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Last year's income
Hey there. Annoying calculation problems. I have three questions at the end! Last year Last year, I was a student, with no income. My wife was unemployed/briefly a cleaner. She never claimed the dole (partly because they told us we would get £3.50 a month). Her total income for 09/10 was about £2000 We had two lodgers,…
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JSA when sick and over Christmas
My last signing day before Christmas I was in bed with flu. I phoned up and the woman said don't worry they will post me a form which is to be returned - and because they use second class post, she would make sure I didn't have to return the form till 30th December. So the form didn't turn up till Christmas Eve, and…
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how best to pay tax due in past years
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Will i get help with my childcare costs?
I wonder if anyone can give me some advice. I live with my partner and i have an 8 year old son. We both work - i work 30 hours per week and my partner works 39 hours per week. We currently pay for morning and afterschool club for our son. We would love another child but are concerned about the childcare costs. We both…
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Council Tax Benefit
Would we be able to get CTB as we are buying ur house. I have looked at the form and it says something about having captial. We do have money in ur house but we only own 70%. So can t take the money out
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help and advice about d.l.a and e.s.a
hiya. I have been off work since September with health problems with my legs. I have applied for DLA and as I have now been made redundant I have applied for ESA .As I have never applied for either benefit can someone tell me how long do I have to wait to hear back from them regarding my applications.if any 1 can help that…
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Help With Disabled benefits
I have been registered partially sighted since Dec 1999 and have received Severe Desablement Allowance and Disability Living Allowance (lower rate mobility/middle rate care) since then. I am cionsidering leaning British Sign Language in February (if the teacher thinks I am able to do it with being VI) in order to hopefully…
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Benefits Question: Eligibility?
Hi everyone, I've got a couple of questions regarding benefits: 1) is it possible to claim benefits for a period in the past if you were entitled? If so, how far back can you go? 2) during a 3 and a half year period, my partner and I were living together, while one of us was a student (working part time) and one of us was…
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Benefits Overpayment - Please help!!!!
I was made redundant from my previous job on 9th July 2010. I went straight to the job centre and was told I HAD to claim jobseekers allowance for them to help me get back into work. So I did. I was entitled to £51.85 a week. They also advised I claim housing benefits to help me pay my rent. My partner and I were renting…
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Capital Assessment & Benefits
I have recently been awarded £16,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. I am currently in receipt of Income Support and have notified the DWP that I have received this amount. They have agreed to disregard the £16,000 for 52 weeks. At the end of the period I need demonstrate and provide evidence that the…
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Are we entitled to any help?
Hoping someone can give me some advice please. My partner has just been made redundant with effect from 31/12/2010, no redundancy pay just his normal salary for the month. Obviously he will be looking for a new job as from Tuesday when everything is reopen, but in the meantime are we entitled to any help? I work 25 hours a…
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JSA sanctions - Advice needed please.
Im posting this on behalf of an ex collegue who is currently facing the prospect of JSA sanctions for leaving work voluntarily. There are valid reasons behind it, but thats not what I need to discuss. Basically she left work on Sep 1st 2010, signed on 6 weeks later after a few interveiws etc fell through, and is now…
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Back to work grant
I wondered if anyone could help me, I've signed off, and rather frustratingly it was at 25 weeks, so I've missed out on the job grant by about 5 days. Even more frustratingly, I have a week long unpaid induction, but because I am unavailable for work I had to sign off for the first day of my induction, not the first day of…
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reclaiming help plz
hi keep with me plz... ok i was recieving tax credits and child benefit for my 2 kids in may had a death in the family so had to go abroad whilst away a family member notified child benefit and child tax credits that wasnt living at my home address. so start of june all payments were stopped, i came back in september and…
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Tax credits - will I have an overpayment?
Our joint income has gone over £58,000 in tax year 2010 / 2011. This mean we no longer qualify for tax credits. We have always only got the minimum £547 family part of child tax credit. I told the tax credit office about this in December but they are still paying me tax credits which I presume will end in April when we…
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Not entitled?????
I currently work 16 hours and my hubby works 40 hours we do get wtc and ctc not the childcare element,I am now faced with having to leave work(disabled child)as we both work evening shifts and my employer has no other hours to offer me.I have been on the entitled to web and checked our entitlement for the new tax year 2011…
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Foot Care
I am a type1 diabetic, I have ingrowing toenails on both my big toes. Up until now I have been able to cut them myself. I have been off sick from work since March 2010 with a back/hip problem. I was able to afford to have a chirpodest visit my house and cut my nails (as I am unable to bend forward to cut them myself). Now…
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Separating and Benefits
My husband and I are separating, I am planning on leaving the marital home with my 14 month old son and falling onto the benefits system while I sort myself out. If we remain separated then the house will eventually be sold but I want to give my stbx a chance to sort himself out and perhaps turn his life around. If he…
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JSA and intermittent work through agency - help please
Hi there - I'm hoping someone will be able to help. My relative left uni last summer and has struggled to get work since. He eventually signed on, and was about to claim his first payment of JSA when an agency he'd signed up with found him a factory job. At first this was regular, every week, all week, but around November…
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ESA & Working
HI, Can anyone please tell me if I work part-time hours (16 per week) which equates to less than 10k pa, can my partner carry on claiming ESA just for himself as he currently claims for me also?? OH is in receipt of DLA, HB and CTC and I am wondering what adjustments would have to be made if I returned to work. Thanks.
