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Help needed please! Re: entitlements.
Hello. Well after losing his job 4 years ago and me getting ill my partner has just got a job. Now here is where we are struggling. We have done several entitledto questions and don't really know what to put, so if someone could help me out at all? He will be working from 16th May 37 hours a week at £6.50 which rises to £7…
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JSA and money over £16k
Hi. Just after some info and clarification. My Mother (58) lost her job 2 years ago. She has been claiming job seekers allowance, but has had to top that up each month with the redundancy money she got. Now that redundancy money is nearly all gone and she's having to sell her house to pay off the remainder of her small…
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housing benefit help
hi, i'm looking for some help with my housing benefit, at the moment we live in a really small 2 bed house which is private rented, we have no hot water what so ever the kitchen roof is falling though, theres no gas safety checks been done in over 3 years but the landlord does not care as long as his rent is paid on time…
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Incapacity Benefit - Self Employed?
Hi... I really would like some advice, as I am desperate to improve our financial position! I have been receiving Incapacity Benefit for 3 years now as I have a chronic anxiety condition which often makes it difficult for me to leave home and impossible to consider returning to full time employment. I have tried occasional…
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Advice please
Hi..I wonder if anyone can give me some advice. I am a single gay male who has been claiming Working Tax Credits since 2009.Currently and throughout the period,I am in shared accommodation.When my claim was first awarded,I was living in a shared house with 5 others.This had to close down and as I could not afford my own…
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Council Tax HELP
Hi there, I wanted to ask some help. I have been living at my parents for the past 2 years but i have not registered as living there. Does that mean I am still registered at my old address? What will happen when I tell the Council Tax people i have forgot to register with them for the last 2 years! Will i get find? Do you…
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Childcare costs reveiw letter
I been chosen for childcare costs review ... requested for my childcare provider contract and all invoices from April 2010. I have sent it back to the reveiw team last week. I was due tax credit payments on Fridat 29th April however it was bank holiday and it should have been paid in on 28th April . Well you never guess it…
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DLA for Deaf Child?
Hello, my son has had a very late diagnosis and we have recently had it confirmed that he is severely deaf in his right ear. He has been fitted with a hearing aid. The National Deaf Children's Society say that it is unlikely we would be awarded DLA at this stage in his life - he is now 8yrs old. He is 'only' deaf in one…
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Jobseekers Allowance Payment Delays
Being made redundant after 20 years I went onto JSA in March 2009. In January 2011,following a fall and broken shoulder I was advised to switch to Employment and Support Allowance which I did. On April 8th this year as I was 'deemed' fit for work,I was taken off ESA and put baxk on 'rapid return' to JSA. An interview was…
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Redundancy, tenancy, and Claim.
My son was recently made redundant, he is signing on. He rents a house from us, his parents, and has done so for several years now, there is a written AST, that is now a Statutory periodic tenancy. The full rent for the property is 1100GPB pcm. In order to afford it he rents out three of the bedrooms to lodgers, their…
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ESA stopped, HB stopped and homeless next week.
my partner recieved a letter this morning from the DWP saying that had stopped his ESA because they didn't receive some questionnaire they supposedly sent. We have received no such questionnaire. Even though we sent them back a completed DLA application, of which included a very thorough medical questionnaire as part of…
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housing benefit bedroom allowance
Hello All. I would like some advice about housing benefit.. my partner is working full time and im working part time ..we are classed as a low income and recieve £400 pounds a month housing benefit help plus child tax credit...we have 2 boys and rent a private 2 bed flat..our rent is very low for our area £725 as its small…
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incapacity under the youth rules, some advice please
HELLO ALL, i am after a little bit of advice. We have a mentally handicapped daughter who lives at home with us. She claims high rate DLA care and Mobility and Incapacity benefit under the youth rules. I work part time and get carers allowance for her and my hubby works full time. Can anyone tell me if her incapacity…
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CTC for 17 yr old starting HNC ?
Morning all, I'm hoping someone here can help me. I currently receive ctc for my children ages 17 & 8. My 17 yr old is in college just now & receives EMA & I get the child tax credits. In August he will be starting an HNC course, will I still be eligible for CTC for him then? Thanks for any help, I'm really confused with…
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HB run on
My husband was claiming ESA from 3/9/10 until 13/2/11 when he returned to full time work. After writing to him and requesting further details on his job, the job centre awarded him the job grant but the LA have refused the HB/CT 4 week run on as they say he wasn't claiming for 26 weeks. I thought the job grant had the same…
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Tax Credits-Change in circumstances and stopping payments-help please??
Hi Everyone, I recently told tax credits of a change in circumstances and they said my credits would stop, i had to fill in the new form send them back and they would process them. This could take anything from 4 weeks upwards. I am so worried as to how were going to manage, I'm on maternity leave and don't get my first…
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advice please
hi my daughter and her partner are expecting there first child .she is due to start her mat leave the middle of june .they both work full time and earn around 23 000 between them are they entitiled to any help they have never claimed anything before so dont no anything about this or how or who to claim from ty
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still confused
i put on another thread about a friend that has been living on money from a will which she got 08 she has been offered a job and whats to know if she can spend the money on what she likes when she starts work. but what about if she has to sign on in the future is it right that she will only have to prove were she has spent…
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What to do when you know someone is committing benefit fraud?
Afternoon all, I’m hoping you can help me make up my mind, If I should report 2 people I KNOW are committing benefit fraud. I was told a few week‘s ago, That 2 people that are related to my partner are committing benefit fraud, And that they intend to claim social loans, Fortnightly benefits & are claiming housing…
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DLA question.
I turned 16 a month ago and now receiving DLA benefit into my acount instead of my moms acount. im just wondering if shes entitled to any of the ammount i get other than the obviouse board money? Thanks
