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Help with JSA suspension
Hi all Have not posted before so hope I make sense! Am single parent with two children. Finished work in December and received income support until February then changed to JSA, as my youngest turned 7 years old in January. Having not signed on for many years the system is new to me. Booked Sun holiday for April 18-22 and…
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Council Tax Benefit
Hi I'm sorry these are such basic questions, but I've never applied for council tax benefit before. When completing the income part of the HCTB1 form, are the amounts entered before or after income tax? I bank online and so I don't get statements through the post anymore, are computer generated ones acceptable or do I need…
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Just had a baby and stuck
I had my beautiful baby girl on 21/4/11 she wasn't planned but wouldn't change it for the world... Iv never claimed so unsure how this works... I used to work full time 30 hours a week and now on smp which is 124 a week, I pay full rent in my privite flat which is £450pcm and that doesn't Inc bills... My partner is 25 a…
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Sick pay
Hi, I am a single 44yr working woman living on my own in rented accomadation, i just about manage to live with very little money left at the end of the month. I am due to go into hospital for an operation which will leave me being off work for up to six weeks. I am worried sick as i would only be entitled to ssp. which…
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New PIP guidelines
Disability Alliance have published the current (it could change!), guidelines for what PIP will be, and the criteria, when it replaces DLA: http://www.disabilityalliance.org/f60.htm As it looks very much the same as current DLA rules, I wonder why they are going to the very expensive trouble of virtually just a name…
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Friend moving home
I hope somebody can help with this, as I've never been in this situation... A very close friend of mine is not renewing his bedsit's shorthold lease when it expires at the end of this month. He moved there when absolutely desperate as he had split up with his ex when he got injured and lost his job. Before then, they owned…
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Employment agency keeps "messing me around" with appointments, what are my rights?
Basically they never seem to give me any notice of appointments, I just seem to get a letter through post a day or so before the appointment and just expected to turn up. It's basically a glorified New Deal advisor, I go in mention what jobs I applied for and then get sent home(my 30 minute appointment is often over in…
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Tax back....
Hi, I am working out what tax back I'm due after not working the full 12 months of the last tax year, I've added up all my work earnings do I also add the money that I've received in benefits? If I do it means I get about £200 less so here is hoping that I don't but I'm pretty confident that unfortunately I will have to :(…
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Not returning to work after maternity leave
Hi, If I decide not to return to work and the maternity pay will stop after 39 weeks, am I entitled to anything? I have been working for the last 8 years and paid NI and tax accordingly. OH has recently lost his job and is only getting JSA. Does anyone know where this would leave me? What would I be entitled to? Anyone in…
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Claim tax back?
I have a P60 and need to claim tax back. With a P45 you fill in a P50, whats the correct form for a P60?
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Anyone ever done the benefits check up on MSE?
Hi wondering if others have done the benefits check up on here and if it was correct? I am starting to take my head out the sand and address our debts and financial situation, so decided to check we are getting all we are entitled to. I dont work (away to apply for DLA), oh works f/t and earnings for 10/11 were £19500. We…
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Will I Lose Out If I Work
At the moment both I and my partner are unemployed and we get joint job seekers of £105 a week. We also get child benefit, kids are 5 and 2, housing benefit and whatever else it is we are entitled too, gf normally deals with it. Trying hard to find work, 100 applications and counting, and have an interview tomorrow which…
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Advisor Discretion Fund
I've been unemployed since end of March. Had a "Review" (already!) at Jobcentre. Things have been tough as I've had interviews for work and the average cost of travelling to these interviews is almost £7 daily (I live in zone 4, London). Anyway, I digress.... I asked an Advisor about the "Advisor Discretion Fund" and was…
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Tax credits
Hi I have rang tax credits today as I wanted to change my child tax ..instead of going into post office account want it to go into bank. Changed them ok told me that would receive a new award notice, was wondering how long they would take to change over and why would I need a new award ? Lol it's only change of bank…
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£2,000 overpayment - taking most of OH's IB
4yrs ago myself and my partner were claiming housing benefit at the rate of £600 a month for a property that was joined on to a business. There were 7 studio flats attached to an office which were all occupied. 2yrs ago we recieved a letter telling us that the landlord had not registered that this was a commercial property…
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ESA renewal/review
Returned my ESA review form this morning, does it get treated as a new claim and the whole thing be reassessed from scratch or do they look at your current claim/assessment and compare it with what you've written on the new form? Just wondering whether the renewal is likely to take as long as the initial application…
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JSA query
I am currently unemployed and claiming JSA. I have been offered some exam invigilation work at a local college, but it will literally be a couple of hours here and there over the next few weeks. Will this affect my JSA and I presume I need to inform the job centre?
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Jobcentre mistake that I'm paying for!
Long story, brace yourselves.. My partner and I used to claim jobseekers separately. We moved to a different area and asked to transfer our respective claims over. We had separate appointments to do so, but for some reason our claims weren't put on the system. Instead, they set up a new JOINT claim with me as the main…
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18 years old finnished a course
hi my daughter is finnished her training course next week which she has a got a level 2 class room assistance she recieves EMA..she has an interview in a few days time for a job not in the same field if she gets this job she will be working away from home.she would get paid monthly.what i would like to know is will she be…
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Tax Credits phone line = big phone bill
I saw Martin on Daybreak yesterday and am grateful for the reminder not to hang on to my tax credits form when it eventually arrives and to return it by post. He mentioned the awful telephone help service and I wanted to firstly agree with him, but secondly ask if anyone knows if this number is still not a freephone…
