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change of circumstances
i will hopefully will have a job by the end of the month which will mean an increase in wages of around £20000,do i tell the tax credits as soon as i get the job or do i wait until i renew next april,i understand it will affect my payments next year but will it affect my payments this year. cheers scott
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Bedroom Tax and Carer
We are asking the council to reconsider their decision not to award us an extra room for a carer. We live in a 3 bed house, my son has a room, I sleep in my own room and my husband sleeps in the 3rd room because of his disabilities (he gets mid rate care DLA). My step daughter comes and stays 3 or 4 nights a week to help…
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PhD student and tax credits, help please
Hi I am thinking about leaving my full time job (c. £25k pa) and doing a PhD. I will receive about £14k pa stipend, which is not taxable. My wife works part time and earns about £10k pa. Does anyone know if PhD funding is classed as 'income'? I have tried the entitled.to website and because I would be a full-time student,…
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Survey vouchers
I'm filling in the tax credits renewal form. I'm basically a stay at home mum and I do online surveys, mostly getting paid in shopping vouchers and sometimes in cash. I'm registered as self-employed. My question is, do I put the amount I earned in shopping vouchers under the 2.4 'income from self-employment' section? Or do…
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Is this home insulation grant genuine?
A leaflet was put through the front door by a company called keep warm, claiming there is a free insulation government grant. I have been searching around the internet to check that this is not a scam, but unfortunately the only reference to this specific scheme was on the companies own website. I can't seem to find any…
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Tricky College Situation, Need Advice
I'm 21 years old, 22 in August and I've enrolled in college for this upcoming September having suddenly decided what I want my career path to be (took me long enough haha). I'll be training to be a teacher so that I can eventually become an assistant language teacher teaching English as a foreign language in Asia and thus…
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Very confused with entitlements
Hi quick question, mypartner is currently out of work was claiming benefits (income related) for a period last year but stopped. However, she is now back in the job searching mode but she is convinced that she is not entitled to any benefits due to my salary. I have no idea how the benefit system works as I've only ever…
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nhs glasses please
I think I need glasses, what are the qualifications for NHS free ones? Do you need to be on JSA? If you are on low income can you get help if so what are the requirements please?
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Down right refused ESA
I put in a claim for ESA on the 1st of July after my dr gave me a fit note for depression and sleep disorders. I was claiming ESA at the end of last year as I was mauled by a dog what ripped both my hands apart and had surgery to repair nerves and tendons. I failed the medical last time because to them I could use my…
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benefits whilst on ssp
hubby currently off work due to operation. his work has paid him full up to now (10 weeks) however hubby has to go back to hospital as still not well and employer saying he will drop onto ssp. Hubby is bread winner on around 29k and I am on part time work at min earning around 4k a year. We rent and have no savings. 2 kids…
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Free 15hrs childcare
I've been a long time lurker on this site for ages but have signed up as I'm a bit confused as to how the free 15 hrs can be used. My little girl turns 3 in October so will be entitled to her 15 hrs from next January. I currently work 2 days a week and we claim the childcare element of WTC to help us with the fees. I had…
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DWP/~ATOS result
I had interview with ATOS mid-June and hadn't heard result. I rang ATOS and they said they'd said I'd passed and they didn't need to assess me again for 18 months, which is when I get my state pension. Called DWP and asked why I hadn't been told, they said they'd tried to phone me end June but not got an answer. They say…
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JSA - under 25 - having to sign on every week and far away from home?
We have a local Jobcentre, 15 min walk from where we live. My daughter who recently came back home, registered for JSA and had her first appointment at the local JC but then was told that she will be signing on in a special place, for under 25's (she is 23) which is 2-3 buses ride away. In a different London Borough. She…
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Saying NO to ESA
My wife is on IB following a heart-attack and unresolved angina problems. She receives DLA for this. She has also more recently been diagnosed with cancer - treatment now complete. She has received the dreaded brown envelope for migration to ESA. Following chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery she doesn't want to go…
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New boiler for DLA Claimant
My wife has been awarded Highest rate in care allowance and lowest rate on mobility allowance for DLA due to her debilitating and severe cancer that has left her almost bed ridden due to the severity of the symptoms and now effects on the intense chemotherapy regime she is undergoing. Our gas central heating boiler is over…
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Housing benefit - can I claim?
Hi All Can anyone give me some advice please on if I can claim Housing Benefit - or could someone point me in the direction of a helpful website - I can't find one! I am a single parent currently living with parents - its not an ideal situation and I need to move before I throttle my Mam! I am registered homeless with my…
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Child benefit - cap on number of children?
Trying to work out some form of a budget for when my twins are born (not due till December) and I seem to recall there being talk of a cap on Child Benefit at 3 kids? Am I remembering correctly, or has the heat and pregnancy finally frazzled my brain? Did it ever come in? Struggling to find anything on Google about it, so…
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Ending marriage, can I afford this? Please please help
Hi, I've posted before but only got one response and have still been too afraid to trust the calculators. So scared to make this leap and leave and find out we can't afford to live. And even more scared of staying living like this. :( Please, please can someone just tell me if these figures look right or if I've made an…
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What changes will universal credit bring?
As everyone knows the unemployment numbers are fudged. Unemployment is growing if you include all the self employed who get working tax credits but make a loss year upon year. What changes will universal credit bring this October? If they are not making min wage per hour they will be added to the unemployment numbers. That…
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Housing benefit when daughter goes to uni
Hi I know there's been threads about this before.... but still don't understand it. At the minute I work, get about half my rent paid in housing benefit and get tax credits for 2 children. My eldest DD has one more year at college and hopes to go to uni next September, living in halls. I understand that , as far as housing…
