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Contrib based ESA / WTC question
Hi All, Background: My new partner has two children and claims working tax credit (16 hours per week). At the moment we live separately. I'm claiming contribution based ESA. My flat has just sold for £100 K ( it was mortgage free). We are planning to live together short term when the sale goes through, and look for a…
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Welfare Reform Bill and Contributory ESA
Hi, My partner gets the above benefit (after appeal). Does anybody know how the Welfare Reform Bill is going to affect it? I've been getting conflicting information. Some say it will stop in April, others that'll it continue.... Help! We're bloody terrified! I earn a low wage and we already live a frugally as possible.
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Maternity Pay with 2 employers
Hi, please could anyone advise me. I have two employers, workin part-time for each. I am due to take maternity leave mid November. I was originally told that only one employer had to apply for the statatory mat pay as it would automatically work out 90% of my gross earnings for the first 6 weeks and then reduce to the…
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Entitlement to CHB and tax credits, moving abroad.
Hi. Myself and my family are emigrating to POrtugal soon. I am able to claim Child tax credit as have been on maternity leave since May 2011. I am on a non return to work scheme, but will get SMP until Feburary 2012 so will still be paying NI contributions. Am I therefore entitled to still recieve Child tax credit and CHB?…
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Would I be entitled to anything, or shall I carry on struggling?
Hi everyone I'm off work with depression at the mo, I knew that a big downer was coming as I can just tell. I am on 150mg of sertraline and have been seen by a psychiatrist (sp?). I just don't seem to be getting any better, I barely have the energy to tidy up and do the housework, let alone go to work. Would there be…
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Council Tax - I've been stoopid!
Hi, My first post on this site... here goes! I have been checking through my accounts to work out where to save money. Finances in not too bad shape, but I have noticed that both me and my husband have a monthly direct debit set up to pay our council tax, so we have been paying double on this bill for a number of years…
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Going back to work.
Hi all, This has probably been answered on several occasions but I just want a little clarification towards my personal circumstances. My partner and I have been claiming JSA on a couples claim since October 2010, and we have been receiving Housing Benefit. I got told yesterday that I have (FINALLY!) found a job!! I'll be…
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ESA, and reasonable adjustments on the work programme
I was curious who's responsibility it is to make sure reasonable adjustments and/or assessments are done for any work placements on the work programme. Ordinarily you would request this from the employer and the Human resources team would make an appointment to assess your disability and/or needs. But in this case it's a…
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They lost my housing benefit claim
Hello. I need some advice on my housing benefit claim. On the DWP website, you can apply for JSA, housing benefit and council tax benefit all at once. I did this around the last week of june. I've been receiving JSA for the entire period. Every time I went to sign on at the job centre, I would ask them how my housing…
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Reclaiming Reduced Council Tax
Not sure of the correct forum for this. So I was rather disorganised in the past and have just dug around and noticed that while a student from 2005-2008 I never informed Wandsworth I was a student. For the last two years of that period I lived with just my partner so I was entitled to a reduction but I never applied for…
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Working full time but want to go self employed help please!!
Hi, A little background first. I have 2 children one of which has just started infant school this week. My youngest is in nursery 5 days a week f/t a cost of £185 per week. My sons before and afterschool club is going to cost £160 per week. I work in a fulltime job earning £900 a month. I have now told TC that my son has…
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Housing Benefit - buying a flat for our disabled daughter
Hi All, hopefully some experts on HB rules for renting to family members out there! The advice we've found on-line generally makes sense but the indications from our local benefits office don't seem to agree so we are dreading getting their finding on our daughters HB claim. The storey (shortened version) is that our…
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Whats counted as savings?
Hi all I'm really worried about my job at work. Nothing specific at the moment but things have been quiet and the pipeline for the company seems quiet. I am fortunate enough to have some savings but trying to do some planning if heaven forbid the worst was to happen. What do the DWP count as savings? I have some cash in…
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Benefits overpayment due to decreas in Tax Credits ?
Hi Hoping someone can help me please as am a little miffed. I suddenly had an unexpected letter from the council telling me I have a housing and council tax benefit overpayments. They assessed our benefit entitlement and calculated that from 1st August 2011 to 4th September 2011 we were overpaid £206.04 Housing Benefit.…
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Are we entitled to any help (sick leave from work )
We have just done a new claim which came through last week for child tax credits , 3 kids £150pw - We get £180pm cb and I'm currently on sick pay @ £84 per week . Are we entitled to some sort of income support or working tax credits to top up my sick pay ? I'm not entitled to wtc as I earned £19000 last year , I've been on…
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What comes first, mortgage or a debt management plan?
Hi, hope someone can advise, as my wife could not work because of her disability we could not keep up payments on credit cards and now have a debt management plan. They charge a management fee of £25 per month which is included in my £92 per month payment. We also have a mortgage which we have just about been paying though…
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Disablility element of WTC
Hi I have been having a read of these board for a long time and I am abit confused. Basically last year I was working a mix of self-employed/employed and claimed WTC as I am over 25 & was working over 30 hours per week. In February 2011, I was admited to hospital & signed off work & WTC. Have been claiming a mix of SSP &…
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Coventry City Council Housing Benefit Overpayment
Hi all, I have a long story and hope some one can give me some advice. Four years ago I was out of work and waiting to start at University as a mature student. During this period I claimed housing benefit and council tax benefit alongside JSA. Towards the end of my claim, joint with my partner, we had a call saying that we…
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Repayment of Suspended Benefits
Hi, a friend of mine has been under investigation by the Benefit Agency and Child tax Credits. Malicious reports were made that she was still living with her ex partner and doing work for cash in hand. These claims have never been proven or justified, in the meantime (three months) she has received nothing and has been…
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8 months pregnant & skint!
Hi If anyone could offer some advice, I would really appreciate it. Im 8 months pregnant with my 1st child and was just told this morning I wasnt going to get the Sure Start Maternity Grant I applied for. I was gutted & sat in tears as I was really relying on the money to buy some baby stuff. I get ESA but apparently its…
