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Tax credits and full time students
I hope someone can point me in the right direction with this - I've tried the Turn2Us website, but the benefits calculator doesn't cover our situation. My husband wants to give up his job and become a full-time student in the autumn, and currently has two university offers on the table. This will drop our income from £3000…
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Overpayment question
My daughters friend is on the assessment rate of ESA untill her WCA, which is this morning, she owes the DWP around £5000 due to overpayments ( don't really know the circs but I believe it was a fraud case a few years ago) they are stopping £20 a fortnight off her assessesment rate at the mo to recover the overpayment. She…
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School uniform and benefits
Im not sure if this is the right place for this thread, but i cant find anywhere else suitable to put it. We moved area to the west midlands at the beginning of Oct 2012. I approached the local authority so my daughter who has just turned 14, could attend a local school. I received the forms and sent them back. I had to…
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Have temp job in pipeline - affecting benefits?
Hi, I have been offered a piece of work to do by a friend of a friend who has own company. It will be a 1 off project and I have been offered approx 2k for the work. What I can't find out is how this will affect my benefits - I know I will lose some but don't know what or how much. Any ideas? I get: Income Support Carer's…
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Universal credit - housing element?
I have been looking at the Universal Credit Explanatory Memorandum for the Social Security Advisory Committee document. http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/uc-draft-regs-2012-memorandum.pdf At point 91, it says; Limit on Payment of Housing Costs Does this apply to all housing payments such as housing benefit/local housing allowance…
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Maintenance grant -effect on benefits
Hi My son will be 16 in September and will be attending college full time. I currently work part time (having 2 other younger children) and earn about £7500 per year. I receive housing and council tax benefit, child benefit and child and working tax credit. I am wondering whether the maintenance grant will impact on the…
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Housing benefit
Hi, can anyone tell me if you can claim housing benefit if you live on a narrowboat?? (Mooring fees) thanks, Debbie
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confused about taking on a short job
I am signing on at the moment as unemployed. I have been offered a job about 10- 15 hours a week. How will this affect me? I presume i still sign on? I will be a fiver a week better off is that right? has anyone done this and was it fiddly when you were working but still signing if that makes sense? the advisor says i may…
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Claiming JSA while on maternity leave
Hello When I rang CTC today to give them my self employed boyfriends confirmed earnings, i was advised that as I was now on unpaid maternity leave I was classed as not working and therefore could not get WTC. I was advised to claim Income support, is that correct? I wasn't aware that I was to tell them I was on unpaid mat…
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Deprivation of capital question
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Benefit and Work annual subscription...
Is it really worth £15.95 for an annual subscription..?? Are the guides that good..? I am currently going through an Atos appeal and am on ESA appeal rate...Would it be worth me paying to look at these guides...?? £15.95 is a lot of money to me and I like to spend my money very wisely..Do I need the guides..??? I am…
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Confused over social worker advice re housing
Sorry if this is wrong section. I am autistic and also have dyspraxia and depression and anxiety(go hand in hand to be honest) I live in a good flat which is very bad maintained to the point the ceiling is ready to collapse, no plaster in bathroom, every kitchen cupboard broken, no heating in bedroom or hall for 2 years,…
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self employed and working tax credit
So...can anyone help ? Times are hard at the mo being self employed ! My earnings have decreased over the past two years even though I'm still working 35-40 hours a week (an average of £135 per week) and was wondering if anyone had an idea of how much I would get a month if I claimed working tax credit. This last tax year…
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fuel payments
Hi want to ask this question for my mum she recieves employment support allowance work related activity should she be recieving £25 cold weather payments Thank You
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Lose Your WRAG If You Appeal
I have just been to a tribunal last week for ESA and was awarded 18 points and placed into the WRAG Group. I have read several posts on various different sites and it people say that you are allowed to appeal this and try and be placed into the support group. However, all these posts say that, if you appeal the WRAG…
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tax credits 4k difference
can anyone help, my partner has been doin over time since xmas and its expected to last til april but that means hes gonna have earned 4k more than last yr, will this affect my tax credits and if so how badly he earned around 10k 11/12 and i said it wud be the same this yr thanks in advance
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No money to live on. HELP!
I suffer with bad Anxiety/Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia and have just had my ESA stopped. I was asked three times to attend a medical assessment 9 miles away and my gp asked for a home visit on all three occasions but I was always turned down and now, money has stopped as I am "fit for work". I can't claim JSA as obviously…
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ESA Claim gone wrong - Rapid re-claim for some reason?
My dad was refused ESA on the tribunal hearing for having less points. We were told he can possibily put a fresh claim in since the last claim was last year. Decided to put a new claim in, however, they sent a letter stating they want proof of birth and some further information by phone, and yet my dad is over 70 yrs old,…
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Universal credit????
Can anyone help me understand this universal credit thing? Who will be affected and what will it mean? Thank you to anyone who can explain it
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dla tribunal advice please
i have my sons dla tribunal soon, he has ADHD and need constant care during the night, he was getting middle rate care until he turned 16 then i had to re apply, ive since been taken off it and am going to tribunal soon, i have a letter from doctors regarding his night time need's which is what he was getting the care rate…
