 weeks. Is it possible to change that to weekly? Thought i'd ask here before calling. TIA!
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Possible benefit form scam
If anyone recieves a letter from 'Benefits Integrity Office' in Chelmsford's JobCentre Plus, in Essex, please be careful. This appears to be some sort of scam to obtain bank details of those recieving certain benefits. Before completing any sort of form like this, contact the office paying your benefit (this will be shown…
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quiery on benefits before pregnancy commences
Hi. My fiance and i are wanting to go ahead this year and try for a baby but unsure if finances would be overstretched. i'm on 23k pa and she's on 16.5k, both full time but she'd consider going back part time after maternity leave ends. i've heard there's a new scheme coming out to cut benefits in april but not sure how…
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Benefits + University. How does it work?
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows what the procedure is if you're on Incapacity Benefit and then decide to go to University to do a full time 3 year Degree. Are you no longer entitled to ANY benefit? Does it depend if you get a Student Loan? Ae you reassessed and put on a lower rate? Thanks!
