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Self employment and income support?
Thanks Guys!
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Unable to work
My daughter has not been well enough to work for at least the last two years. She is a single mother with 3 children aged 7-12. She got Employment & Support Allowance, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credits and Child Benefits. She also receives maintenance from her former husband. She has recently been reassessed for…
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IB to ESA timing
my IB claim expires early May this year,when might I expect the transfer process to start?
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Housing Benefit & Spare Room
Hi can anyone help me out here I currently live in a privately rented property and pretty soon a family member will be moving out to get married so we will have a spare bedroom. At the min we have no adult nondependant deductions from the housing benefit as my husband gets dla but we do still pay a top up on the rent but,…
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lost my letter from esa, help needed asap
as the title says i have lost or mkisplaced a letter that i was sent from esa to send another sick note back to them. i'm off to the gp in half hour for the sick note, then where do i send it to without the letter if i remember correctly the letter came from barsnsley job centre, even tho i live in wakefield someone please…
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Make myself unemployed
Hi all I need some advice for my situation I will try to keep it brief but it’s a bit complex (to me anyway) Here we go, I work for an agency as an HGV driver, I have started getting heart palpitations which sometimes leave me fuzzy headed after an episode, I have seen my doctor who says I should notify DVLA of my…
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NHS General Ophthalmic Charge vs Pensions Savings Credits
Hello peeps.... A returning poster here, cant get my original login to work so started a new one... My Dad was on Guaranteed Pension Credits and therefore didnt have to pay for his glasses. So yesterday he received a letter from NHS Compliance stating that he doesnt hold an NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate and as such…
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confused as to which P45 to use??
Hi there fellow forum-ees! I have a (i think) complicated question about a tax rebate. Should have got this sorted ages ago. I stopped working Aug 2011 and havent worked since. So I worked 5 months of this financial year and paid tax at the full rate. (I can give figures later) I have part 1A of the p45 from my last job.…
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Pension Credit Reduction why?
Hi All my mum has just received a letter telling her that her pension credit will be x from April x is about £2.20 less per week that what she gets now? There is no explanation in the letter for the reduction. Does anyone know why she is getting a reduced amount? could it be to cancel out an increase in the state pension?…
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Is esa means tested?
Hello. Please could someone settle this one. My friends wife gets ESA. She had been in full time emploument for years before becomming ill. She is in the work group. He maintains that ESA is not means tested in any way because on the forms she had to fill in there was no mention of either his income or savings. She has…
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crisis loan complaint
i recently applied for a crisis loan on the phone as my jsa has been suspended for 6 weeks as the dwp think there has been an overpayment which there hasn't as i've sent all my bank statements to them the woman who replied asked me to wait for two minutes then came back and asked me what i had been living on for the last 6…
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Shared custody & benefits
I have remarried and have a 10 yr old from a previous relationship as well as 2 children with my present husband. I have a very amicable relationship with my ex and my son spends a lot of time there. He is however suffering extreme financial hardship and is on ESA. If I was to give him shared custody and sign over Child…
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MSE News: Thousands could miss out on Warm Front energy scheme
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Two lobby groups fear a scheme to help poorer households make their homes warmer won't benefit enough people ..." Read the full story: Thousands could miss out on Warm Front energy scheme
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please help...dont know what to do ????
hi all ill try to be breif, this may be alittle confusing.... at present i work 16 hours a week earning £250, my husband is out of work, we have a 9 year old daughter. we receive ctc and wtc. in april 2012 you have to work 24 hours a week to receive wtc. THIS IS THE PROBLEM.... my husband and i are both bankrupt, so any…
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Linking Rule on ESA(C)
I have received a letter from DWP - Informing me that the standard "living expenses" on which my ESA (C) is being worked out (before any reduction due to ill health pension) is £67.50 They appear to be ignoring the "linking rule" - which I understand holds for 24 months - ensuring that I should be £94.25 including WRAG…
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LHA and HB
Hi can some one please clarify the difference between LHA and HB. I am confused after reading a couple of threads. I live in a council house I have 4 bedrooms. There is only me hubby and 8 year old son live in the house. 2 bedrooms are used for us to sleep in 1 is made up for my granddaughters who stay once a week and the…
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Post-dated giros being replaced by Direct Payment
I'm currently receiving post-dated giros for DLA (even though my JSA is paid into my account). I usually get the giro every four weeks on a Saturday, but it can't be cashed until the Wednesday. However, a few weeks ago I received a letter stating the following: "You are currently receiving Jobseeker's Allowance paid into…
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childcare cost
hi my daughter is due to go back to work and as got her daughter in full time childcare costing £150 a week .her and her partner earn roughly £24000 between them a yr can the get any help towards the cost and roughjy how much ty
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housing benefit- if I don't claim tax credits can I still claim it?
Can I claim housing benefit for my child if her dad gets tax credits for her? I receive child benefit and I am a single parent.
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JSA overpayment from 2002
in 2002 i recieved a letter stating i owed £61 from an overpayment of JSA. the letter stated i failed to tell the dole i had started a new job.i cannot really remember what happened that long ago.but i can rememeber not reciveing any further JSA ,it was while i was incomeless if thats a word that i recieved the letter, the…
