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headache over esa!!!
argh very frustrated sorted my dla now my esa is messed up! i added my partner to my claim in june they have only just updated my claim august he worked 24hrs earning £97 per week i got 2 letters today one saying my new esa entitlement is 2p a week? I had rang them on tuesday to say he is leaving work to care for me as i…
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Bank accounts/benefits
This is my first time posting not sure if i am posting in the right place. My bil is on benefits due to health problems.He has got himself in to some money trouble and now is struggling to pay rent,bills etc and has no money for food because the bank account his benefits are going into is overdrawn and they will not allow…
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Redundancy and tax credits
Hi I may be made redundant and if I do will be redundancy pay be accounted for as earnings when working out my tax credits? I currently claim working and child tax credits, I know working tax will be stopped if I am made redundant. thanks
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Goverment cuts and savings
Last year anyone on Tax credits got a NHS exemption certificate for prescriptions, etc not now Now you have to claim off a different office so thats TWO costs plus having certain conditions gets you free prescriptions and thats ANOTHER office so 1, becomes three..... treble the costs with all the forms and offices/staff to…
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Tax credits post 16 payable this week/next week
Did we not have a sticky put up last year because the forum will be over run with threads about this in the next fortnight?
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Wanting to set up not for profit website
Hi all, My partner and I are on DLA and Incapacity benefits and housing and council tax benefit. Our health is too fluctuating and unstable to work for money. Would we be able to set up a website for no profit without it affecting our benefits? Many thanks
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Tax Credit Letters, How Long?
Hi I called the tax credit people on the 24th of August, to inform them of a change. I wondered how long it usually takes for a letter with details of the adjusted award comes through. I wasn't paid yesterday, so am a little concerned I'm no longer entitled. I just tried to call them, but strangely, they 'can't deal with'…
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Daughter going to Uni
My daughter is starting Uni later this month. My partner and I have very little money coming in, he works full time and because I have 5 daughters I can't find work to fit around them. My daughter is getting the maximum help in the way of Maintenance Loan and Grant. My Child Tax Credit money is dropping and our household…
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help on income and housing
hi, can anyone help me out with income and benefit. hubby and i earn 29 k between us working full and part time.we recieve 7.79 for tax creds ..2 kids 5 and 15] we used to get 95 pounds for housing benefit..i got a letter today saying its 65 pounds a week from 12th sept.. we renewed tax creds in april and it went from 30…
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ESA and being in education
Sorry, editing this to protect my privacy.
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sick from work and no income help!!
Hi i work full time 40 hrs as a trainee in a nursery as im a trainee i only get just over 400 a month pay, Since the end of july i have been signed of work with depression and anxiety and been given tablets but i seem to be getting worse, i also see a councoller every week but its all done on a computer so i dont actually…
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Research study on DWP benefits for disabled, by IFF research
Hi all, I have today received a letter on DWP headed notepaper. The letter states that IFF as an official contractor to DWP have been given names and addresses of people receiving DLA, and IFF has posted the letter on their behalf. It goes on to say that IFF may be in touch in the next few weeks to see if I would like to…
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Working Tax Credit Run on
When I stopped working I applied for JSA. I also called the tax credits office to let them know I was not working. I was not in receipt of any WTC as I was considered a high earner and my Child tax credit had also stopped due to a previous over payment. When I called them they told me I was eligible for the WTC run on. I…
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Any advice please?
I start at University on 26 September, when hopefully my student loan/grant should come through (was awarded about 7k for the year). My partner is currently on income support and DLA. He is gradually getting better, which means I can go back to Uni after caring for him for some time. I knew that the income support would…
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Entitledto.co.uk does this sound right?
I just wondered if this sounds right to you guys as I've never claimed anything before. I'm due to go on Maternity leave in December after the first 6 weeks I will go on Statuary MP and get £128.73 a week plus an additional £81.73 for my car allowance from my work. Looking at entitled.co.uk it says I'm also entitled to £57…
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ESA - Severe Disablement Allowance
I can't really explain my situation without going into a bit of detail, so I apologise in advance to anyone who think I might be giving a bit TMI but I want to make sure what I've been told today is correct. In November 2010 I had used up all of my SSP and was told I would have to claim ESA, which I did. I was awarded the…
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Postnatal depression - benefits and work question - need help/advice?
Hi, Im a newbie here and i would really appreciate some help/advice. Its a bit of a long story so here goes....... I worked full-time 35hrs a week until a few months before my 2nd child was due (he was due in July 2009). In March 2009 i was signed off sick due to antenatal depression and anxiety and remained on sick leave…
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Employment and Support Allowance Appeal
I am currently on Employment and Support Allowence and had to go for my medical assessment a few month back to which I got the reply that I was fit for work as I had scored 0 points on their test. I appealled this and stated that my doctor would not be continually issuing me a sick note month after month if I was well…
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Ideas for earning £20 whilst on INCOME SUPPORT
I am in need of some inspiration and ideas! I am lone parent to a young toddler, don't live close to family and therefore have extremely limited childminding support. I am due to begin a part time distance learning degree this September to further my career. IN THE MEANTIME.... I have been trying to think of ideas how I…
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Need advice Please...
Hi i was after some advice for my sister. Her husband has a full time job and she is just over 36 weeks pregnant with her first baby(she recieves carers for looking after her MIL). Now her husband had a bad accident on tuesday night and was taken to hospital, he's had surgery on his leg and will be in hospital for another…
