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IB to ESA: Scared to Death
I was wondering if anyone could help me. Today, my mum received a letter stating she will need to be transferred from IB to ESA but may need to fill questionnaire or attend a medical before this happens. Receiving this letter has left mum feeling very distressed, anxious and in a depressive mood, her previous experience…
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Single parent planning to move in with partner
Hi I am new to this website so I hope I am in the correct place. I am currently a single parent with a 2 year old. I do not work at the moment. I live in rented accomodation and recieve the following... Income support Housing benefit Council tax benefit Child Tax Credits Child Benefit Child Maintenance My son is starting…
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ESA questions
I have been on IB for a few years due to depression and agoraphobia but got a EWA50 sent to me as i am due to be re assessed. I've herd all the stuff on the news about them assessing most people to be fit for work. I am worried they will kick me on to JSA even though I don't think I'm well enough to find a job with out…
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self employed and JSA
my husband has been made redundant from his full time job. he is also registered as sef employed as he is an artist and sells tshirt designs etc which dont take up much time but earns him about £3000 to £4000 a year. He is desperately looking for another job but does anyone know in the meantime if he is entitled to JSA ? I…
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Tax credits & being off work sick
Hi im not sure what to do here, ive been off work sick due to having a operation on my hand on 22nd june and dont recieve any sick pay or anything, all ive had since being off is my working tax and child tax credit...i will be staying on sick until i start my new job in september...should i inform tax credits of this &…
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So confused re: benefits
Looking for some advice in plain easy to understand wording not the jargon used by HMRC lol Situation 2010/11 1 dependant in full time education No Childcare (my grandparents help before and after school) Partner Earned- (50hrs pw) £22K I Earned: (38hrs pw) £18K Total Income: £40K Awarded basic £10.40 ish a week Situation…
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help on pension credit
My husband & I sold our house & currently temporarily renting. We're in process of buying a home abroad with intention of moving permanently. Husband is elligable to claim for pens. credit but proceeds of house sale in bank at moment. Does anyone know if the capital can be disregarded and for how long? & when purchase is…
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Extra/early tax credits
Hi there, i get both working and child tax paid into my bank every monday. I have checked my online bank account today to find that i have had 2 child tax payments both a different amount to usual and 1 working tax payment. Was wondering if this had happened to anyone else? Is it down to a bank holiday or will these be…
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Possible medical appeal?
Hi I had my ATOS medical last week. I am currently on IS. If I found fit for work, and would wish to appeal, I gather you go on an 'assessment rate' whilst your appeal is being heard. Is this correct for IS claimants aswell as IB claimants, and if you are then still found fit for work, would I get automatically taken off…
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Advice on tax credits and maternity pay
I renewed our tax credits in May using the income on P60s. For myself who has been on maternity leave from Jul 2010 until April I deducted £100 per week of maternity pay. Had award for this year through post this morning and my income was my full income without maternity pay deducted. I have rung them up and they say that…
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Maternity Pay
Hi this might be in the wrong forum but any help would be appreciated. My wife works for my limited company but has been on Maternity leave for since the May 22nd 2011. Now because my company pays less that £45k in NI a year we have opted for received the Maternity Pay as lump sum up front. HMRC 'sent us the cheque' on the…
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Made redundant while on maternity
Hi, Im hoping someone could help me please. Ive been made redundant while on maternity leave, and i dont know where to start for help and what we will be entitled to claim for. The only payment we get at moment is child benifit my partner earns around £30k a year I think i will need to start looking for a job but will need…
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Child/Working Tax Credit Eligibility
Hi I'm about to become a father for the first time (yay!) and have been trying to look into the sort of benefits myself and my girlfriend will be eligible for. We were both in a fantastic job until Nov 10 when we got made redundant - she's not worked since then and fell pregnant just after we left. I have been in…
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Jsa
Hi hope somebody could advise please.. was made redundant on the 15th July this year got redundancy payment etc my question is can i claim for jsa say in 6months or so or do you have to apply straight away not going to be looking for work until after xmas for various reasons many thanks
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Signing off and tax credits
I will be starting work on the 5th September and was wondering what I need to do with regards to sorting out my tax credits? How much notice do I need to give, etc? Thanks
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Part-time student/Part-time work/Benefits questions
Hi apologies if this is in the wrong part of the forum. My girlfriend is unemployed, she was previously employed full time but only a 6 month contract. She has a 4 year old son, but she does not receive any benefits for him as the father has him for the larger majority of the week (marginally anyway). She is currently…
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Help on Child Benefit Please
Hi Guys, Does anyone with any word skills have a draft template letter for claiming back unpaid child benefit? The friendly Child Benefits advisor said we can claim back 3 months as standard, but would need to send a letter to claim back further. I am not the best at drafting up letters, and i dont want my crap letter…
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AA, CA and hospital
Hello, My Mum gets AA, and I get CA because of that. She had a mild stroke last week and had to go into hospital. Fortunately she has recovered well and will be returning home this week. Reading stuff from the internet, she has 28 days before her AA is affected. So, my questions are: Because she's been in for less than 28…
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Signing 'off' JSA/P45
Hiya all, does anyone know how long a P45 and any owed JSA money should take to come through? OH signed off last Monday at the job centre and starts his new job today.... Thanks eppp :)
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extension for appealing ATOS medical?
after being made to wait for my friends medical report to come through, it finally arrived at the end of last week. unfortunately, he has not been able to go to CAB yet for advice, and his date for getting the appeal in is the 8th august. is there any way of getting an extension to this time, especially seeing as it took…
