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ESA income based claim. PLEASE dive in - any help or suggestions appreciated.
Guys, I could really use some help as I'm going round in circles. Situation is: I've been unable to work for the last four years due to ill health. I made a claim for Income related ESA (my contributions aren't enough to claim contribution rate ESA) which was rejected. I should have appealed but wasn't well enough to. My…
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6+year old council tax/benifit
Hi Hoping you can help, we have been chased for the last few months regarding a debt of 6 year old debt from when i was in a council flat due to mental illness, since sorted my life out and moved in else where. Now i've ignored 2 letters chasing the debt from debt collectors, refused to pay as debt is 6 years old ans non…
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Esa and selling things
Hi, I am currently in the wrag group income based esa. I have taken up sewing(patchwork and quilting) as a hobby to try and get my brain working again and to try and get me out the house. I have made myself a yoga mat bag and a few people including the instructor have commented on it and asked if I would make them one and…
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Benefits & Baby Bond with a stillborn.
I am hoping someone can clarify something for me. My 17yr old Daughter, very sadly gave birth to her baby Daughter far too early and she was stillborn, at the hospital the staff gave her a maternity certificate form and said she would still get some maternity benefit regardless of the fact she was under 18 and the baby…
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How to cancel housing benefits
I have been putting off the inevitable since middle of May due to listening to too many stories. I inherited the house I was renting and it was finalised in middle of May. I should have cancelled my housing benefit at that time but I got too worries as some people said I would lose tax credits etc etc. I need to so this…
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Need to leave my job :(
I have a 8 month old little boy, I am a single parent, I have started a claim via the CSA for maintenance as the father (listed on the birth certificate) was refusing to pay anything towards my childs upkeep. I have been back at work since my child was 6 months old as I couldn't afford to stay off any longer. I have…
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Regularity of Income Support payments
My parents made a claim to Income support and Carers in July and received a letter stating IS would be paid on 17th July and every 2 weeks thereafter. However they did not receive anything until 7th Aug (£600) and have not received an IS payment since, they both have learning difficulties due to illness so needless to say…
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Benefits & College
Hi There Basically, I need some advice if possible on behalf of a friend. He's been offered a Level 2 full time course in college which is due to start in September. He's just found out today that he's not entitled to student finance of any sort (apart from course fees paid for) as it is only a Level 2. He's also been told…
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Pip, mental health, uni
As my start at uni draws closer am becoming very scared. I applied for this place , as it happens, on 15th Jan, which happened to be the last application dat through UCAS. I had rung my local uni to ask how tyo apply as my O and A levels are from the 80's. I did an introductory OU course in 2011. It happened that the…
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HMRC Ignoring me.
Hi, We were only left with claiming CB for our daughter, while she was at full time college. CTC stopped on 2nd April 2012, as my DH started to earn over the new threshold. I informed them immediately, and payments got stopped, and there was no overpayments. Then, my daughter left college in June this year, so CB also…
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Tax credits and lump sum.
Just needed some advice for a friend of ours. He owns his own home and is self employed. He lives with his partner who works and they have a joint claim for tax credits. He pays CSA to his ex wife and has some credit card debt and is really struggling to make ends meet and so has decided to sell his house and rent. I would…
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End Of Contributions based ESA
Hi, Apologies if this question has been asked before. I had been on long term Incapacity Benefit, and was transferred to contributions based ESA (WRAG) last year. This is due to come to an end next month. When this happens will I automatically be transferred to IR ESA if entitled, or do I have to do something? As far as I…
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Separated or not?! Overpayment and investigation worries.
I am hoping you may be able to give me some advice as I am really worried. Here is a quick overview of my case... My husband and I claimed working and child tax credits throughout our marriage. I haven't been working for the past few years as I am a full-time uni student, and he is self-employed, but with an income of £0.…
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Helping my parents with entitlements
Hello, apologies if this is a bit of a garbled post but I have two separated parents with individual needs & they are looking to me for help! My mum lives in the UK and currently gets low rate care DLA, state pension and works pension. She does not think she is eligible for pension credit. She has been getting LRC DLA for…
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Benefit for people working with a disability
Hi guys Just looking for a bit of help. My wife works part time as a carer, over 3 days (15hrs a week). She has endometriosis, so during her time of the month, she is in absolute agony, almost to the point of fainting. Also, her back is in a bad way. She basically takes very strong pain killers to get throug every single…
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WTC childcare costs and earmnings adjustment
Hi, how tax credit help with child care costs and teh earnings adjustment work? I am aware that wtc pays 70% of child care upto £300 a week but I also know that WTC is reduced by 41% for everything earned over £6420 pa. Does that mean if you earn over £6420 you end up with only 29% of your child care costs paid? Thanks
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Savings and Incapacity benafit
Hey, I am owed some money and its being payed back (£10k) how much can I have before the government will want to take my Incapacity benefit from me? I need to know and soon can someone tell me to the last quid?
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Confirm birth paperwork child tax credit
Really hoping someone could give Me some advice! I had a joint tax credits claim With my husband, when we split up I set up a single claim and they said it would be dealt with within 3 weeks. 3 weeks after starting the new claim they told me they couldn't confirm my daughter was a real person as she's not registered for…
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Think I am going mad, Trying to move with housing benefit
My partner and I currently do not live together as we both living in small static caravans, We are looking to rent a property and can only find a 2 bed house that will accept housing benefits and the landlord does not expect a massive deposit. It fits into the Local Housing allowance and would be cheaper for the council…
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SMP and other income
I currently work full time, and hope to be taking maternity leave next year, returning to work after a year. I was on the verge of declaring myself as self-employed to the tax people, in addition to my main job, as I have a couple of hobbies that I'd like to run as a business in my spare time. One in particular (android…
