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Contributions based JSA stop after 6months
Is it true that contributions based JSA only lasts for a 6 month period?
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Can i claim JSA?
Hi everyone After 35 years of working it is likely that i will be made redundant shortly. i am single, own my home outright and have over 16k savings. would i be entitled to JSA or any other benefit whilst looking for another job. sorry is it is a dumb question but i have never claimed any benefits before. thanks
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Tax credits and working
My husband works about 25 hours per week and received about £6k a year in wages, I'm not working and we have 3 children. I get an extra amount with our working tax and child tax as one of our children receives the disability element. I am wondering what a couple can earn and still get full tax credits or any?? As I am…
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DLA Claim Form
My claim for DLA is ending this August so they have sent me a claim form. When I last claimed in 2009 I completed the form online on the site below: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/eservice/# I logged into the site with my previous details and it will allow to submit an online claim however the form on the site is not exactly the…
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LA authority official error. Can they do this?
Hello there, I will try to be as breif as possible. I made a complaint against my old LA over payments of Housing benefit being made following medical discharge from the forces. It turned out that they had made an official error from a claim we made between 2005 and 2007. We did not renew our claim back then, when we moved…
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Council Tax benefit: calculation and disregards
I've been claiming CTB for 2 years now, at a rate which seems quite small compared to others' I've spoken to who earn a similar amount to me. When my recent calculation came through I was confused by the council's calculations regarding income (my pay was the only itemised income, everything was lumped together in "all…
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Council Tax Rebate -What counts as savings?
My 91 year old mother has money invested in a Prudence Bond, a Prudential product. When enquiring about Council Tax Rebate, she was asked what savings she had. She declared the money in this bond as savings and was told that it took her above the limit to qualify for rebate on her Council Tax. She has now been told by…
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Working tax credit run on
Hi all il keep it short i finished work on the 4th of april after 5yrs i was told i would receive the run on until may whilst making my claim for jsa. ive now been told i wont receive it because i left my job 2days before the 6th of april 2012 which was the end of the tax year are they right?
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Csa
My ex partner does not work and is on benefits. He also has a child by someone else. She claims from csa and gets £5 per week. I have never bothered to claim anything from him as he has chosen to cut our daughter out of his life. If I did claim, would I also get £5 or would that get split between the two children? I can't…
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Esa and tax credits
Hi am new so forgive me if i get it wrong! I got my ctc renewal today, ver early its usually june. Have hubbys details so thats no prob. My question is this From 10th april 2012 i moved on to esa which counts as income. When i renew they ask for last years details when i earned 0. Do i tell them im on esa now and does it…
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Housing benefit
Hi all, not sure if this question has already been asked so appologies if it has. We are looking at moving house (area too) for numerous reasons but I was wondering about housing benefit. At the minute we are in a house let by a private landlord and have been here a year now. We recieve housing benefit and top up the…
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Jobseekers allowance while working part time?
My hours have just dropped from 16 to 12 and i read that i could claim JSA but they have rung me to say im not entitled to it because i earn over the threshold (they cant tell me what it is though!). I only earn minimum wage though so im a bit confused tbh. How can you be entitled to claim if you work under 16 hours but…
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Do I need to inform anyone?
I am worried I will get into trouble, so just want to ask if I need to inform anyone on the current situation. A friend has said that I do not need to unless the children are away for more than 6 weeks, but I just want to double check. My ex partner (the father of my children) has refused to bring the children back as…
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Left tax credit system whats the procedure
Hi - I left the tax credits system last week :j due to a partner moving in and our income is too high to qualify. I have an overpayment to pay back of which I am aware etc and have discussed this with them. Does anyone know what happens now, do I wait and receive some paperwork for the 11/12 payments etc to sign off or do…
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Help Please....
Hi! having been unemployed for some time now, Ive recently taken a job with a well known British Company. However, Its not what I thought it would be, and after one week, Im thinking of leaving. Does anyone know what I'd be entitled to in terms of benefits if I leave? Im a single mother with no partner, and am deperately…
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Being changed from one ESA to the other...
My MIL is housebound and in reciept of HRM and HRC DLA and ESA. She had a letter today to say they were changing her to the Income ESA and now needs to go for an ATOS medical... But she had an ATOS one a while ago. I'm not sure why they are moving her onto the other ESA though..?!
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Surveys on here and permitted work
I am on incapacity benefit because I am not well enough to go out to work. If I started doing surveys on here, and earning the odd few quid, provided it is under 16hrs a week (It will be well under that) do I still have to tell them I am doing the surveys. Many thanks
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What happens after 26 wks of SSP?
Does anyone know what happens when someone has been getting SSP for 26 weeks please? I understand that it is only paid for 26 weeks, but what benefit should be applied for after that? Tax credits will also stop at that point, so there will be a dramatic reduction in income anyway for the person I am asking for. Thanks in…
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Are we entitled to income support?
Hi there, I am hoping someone might know if my husband would be entitled to income support, I currently work 17.5 hrs a week, so we have just lost the working tax credits as we dont work 24 hrs between us. We have a son who we receive dla for, middle rate care and lower rate mobility, my husband is his carer, so he…
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Will i be taxed ??
Hi My employer is closing our local depot and moving us 20 miles away , they will be paying us a disturbance payment for the first year and what i would like to know is whether this payment is taxable or not ?? any help would be appreciated
