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Deductions from JSA
I've just received a letter stating that I will be getting £56.80 deductions per week from my £74 per week JSA. This will leave me just £18 per week to live on! Is this legal?? Or should I just use the money to buy a decent rope & find a sturdy tree! The deductions are £10p/w for an overpayment (my Ex Wife was less than…
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ESA appeal gave me 12 points
Shocked it only took 3 weeks for an appeal but the decision still doesnt address problems such as saying I am anti depressants but as I do not get councilling It is not bad but I WANT it just the waiting list is so long, and that I can "make meals" well I reheat take aways and often chuck food out as I waste it due to…
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housing benefit fraud
hi all i need some help please. here is my situation. i have been in a on/off relationship with my boyfriend for several years, we decided that we are not ready to live together yet as we are just not ready for that step. i have a disabled daughter who needs 24 hour care and im sick myself, i have M.E and fibromyalgia. my…
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Advice on housing and council tax benefit please
I am 65 and drawing a state pension. I have recently been forced to sell my house at a greatly reduced price to avoid repossession, so I only have a little left out of the equity. I managed to find a nice, private rental that would accept my dogs by moving out of the area, but I am confused now as to what I should be…
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Can I claim interest on unpaid benefit?
My ESA was dropped to the lower level on 17th October last year after I failed an ATOS Medical. I appealed, and exactly 9 months later (17th July 2013) I won my appeal at Tribunal. I will now (eventually) be paid the difference (approx £30 pw x 9 months) Does anybody know if I am able to claim interest on the money I am…
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First time parents, living together/benefits
I am having my first child in march next year. I'm 22 and a student and my boyfriend is nearly 30 and works full time. I live with my parents at the moment and my boyfriend has a mortgage which is £590 pm over 10 years. Obviously when the baby is born the plan is for me to move into his flat with him, being a student does…
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work focussed interview for a full-time carer
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Tax credit overpayment problem ( not sure)
Hello, I got a letter from HMRC at the beginning of June that said I've been overpaid £1856 for a (weird) period 6/04/2012 - 6/04/2012 (?). I called them because they didn't say what was wrong and they told me I wasn't working enough hours, which was not true. The thing is that when 2011-2012 tax year finished they sent me…
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Council Tax HELP!!!
This is a long story so will apologize but im in desperate need of help here. I was living on my own at the start of September 2012 to October 2012 and was paying my own council tax. Then in October 2012 I had a room mate as finances were really tight. I notified the council of my room mate in November 2012. I never…
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Benefit fraud court appearance as witness
Hi! I'm looking for a bit of sound advice please! A few years ago i moved into my ex-partners place. We split the rent and bills etc. Little did I know that he was claiming job seekers allowance for himself as well as housing benefit and council benefit (i worked full time and didn't declare me moving in). When the…
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SAYE scheme and free share vs Tax Credits...very confused please help!
My OH puts money into a SAYE scheme with Tesco, last year in June he received his first lump sum from selling the shares he gets from saving, this March he received his second; so two this tax year. What do we need to declare to tax credits?? To date we have never declared his SAYE scheme as when I asked tax credits about…
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Employer refusing pay ssp
Hi I have been signed off work and my employer has said I do not qualify for SSP my first date off sick was 8th July my lasts pay day before that was 5th July and average earnings for 8 weeks from 5th July is £875.74 which works out £109.43 a week The problem is my employer has based it on what I earnt up to the 5th July (…
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Am I missing something? confused.
I am single and work 30 hours, I claim tax credits but no housing benefit. Work is wanting/needing to cut my hours to 24 per week, so I wouldn't be entitled to tax credits but would be entitled to help with rent I believe. Is it better for me to try and get 6 hrs extra work to get to 30 hours to claim tax credits or does…
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benefits entitlement
Hi, I've done a benefits check on this forum but it says i need further advise on what i am entitled to.. I am homeless and am staying with friend I had a little bit of money and paid it to them towards bills etc .. I'm waiting to see if i can get a claim for JSA allowance accepted. (I previously had a job but had to leave…
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DLA - Change of Carer
Hello. My girlfriend receives the highest level of DLA but lives at home with her mother as her carer. I'm wondering how the process works with her moving in with me and me becoming her carer. Currently she receives both component of DLA, including mobility. The car has 18 months to go of the 3 years and is in the mother's…
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Some questions on IR ESA/DOC
Hi, I have been trying to find out here and on many other sites exactly what counts as income/capital in relation to Income Related ESA and saving limits, its incredibly complex and it would be great if there was a sticky as I see others are having problems. anyway, my questions what is income/capital in relation to ESA…
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Salary Sacrifice car scheme actual cost
Hi Guys, I am a recent graduate and I have just passed my driving test. I am aged 23. I have a graduate job with a salary of £30,000. The nature of work (sales) means there is a lot of driving required and it is implied a ‘nice’/’flash’ car is also required. My employer offers a salary sacrifice car scheme. The ideal car I…
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Tax credits help please
Just had a tax credits award of 609/year for 2013-2014 based on a combined income of £35627.00 We got 0 for working tax credit element, and 0 for childcare element of working tax credit. But for child tax credits we were given the £609.03. This is paid at £59 every 4 weeks. Payments in 2014-2015 are 24.42 every 4 weeks.…
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child benefit query
scenario - a 16 year old child is pregnant, she is in her rights to cliam child benefit, but can the mother also still claim child benefit if her 16 year old child does aswell?
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switching jobs
Hi finishing a job - having a few weeks off and starting another. Do I have to sign on? Thanks
