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Will I be entitled to JSA if hubby owns a property?
I was fired a week before Christmas. I find out if I am entitled to JSA on 10th Jan. My husband works f/time and also owns a property elsewhere. He currently rents with me. He still has to pay mortgage on his property (which is the ex-marital home). Background: his ex-wife abducted his child at 3months old. Took child…
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Pension Credit and DLA
I am hoping someone can help me understand the benefits system. I often speak to people through work and sometimes advise to try and claim DLA. Some people claiming Pension and Pension Credit get DLA, others have told me they are not allowed to claim when they retire. I have even had people telling me that their DLA…
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Help For Boyfriend
Hiya, I'm writing this for my boyfriend as he doesnt have a PC. I really want to be able to help him out with some problems he is having. Before people judge me for doing this, he struggles with literacy so would struggle a lot to do this on phones with people. On 23rd December a pipe burst in the flat upstairs and it;s…
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County Court deadlines/spousal maintenance
Hi, I am currently in process of trying to get my maintenance to ex wife stopped. Divorced in 2003, she gets £200 pcm from me, I pay over £400 pcm to CSA for one child & over £600 pcm to bank. Earning a fraction above £2,000 pcm, this leaves me with virtually nothing to live on after bills etc & clearing the OD bar the…
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Question for Everyone
I am on Incap and DLA. I had nearly a year of fighting to get DLA. I am concerned that the change over to ESA will affect my budget. I do not get a lot per week. Does anyone know when they are doing the actual switch? As per usual there is little information about the date on the DWP site. :mad:
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DLA payment day.
Have the DWP paid January's DLA early e.g. the end of December last year? Thanks
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How long does my wife need to be working before being entitled to maternity pay.
Im trying to find out if we start trying having a baby now (hoping for a Sept/Oct baby) if the wife will be entitled to Maternity leave, She currently works for a telecoms company via a agency (hays) and has done since 6/10/2010, she is due to go perm within the next 2 weeks. Looking on the internet i found this: "Women…
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Please help as income less than living costs
I am 63, married and living in rented accommodation. I worked for myself, for many years but had to close down my self employment due to rapidly dropping sales and the costs would have been greater than the sales income if I had carried on. My self employment stopped at the end of 2008 and my last set of accounts was April…
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Flexible New Deal placement
Hi, I'm on FND coming to the end of a year on it. Thinking the law would alter or find a way out of it for me my advisor only told me 2 weeks ago about the Mandatory Work placement for the 4 weeks . I'm due to start on the 10th Jan at a recycling company they use as they struggle to get placements elsewhere . I would have…
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Life is becomming a complete mess
We seem to be stuck in a situation that is spiralling out of control and I dont know how to begin to sort it. We seem to be stuck in the catch 22 as far as any help goes. The situation is- My partner has been retired on 'ill health grounds'. He is 46 and fully intends to look for work once he has had the operation he is…
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Pension credit/council tax credit
Trying to sort this out for my MIL. Anyway, went on direct.gov.uk and it appears although she cant get pension credit she can get council tax credit. Good news since if she can get this she can have a grant to have central heating fitted (shes got none at the mo). However, direct.gov pointed me in the direction of the…
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important
does anyone know whether a council can use all of someone.s housing benefit to repay council tax arrears:j
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tax credits income question..maybe pam17
hi all.. right i am just wondering if someone could help me out with a question i have right here goes.. our tax credits are this year based on last years income of £4800 as my partner was on maternity leave the year before we deducted the 100 pound per week we are allowed to.. our estimate for this years income is £8500,i…
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please help..!
hi im new to the forum and looking for some advice if anyone can help..? Im 20 years old and i am currently 8 wks pregnant, i have been in education and university for 2 years. Therefore i havent been in work. I have been searching what types of help and benefits i may be able to receive, but they all state i must have…
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Can they make me take a job which will leave me worse off?
Have been for an interview to transfer from income support to JSA. I am a lone parent with children under 15 and have a mortgage. Was looking at jobs available at the job centre. Found a job i liked but it is only for 18 hours a week at £8/hr. Was wondering if they will expect me if not force me to go for this job which…
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tax credits claim with head office?
I stopped my single claim of tax credits on 20th november and made a new joint claim with my partner. It took 2 weeks for the form to come through, which I promptly sent back and hmrc received the claim on 16th dec. I rang up to ensure that there were no problems with the claim, which there were and the adviser I spoke to…
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not been paid
Hi all , done a rapid reclaim 1st week odf dec 2010 and have still not recieved any money"how rapid is that":) anyone not been paid over the last week or so? person who i saw 2 and half weeks back said i wouldnt need to sign for at least a month due to them being shut for the holiday period any way think ive been badly…
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Help please re tax credits calc for next year
Does anyone have a source or link to establish what I am likely to receive next year? As I understand things we are paid based on our income for last year. In my case this was £10,493 for 09/10. 10/11 is likely to be around £17,750 so looking to establish how much of a drop we are likely to get come 6th April 2011. The…
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child tax credit, confused!
Right, i understand most of it. Baby is under one, but what is child element and what is family element? I cant claim wtc but get 9.25 pw of ctc. Child is nearly 2 and combined income around 26k same as last year. Tia xx
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cold weather payment
Have been trying to get into original thread but for some reason cant access it. Just have a quick question. My area has had 4 cwp triggers. I recieved my first payment into my account 29 December. I hoped the other payments would come in weekly after this but nothing there today. Phoned the number they advise but they say…
