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Benefits & tax credits

Archives for May 2011

Council tax benifit please check yours
After doing a benefit check up on this site. It said I was entitled to a council tax rebate. I applied to my council and they told me no. I told them I had done a benefit check on Martins money saving tips and on my income I was. They then checked my form again and said oh sorry, we made a mistake yes you are. My council…
SSP on a second Job
I have been told from my second employer that he dosen't pay me SSP, I can only get it from my 1st employer. I work 40 hours a week for my 1st and main employer and the 16 hours a week for my second employer. Is this right or is he just trying to get out of it.
unmployment benefit
Hi can anyone offer advice please, I know all the jobseekers benefits have changed,my nephew has been laid off at work and unfortunatly his girlfriend has called it a day so he is both homeless and unemployed, he is very depressed and wants to move in with his retired parents my brother and his wife for a while but is he…
Maternity allowance and jsa
Hi I wonder if anyone can advise me ? I am due to claim maternity allowance in 5 weeks. My partner claims Job seekers Allowance as the moment and I am wondering what effect my maternity allowance will have on it. Jobcentre are aware I wrk at the moment 16 hrs a week at min wage and we have the one child at the moment. They…
I owe how much???.....
Hi, I would appreciate any help/response/support. I'm sitting here shaking and crying and panicking. My partner and I had an over payment from last year when we didn't send our renewal form off. Initially it was because they changed they way they did it and usually you didn't do anything if it was right. We then got a few…
Advice for ESA claim please
Hi there, My husband has depression and I am currently 34 weeks pregnant with our 2nd child. We were both university students, this was meant to be my husbands final year and my 2nd year. Due to my husbands depression he did not once attend university for this academic year. I managed to attend sporadically until November.…
dla update??
i was awarded low rate care and high rate mobility two years.I have got worse and I feel that I could be getting middle rate care.If I apply could i lose the whole thing?
Waiting to hear about ESA. No income at all!!!
Hi all, I am off work for sickness and have been since 20/4/11. I made a claim for ESA two weeks ago as I after investigating it turns out I cannot receive SSP from my employer. This is because I was working for under 8 weeks before my incident (not related to work. Post traumatic stress disorder related to events that…
No longer entitled to ESA - what happends with job seekers?
My wife has MS and was receiving the lower carers rate of DLA and was in the support category for ESA. She recently had a re-examination for the ESA and has just been informed she only scores 9 points (she has a tremor in one hand that prevents her writing or using a computer / sharp knife etc) and is no longer entitled to…
Food Allergy financial help?
My child has been diagnosed with a milk allergy and I am wondering if there are any grants/benefits available to help with the extra costs of food? Also, heard someone mention on a different site that for their child who also had a food allergy, they were able to claim Disability Living Allowance. Reading through the…
Disability Living Allowance questions?
A friend of mine has been on ESA for a while and just put in a claim for DLA. She has been awarded the low rate mobility and high rate care components. Obviously, this equates to quite alot of money for which she will be really grateful. However, she has a few questions and I don't know the answers? 1. My friend gets full…
Benefits/credits advice
please can someone advise me as to what benefits im actually entitled to because ive gone on the direct.gov website and filled out the calculator and now inland revenue have told me im only entitled to a 3rd of what that has told me!!!!! my partner has now moved in who is on a salary of £10,500 a year and myself if on…
any updates
re post message hi is any one else waiting for an update on there tax credits renewal i updated on the 13 may and was told not to call back until 24 June and that they are double checking all childcare elements hence the wait has anyone else been told this ???
WTC CTC Redundant - Advice Please
Advice please I am about to be made redundant as the commute to my new place of work is too far. (Was at risk but offered an other job at a different site) I have left via VR I believe as this other job was not commutable long term (3.5 hours drive round trip) My wife currently works part time but is going full time. We…
JSA advice
Hi, I'm wondering if any of you could give me a little advice regarding JSA. I've now been advised that i'm formally redundant at the end of June ( 4 weeks notice ). But actually finishing at the end of this week. My question relates to JSA and whether i'm likely to be entitled. My partner works a 40 hour week and i'm…
Stopping Jsa and other benefits?
Hi there just looking for some advice, my oh lost his job/left in january (they said he didnt have the skills required to do the job properly and were not prepared to help him train further which they were meant to do when he started working for them and never did) and basically were making him very unhappy in his job…
Benefit entitlment
I have been lurking on here a while and need some advice as my job does not look too secure. My wife has some silver bullion in her name, would I have to declare this if I claim benefits if aim made redundant. I also have about 5000 in savings. The benefits claims are a minefield to me. Thank you in advance
Housing Benefit query
Hi! I just wondered if anyone could clarify a point about Housing Benefit for me? I understand that there is a rule that says that if a person rents a house they've owned within the last 5 years then they aren't allowed to claim benefit unless there was some good reason that they couldn't keep ownership of the home. My…
Housing benefit when sharing a property
Hi, i'm after some advice for my Sister. She has 2 jobs, one for 30 hours a week that she takes home £840 a month and the other, is 7 hours a week and she takes home just over £150 a month Her and a friend have just moved into a 2 bed rented flat at £750 a month which they split 50/50 Based on her income, would she be…
tax credit change of address
Hi all, I recently moved into new house and rang tax credit to let them know over 10 days ago and i still havent heard anything from them. I thought i would get a letter or something to say it had been updated but nothing has come so far....Does anyone know what happens when you change your address?? Thanks in advance

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