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Freelancing while claiming JSA/HB/CTB
Hello there! I've been claiming JSA, housing benefit and c-tax benefit for nine months. Happily, I've now landed a small amount of freelance journalist work; two articles, which will take more than 16 hours to complete. Once that's done, I'll be pitching for more work, but will have no guarantee of getting it. I will not…
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Going on holiday whilst claiming Carers allowance
Does anyone know how going on holiday affects carers allowance. I claim this for looking after my daughter and she would obviously be going with me. We would be abroad for approx 3 weeks? So I'm wondering before I book anything if this is going to affect anything? TIA
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Severe disability premium
Hi there, I was recently granted high rate DLA after winning an appeal. i was granted high rate care & low rate mobility. I am also in receipt of ESA and in the support group. After being granted DLA I received a letter regarding a severe disability payment of £59.75 a week. I signed the letter & posted it back. I only…
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Did not return DLA application form on time
Hi, I was sent a DLA application package that had to be returned by June 20, but due to circumstances I have not yet completed and returned it. Does anyone know what will happen when I do return it later this week? For example, will they still treat it as DLA or will they treat it as PIP? Or could they maybe refuse to…
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CA claim timescales
Has anyone claimed carers allowance recently how long before submitting your claim did you hear from CA unit. Thanks
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Income Support When Preganant
Can anyone help or give me some advise please? I am currently on Job Seekers Allowance after being made redundant in March. This is due to end soon and Ive been told I should apply for income support 11 weeks before my due date. Can anyone tell me or does anyone know if you can get income support if your other half is on a…
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Backdating tax credits
I applied for child/tax credits in may (application received 1st june by h&m revenue) Believe it or not its taken until today, 13 aug, to finally get a reward. The amount rewarded is as expected, however they don't seem to be backdating it. My initial claim was refused as too much earnt last year, final claim is around £50…
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Has anyone got any spare hope?
I don't even know why I'm writing this. I'm sick of fighting on despite all the crap that's happened to me that I just had to fight through without support, and now years later I get benefits and finally treatment... but now is too late, because the ConDems are in charge. How am I supposed to go back to work without time…
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Overpayment of tax credits....affect on housing benefit?
Hi all, I hope someone can help. Annual income of £28,000, single claim and three children. I get tax credits and housing benefit. I have been overpaid £3,000 tax credits last year but as this money was taken into account for my housing benefit last year then I assume I have been underpaid housing benefit for the whole…
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Help with Benefits
Hi can anyone help please. My daughter who is 38 and nearly 8 months pregnant has been abandoned by her partner. She is currently on Maternity leave from her position as a Care Worker and in receipt of £186.16 for 6 weeks and then £136.78 for a further 33 weeks. She is in a privately rented one bed property which is £450…
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Overpaid child tax credit but no change in circumstance?
Our income has stayed the same from last year (£30500 joint income) but the tax credits we are entitled to this year have dramatically reduced meaning now we owe quite a bit back. As nothing has changed in our circumstance or income, how come the tax credit has been so reduced this year and if its due to changes in…
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Tax credits- provisional award and potential payment?
Hi, I received my tax credit renewal letter today which listed it as a provisional award. I understand this is because the income is estimated? It also stated a potential payment of £7k (we hugely over estimated the income last year so this would make sense), but there was no details of our monthly award etc as there…
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Disability, long-term illness and benefits
Just some posting some brief background info. and would appreciate some advice. Have had chronic migraine since at least '07 - that's constant low level headache and migraine of varying intensity twice a week (Wed and weekend). But on the whole I wouldn't have classed it as disabling as I had gotten used to them and as I…
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Housing Benefit Suspension (IS TO JSA)
Any advice really appreciated! My HB has been suspended whilst I'm being moved from Income Support to JSA (child turned 5) I made sure I informed Housing Benefit of the change a few weeks beforehand and was told there would be no need for it to be suspended. Anyway it was, I'm having to live off very little at the moment…
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DLA, ESA and education
If I receive DLA, and begin receiving ESA (the support based component) but then commence on a full time HE course, would I still be eligible for both components? And would I have to inform the DWP? Thanks.
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Finished University - claiming JSA - Do I have a problem?
Hi there. I finished University in June. I got a letter from my university saying that the official end date was 5th of June 2013. It also had award date "25th of July" - that's the day when I graduated So I'm having to claim JSA because I'm having difficulty finding work. However they are only paying from the 25th of…
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ESA wfi and support group appeal?
Just a quick question folks, I am currently in WRAG of ESA but appealing for support group. Will I be exempt from work focussed interviews until appeal is decided? Many thanks for any replies. John
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national insurance contributions
Not sure if I am posting in the right place so forgive me if I am wrong - thanks I am employed by a UK company who does work in the EU (where I am at present) I was told about 3 years ago by my company that they were not paying my NI anymore and I should do it myself - which I did - they then changed their mind and said…
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question re. carers allowance and housing benefit
I've been advised to apply for carer's allowance, as the person I am caring for receives middle-rate DLA, but I was wondering if it would affect Housing Benefit? At the moment we are both living on income-based ESA. He also gets DLA which I presume will be changed to PIP at some point in future (?) If the slight increase…
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Child full time education but part time job help ?
Some help and advise please, I work but have a low income, so get LHA and CTB, my children are in full time education at college, but all have part time jobs at Mcds to get them through college, I looked into this and read that i didn't need to let benefits know this as they dont work many hours and don't earn a lot juts…
