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Incapacity age addition
Just had pension statement which refers to'Incapacity age addition' which i've never heard of before and can't find a proper explanation of it. I had the same debilitating illness intermittently for several years before I couldn't go on and was retired on medical grounds age 46, and - except for a few times when i tried to…
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Signing off - final payment
Hello Asking on behalf of my brother. He usually signs on a Tuesday (would be due this Tuesday) and would be paid the following Friday. He starts his new job on Tuesday so wont be signing again and will be calling to sign off on Monday. Will his final JSA payment come through Friday? I think he's a bit worried it won't…
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Low Income - Dental Treatment
Evening... I'll try and be as straight forward as possible. I've recently returned to work and have been getting free dental treatment and prescriptions. On Tuesday, my hours will increase to 24 hours per week, with wages of around £150 per week plus WTC with Disability Premium and £40 back to work credit form DWP. 1. I…
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housing allowance and change of circumstances
Hi does anyone know ... if your already getting housing allowance because your income is low and your renting, and an elderly relative moves in with you as she needs looking after and she's receiving state pension then will this change of circumstance lower or increase the housing allowance that your already getting? or…
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Won appeal
Last Friday my wife was in court for a tribunal regarding ESA. Over 12 months ago she failed one of those medicals and scored 0 points,. The appeal took over 12 months before it ended up in court. Another claim was made and another medical was attended three weeks ago and the result was the same, 0 points. The court…
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receiving income from son
Hi, my ex is receiving housing benefit, csa, tax credits etc. The eldest has just left college and started an apprenticeship. He is earning £344 a month but she charges him £160 per month for his rent. Would this affect her housing benefit and have to declare it as an income to the authorities?
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ESA support group, volunteering?
I'm asking this on behalf of a friend after receiving helpful advice here myself recently. Just over 2 years ago my friend was in a serious car accident in which she sustained a serious head injury, this has left her with epilepsy that at the moment is unstable and not completely controlled by medication. She lost her job…
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working and getting pension ??
i claim pension and also housing benefit i can't afford to live off what i get so i want to get a job will it affect my housing benefit and pension ?? how much can i earn before it affects my money?
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Refused Maternity allowance! Please help!! :-(
I am 27, due to have my first child in 6 weeks and am still working full time as a self employed taxi driver. I have been registered as self employed since the beginning of March and so have not yet completed my tax returns or paid my class 2 national insurance contributions as I was under the impression that these should…
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Universal Credit -Natural migration
edit - I think I found my answer, thanks for looking :)
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Does my income support stopping affect my dla?
My partner is due to move in shortly. I am going to call up Jobcentreplus to tell them of the change. My partner income will exceed the threshold for receiving income support/housing benefit etc and these benefits will stop . Will this stop on my benefit affect my Dla which is at the higher rate?
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Legal Requirement To Complete Tax Credit Form?
My wife and I are no longer entitled to Tax Credits, a benefit we where almost forced into from the start. We knew this, so wrote to them with our assessment and said we didn't want to claim. We have paid back by cheque the overpayment from previous years. We asked them not to contact us again. In a snotty reply, we have…
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Am I missing something?
I have been working 30hrs a week in a minimum wage job for a while, kind of breaking into the industry, earning £9660 pa. I have the possibility of moving to a new position, working 40hrs per week but almost double the wage at 18,000. My husband also works 24hrs per week and earns £9210. To accept this new position we will…
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help with bedroom tax
hiya just looking for some advice...will be moving into rented accom shortly but dont understand how the bedroom tax works can rent a 4bed house for more or less the same price as 3 bed in my area but does that mean as i only need a 3 bed according to the calculator that i will lose some of the housing benefit and wud be…
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Wrag to Support group
Hi, A few questions, first I have been moved to the support group woohoooo:j so do we get a back payment and secondly, do I have to still go to them meetings?
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Self employed low income single parent
My boyfriend would like to move in with my daughter and I! Lovely news --- but he would have to pay--- childcare--school dinners--council tax--rent---and also I would lose all my working tax credits and childtax credits??? I know he would be seen as the head of our family and the wage earner --he also has a son to support.…
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Husband still cant claim his tax back :(
he got made redundant last December, claimed jsa cb for a littlw while, now he claims carers allowance for our son, he overpaid his tax when he worked, and we know he got taxed on the £900 odd he claimed jsa, why hasn't he received the rest of his tax? is it because he claims carers allowance?
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Working 16+ hours but on a 12-15 hour contract
I'm applying for jobs at the moment but a lot of jobs are contracted at 12-15 hour contracts with overtime available. If I get a job before the 30th September I qualify for the back to work payment of £40 a week for a year, but will I get tht if I have a contract that states only 12 hours but I am in fact working 20? Or…
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JSA payment suspended
(Sorry this is so long, tried to include all relevant information.) I started claiming JSA on the 8th of June as I was dismissed from my job. I attempted to claim HB at the same time but as it normally takes 28 days to process I was unable to keep my flat as I would not have enough money to pay my rent on the 1st of July.…
