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free school meals for 6th formers??
Hi all I wonder if you could tell me if 6th formers will continue to get free school meals if the circumstances are the same as they were in july when they left the same school? My daughter is 16 and is returning to the same school for the 6th form.She was getting free meals up until she left to take her GCSEs in may. Will…
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Income Support
What premiums should I have got when on Income support whilst getting middle rate care and low mobilty? With knowbody getting Carer's Allowance. The DWP are saying I am not entitled to the severe disability premium as my partner was not getting DLA. I wrote to the DWP with dates etc and the write back blacking the request…
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Bedroom Tax
Hello I am a single father living in a three bedroom house with a daughter aged 9 and a son aged 4. At the moment I am entitled to housing benefit for a two bedroom house as the council says the two children are aged under ten they can share. In two months my daughter turns 10, can anybody give me some advise on what I…
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Esa
Hi, How do I stop my ESA benefit? Do I have to write a letter and if so where do I have to write it to and what do I have to say in it? Also I currently live with my mum and step dad who work, does me coming of the benefit mean any changes for example their rent? Apart from dentists bills and prescriptions will I suddenly…
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Is this usual (re DLA claim)
Please bare with me long post. I applied for DLA back in May. Beginning of June they wrote to me saying there would be a delay as they were asking for a report from my consultant. I then got another letter soon after saying they were asking for one from my doctor as well. I phoned the DLA 2nd week of July to see how things…
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Bedroom allowances?
Hi, I ask this question on behalf of my sister. She has 4 children under 7 - 3 boys and a girl. She is wondering how many bedrooms she would be entitled to if she were to get a council house or what level of housing benefit she would be entitled to. Her husband was recently made redundant and they've never been in a…
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Partner working away - tax credits
Ok, so Ive trawled through prevous posts on information on this, got vague information, seen the ear-bashings the op has received for their situation. However,here goes... so the partner works away for more than 8 weeks. I have been told I need to make a single claim from the 8 week point. I have told them that we have…
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medical worrys by ATOS, can you advise please?
I have received a letter from the DWP saying I they are going to send me a form because I have to attend a medical which will determine how much benefits I will get. ! I am very worried about this as I have learning difficulties and I am not good at filling in forms, also I would like someone to come with me when I go to…
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ESA Question
Thanks in advance for any input The facts: Person was on contribution based ESA, currently coming up to 365 days so was told he couldnt have any money. He has over £16,000 from sale of his home So although I know he cant claim anything He appealed as soon as they told him he was in ESA as medical was a waste of time ,…
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Hardship payments
Hi everyone just looking for advice as I can't ring the office now till Monday as they are shut, I signed on, on Tuesday this week I normally get paid Friday then, I had my job seekers stopped, and applied for hardship payments on the 20th I had a letter on the 21st saying I had been accepted for for the reduced job…
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Does having an army pension at 43 mean no entitltement to JSA?
Apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. My son in law has just left the army after 26 years and is looking for his first job in the outside world. He has claimed contributions based JSA which has been refused on the grounds that he receives a pension from the army. Does anyone know if this is right? He's queried it…
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ESA issue
Hi there, Ive recently had a letter regarding my ESA and it said i had reached my 365 days of claiming contribution based ESA and i was told to send it a form and after sending in the form I've now been told I'm now not entitled to get income related ESA any anymore as the total of my DLA and war disablement pension is too…
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Text Message from Housing Benefit?
I have just received a text message stating that a housing benefit payment will be made into my account within the next 5 days for the period of 1/8 to 1/9. It is for the exact amount of benefit I have received for the past 5 years in the same time frame as normal? Nothing has changed in my circumstances so why have they…
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return to work credits stopped
Hi my return to work credit of £40 a week has stopped, should I contact the working tax credit people to inform them ?
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WRAG And Applying For Jobs?
I have been in the WRAG group since July 2012. I was placed there for 24 months. I have been for several WFI's. Do I have to apply for jobs? My advisor has told me to make a CV so I can start to apply for jobs in the very near future. I thought you didn't have to apply for jobs while in WRAG. He also said I will have to…
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On HB renting from relative?
Hi I know it's possible to rent from a relative as long as the tenancy is all above board ( I have done it myself recently) but I wanted to know there position on market rents? My mum has a btl house 2 bedrooms, she usually lets it out for £450 a month, and has renting it out for the past 8 years. The current tenants have…
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I -NEED- PIP, will I get it?
I would appreciate ANY help on the matter! Basically, I'm a 22 year old man (young man, super-old teenager, whatever) and I suffer EXTREME anxiety due to a damaged jaw which within a couple of months turned me from being really confident and self-admittedly attractive to messed-up looking and EXTREMELY ANXIOUS! When I hear…
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Housing benefit for living at a B&B?
Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, or if I've missed the relevant info when scouring the government / council websites, but I'm wondering if anyone knows whether it's possible to claim Housing Benefit for staying at a B&B please? The reason I ask is that, although I own a house (had to pay cash for a…
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Receiving Tax-Credit for variable hours per week
How do the tax-credit people work out how much to pay if I'm working a variable number of hours per week? I'm about to start a new job, but the hours can vary from 20 to 32 hours each week. Obviously it's all legit and I'll be declaring everything, but not sure how the process works.
