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Housing Allowance?
Hello. I was advised to post here to get advice on my entitlement (if any) to benefits. I'm in a tricky situation. I'm divorcing my husband (due to verbal and emotional abuse). He has said he will move out and looked at places but still hasn't gone after 5 months. (He has at other times when he's angry said he'll never go…
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Compulsory Paternity Testing?
Hi All This is a bit of a long story so please bear with me. My sister was working for a company when she began a relationship with one of the directors. She is 26 and he is in his mid 40’s. She had been in the relationship for about 6 months and found she was pregnant. The pregnancy was unplanned. She discussed the…
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Benefits after resignation - health reasons
Under another username as it contains personal info I'd rather not have public to my profile :-) Been in my current job for 6 years, on a computer 9 hours a day, unfortunately i've developed problems with both hands, due to the ulnar nerve being compressed at both elbows i've been told i need surgery, potentially in both…
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overpayment
hi, i dont know if anyone can help but i was on income support/incapacity benefit for a few years then when i had my son in 2008 i informed my benefit agency and started to receive child tax credits and child benefit along with my income support. all of a sudden i got a letter saying i was not entitled to all i was getting…
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is there any help?
after a period of unemployment, my hubby has found a job!!, problem is, as of this monday just gone, we have obviously lost JSA. However, the job pays a month in leu, so we will see no money till 4th March. Is there anything we can apply for, to keep us going till then? we have large petrol costs now, and food bills for…
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Council tax
I worked a part time job for two months getting 121 pounds a week and claiming housing benefit too as someone at DWA said over the phone that I was still allowed to claim it as my part time job did not matter and also I was allowed extended housing benefit. But the council wrote saying I had been overpayed which I was for…
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Not entitled to benefits
Hi Everyone, Looking for a bit of advice please. My partner has recently lost his job, we immediately contacted the Job Centre to apply for any benefits that we were entitled to including housing and council tax benefit. We have been told that he is not entitled to claim anything whatsoever. I'm totally stunned by this.…
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completely confused...............again!
recently seperated, 2 children.Unemployed. Been offered a 15 hour a week job, £90.............lose jsa so only be earning £35 a week more. Will i lose council tax benefit? Should i refuse job and wait for a 16 hour plus job? At the moment, i need to make as much money as i can............so from a financial point of view,…
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Tax Credit Woman Confused Me
Our income has dropped £240 a week since Dec 31st and our tax credits have gone down, I have just rung the helpline and the woman was quite rude to me as I rang the other day asking about an extra payment I got, anyway she said there is a new award notice coming out and our tax credits hav gone up and we have also been…
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Investigated for benefit fraud, HELP please
Hi. My Partner's employer has recieved a letter from DWP, asking if he has been working there since 21st july 2010. My parnter started recieving JSA CB 21st july 2010,(after a break from not being entitled to any money on JSA IB), when he started the claim he declared this job, as its 15hours and £90 p/wk the JC said this…
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Habitual Residence Test for Income Support? - Please help
Hi all, I am a british National and have just come back to the uk after been abroad for one year. To cut long story short while there i met someone, got pregnant (38 weeks today) and things were all good however about 3 months ago this guy started acting out and left me. from then on things became bitterly hard for me…
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Help, self assesment & overpayment tax credits
Oh no! I am slightly shaking in my boots! I started a business from scratch when my 4 year old son was born. It seemed a better option than returning to a minimum wage job when childcare is so expensive and as a single parent I was able to work from home for the first year. The 1st full year of propper trading was the…
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JSA - frequency of payments?
Hiya, Only been signing on since December so sorry if it is a daft question but my understanding was that the JSA payments are every 2 weeks? My first one was on 30th December (took them a while to process the claim), second one 14th January, third one today, 26th Jan. So looks like today's one was early? Kind of need to…
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new claim and backdated child tax credit
hi there dec 5th i rang tax credits about the changes in my circumstances ie, moved house, moved in with my partner plus our baby was due anyday, ( i have 2 other children that i claimed for when i was single). The man at tax credits said he'd stop this claim then i would have to put a new claim in, which we did when the…
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tax credits and not being able to return to work?
hi , im on maternity allowance at the moment and due to return to work soon im self employed and work pt normally but im not going to be able to return for another 6 months due to child care i have 2 kids eldest is 2 and currently get ctc and wk tc as hubby works ft will this mean my tc will stop when mat allowance…
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Proof for council tax exemption - what is needed?
Hello, Hoping this is in the right section... I'm applying for council tax exemption on a property. It's currently cleared of furniture and all belongings, and it's also had a burst pipe over Christmas, that affected several rooms. The water damage is taking weeks to clear, though I'm not sure if it's classed as major…
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Advice please, will she get into trouble?
Hi, not sure if this is the right forum to post this, apologies if it isn't. my mum has lived with my grandmother for 16 years. my grandmother was in full receipt of housing benefit and council tax benefit. my mum started working whilst living with my grandmother, she was working 15 hours a week on a low wage and was not…
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Bank statements
I am trying to claim benefits and I have been asked by the DWP to send them copies of my bank statements for the last three months. I was under the impression that it is not allowed to ask people to show their bank statements. I can understand their wanting to see how much money you have in your account, but this can be…
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What are we entitled to?
Hi there I currently live with my partner in rented accomodation and we have our first child on the way (12 weeks to go). I work full time and earn £16000 per year, my partner doesn't work or claim any benefits. We have struggled up to now and with another mouth to feed on the way we are probably going to struggle even…
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JSA Processing Target
I made a telephone claim for JSA on behalf of my son on 10th Jan, and he went in to the jobcentre on 13th for his initial interview. He had his first signing yesterday. When checking progress yesterday, I was informed that today would be the 12th working day, and at that point, they could then send an email to chase…
