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Tax Credit Problems
Hi I wonder if anyone can help. When phoning to change address with tax credits I found out they had not registered about my husbands job and so corrected this. However they have only backdated it 1 month as per guidelines. I am sure that I had notified them at renewal in July though, at the time I had just had a…
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Dla
Hi was hoping someone could help with a little advice. My daughter has really bad Asthma since being born very small. We have been getting dla for her since she was about 5 or 6. She has now turned 18 in November. Although she is still inhaler dependent and takes steroids to help with her Asthma she is getting ever more…
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Income Support Review Form??
ive not been on is for long and i have recieved this review a2 form is this right im very worried now as my mate who has been on is longer has not recieved one??
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IS help, foster carer and house sale
Helllo Please could you help with the following. As a foster carer for a child under 5 I have been eligible to claim income support, which was marginally better financially for me than being on wtc (which foster carers are also eligible to be on) as it gives me free school meals which included some free school uniform and…
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DHSS questions on devorce payouts and benafits
I have a few questions, my mother recently got 20k from a devorce and she owes me 100k for shopping and necessaries for the family over the course of the last 12 years and she gave me 10k didn't want to take it all now the decision maker from the DHSS wants receipts for EVERY thing for the last 12 years that adds up to the…
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Working on jsa
hello everyone, I have been offered 2 days temporary work this week it totals to 22 hours. What happens with my jsa "i sign on monday" obviously i will declare it but because its over 16hours will i have to sign off and back on again or not? how much jobseekers will they take of me? The vacancy is £7 per hour so thats £154…
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Hb and child bank account
Hi, wondering if anyone knows the answer please ........During the Xmas holidays, I plan to get my child to open a bank account. This way family and friends can give him money as presents for birthday and Xmas( he is 14) and I can pay his pocket money in it.(£20 per month) Account will be solely in his name, but I think I…
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Child Benefit Eligibility
Hi all. My ex wife is still claiming Child Benefit, which makes me continually liable for CSA payments. Can someone please advise me if she is still entitled to claim Child Benefit please. My child was 19 in September. She left college in July, although she did enrol on a course starting from September. ( She told me she…
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Child Tax Credits, is this normal?
Me and my partner had a baby in november, and we just started claiming CTC, we both don't work, and just have the one child, we also claim IS and CB, we got the first CTC payment through this morning and it was £26.88, i was just wondering if thats normal. because i know people in the same position that get quite abit more.
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Returning to the UK after 5 years, benefits?
To cut a long story short, in the Summer of 2014 my family of 6 (4 kids under 5) will be returning to the UK after 5 years abroad outside the EU and need some general guidance and advice on getting ourselves back on our feet. Having never applied for benefits I have no idea of the process and how it all works. To begin…
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Tax credit reduction of hrs query.
My partner no longer has a job. We are claiming working and child tax credits. He seems to think if we tell them we no longer qualify for wtc they will cancel the entire claim and wed need to make a new one just for ctc. I was under the impression we would get a 4 week run on and the ctc would continue as normal?
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income support / job seekers
Have a friend who applied for job seekers allowance. told not entitled. Has been made bankrupt without their knowledge. Everything blocked, no income staying with daughter. Help?
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benefits and mortgage
hi everyone i wonder if anyone could please give me some advice, i bought my house about 10 years ago when i was a working, 5 years ago i had a accident and have been left unable to work, as my disablity gets worse im starting to realise that i am going to need to move, the social takes my mortgage payments from my…
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Separating from husband and benefits
Hi there, I really need some advice, sorry if this is long. My husband and I have separated, he is now living with his mum 100 miles away. We have one child 2 years old who is not in nursery currently as my husband was the child care (he is unemployed) I work - I have a part time office job and work at home - I get child…
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A little advice on which order to do things
Hi, I will give you my benefit details first as this will give you a better understanding. I currently claim income based JSA along with HB and CTB in my name as I am the registered tenant. My partner currently claims ESA (enhanced rate) and has just been awarded PIP/DLA (no mobility care tho). My partner and I have…
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Statement of reasons
I applied for a statement of reasons over 4 weeks ago rang them to day they said yes we have your application but have not yet received them from the court we are unable to tell you how long it will take !!!! So is there anyway I can hurry them up ??? not according to them I just have to wait. So I have time limits in…
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pip
Got a letter today really excited 'just to let you know we have all the info needed and we sorry for delay will let u know when we reach a decision' bloody hell more waiting:mad: Is this a good sign decision on its way???
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New maps for where DLA becomes PIP after a change.
An earlier thread went into the changes that happened in October. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4799858 DLA is changing over to PIP, already new claims for DLA for those over 16 cannot be made. Reporting changes in your condition that mean you are entitled to more or less DLA will be assessed as requests…
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esa and change of circumstances
I'm currently on esa. contributions in the wrag. In early Sept I notified the dwp of changes to my health due to an accident injuring my knee which affects my already limited walking. I am currently awaiting a hospital appt. for surgery. My depression levels have changed considerably and my mental health practitioner is…
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ESA/HMRC query
Can anyone please help with a small query? When a claim is made for ESA and benefit is then in payment, do the DWP inform HMRC of this? I understand that contribution based ESA is taxable and IR ESA is not - so would the DWP *only* contact/inform HMRC if the claimant was in receipt of contribution based benefit but not in…
