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Holiday Abroad For 1 Week & JSA Income Based
Hi, Im due to be going on holiday on the 26th May in europe for 1 week, Problem is my JSA sign on day is on the 29th may. What can I do or say to the JBO so I don't get my benefits stopped or suspended. Claiming JSA income based. Anyone that can help me regarding this will be greatly appreicated. Cheers
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fair do's-stop police pensions when they reach 70
is it just me? but when our pension system was designed in a time when many people didn't live till 70 …. It is out of date and it has to change. heres one example .. the police (not the pop group) they get 65 years pay for 25 years work. So start work at 25 they can retire at 50 and if they live to 90 they will get 40…
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Backdating Housing Benefit
Hi All I would like some advice on Housing Benefit please. I lost my job on March 27th. We were in the process of moving house at the time and our local council (in east yorkshire) told us we were entitled to HB and council tax help but we have been waiting for our new landlord to give us our new tenancy agreement. The…
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Index of Links to Benefit Help
I've been gathering the tools to help us negotiate the DWP. This list originated on a facebook group for people with ME, hence many of the ME-related links. I debated whether to delete some of them, but then I thought, why? The best guides to claiming benefits are from Benefits and Work, but to access them you need to…
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Please help me out with this
I've been suffering from long term depression and anxiety. And now I'm severely depressed, and saw a Psychiatrist for the first time last week. My question is I've been told by people to look for therapy. And also I want to move out my home, living with parents right now -_- so what do I say I need a CPN or Social Worker?…
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Received Tax Credit / Don't Think I am Entitled to it
In my bank this morning received £49 from Child Tax. We have 2 children, 2012 earnings were Husband £32911 and me £7492. On the child tax calculator it said we were not entitled to anything. In Annual Review 2011 it says is your total income for 2011-2012 likely to be £30272 and £50,000 and we answered "yes" and it says…
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How Much Is Council Rent pls?
Probably a very random question, as ive never been in this situation before, privately rent at mo but ll now selling house, am looking for other properties but the deposit on a lot of them is too high compared to what i can afford and not a lot in the area i live in and im covering about a 30 mile radius when looking I…
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Help with moving costs
Hi there, just after a bit of advice please Been renting a private accom for 3 yrs thought i would be here for life, LL great etc but he has hit a bad time for whatever reason and now has to sell the property im living in. I am waiting for my section 21 to come through and have picked up a form from the council regarding…
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How much Tax do you have to pay on a self employed 2nd job
Hi All My name is Darren and I am currently taking a college course to get a recognised IT qualification and I want to freelance in PC repair and diagnostics in my spare time whilst working my normal 48 hr week I have standard tax code. Do i have to earn a certain amount of cash before paying or declaring any tax? I would…
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Salary overpayment in March - effect on Tax Credits - Help
Hi, My employer overpaid me by £170 in my March Salary and are to recover it again (minus the tax and NI I had to pay on it) in April. However, when I received my P60, it still had a gross earning as though I had actually earned that £170 when clearly I haven't earned anything as I am paying it back next month. I'm worried…
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Working Tax Credit Question
Hello, I will soon qualify for working tax credits but I have a question regarding other income. I've never claimed any tax credits before so I'm sorry if this seems a silly question but I don't want to get it wrong! Basically I work full time however occassionally I also draw pet portrait commissions and cartoon…
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might be of interest to some
hello I am new to this part of the forum so I do hope this is in the right bit basically I am working 18 hours and my partner not working (he is looking for work and has been since being made redundant) and he isn't claiming anything other than our tax credit claim our working tax credits have stopped due to the new rule…
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help on dwp/esa
hi, wondering if anyone can help me with some advice. i recently attended an atos medical for esa, i wrote to the dwp a couple of days after having the medical to ask for a copy of the medical report as i have heard the atos medical reports are sometimes not entirely true. I didnt hear anything back from the dwp but i then…
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Am I entitled to Carers Allowance?
Hi My husband has just been diagnosed as Bipolar. Does anyone know if I am entitled to Carers Allowance? he is 73 and I am a home with him full time. We do not claim any benefits. Thank you
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Applied for DLA. What happens next, am I likely to get it?
Thought I'd post it in this forum incase the other one was not suitable I just applied for Disabled living allowance. Does anyone know how they will contact me, and how long that normally takes? I suffered a broken skull a year ago which was at first misdiagnosed (St John paramedic sent me to walk home with it, and I slept…
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Please help me out with this
I've been suffering from long term depression and anxiety. And now I'm severely depressed, and saw a Psychiatrist for the first time last week. My question is I've been told by people to look for therapy. And also I want to move out my home, living with parents right now -_- so what do I say I need a CPN or Social Worker?…
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a straw poll ib to esa
just curious re transfers from IB to ESA Were you transfered before your IB ran out,around the date it did,or how long after it expired?
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CTC question
Hi I am new to CTC and i am a little confused. We have recieved our renewal figure based on an estimated income i have given them for this year 2012/2013. The award we have been given seems to be £75 less a month compared to the figure i get from the HMRC calculator workings. Do they do some calculcation based on last…
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Benefits - What am I entitled to? Is this correct?
Long time user, but new ID for this post. History: Was made redundant from a role that paid me in excess of £50K pa and am now on JSA. Current position: Married with Children (currently at school). During the good times we were smart enough to save a bit of money. With my leaving package we now have, between cash and…
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Can a single person claim WTC's
Can a single person sharing a flat claim WTC's if they are on a low income. Not sure if it is for families and couples only?
