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Budget cuts?
Can anyone tell me if a single mom of 1 child who is 15 working 18 hours a week at £7.26 an hour will face cuts to WTC or anything else? Seems very confusing.
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what will happen with those who currently earn £9 per hour
I currently earn approx £9 per hour which is at the moment more than min wage. I am paid this as my job has more responsibility that those in my workplace that are currently paid min wage. As from 2020, I will not be earning any more than mim wage. What will happen to me and many others in this situation then? I can see…
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Concentrix
Hi I've been asked to provide extra info by phone, however I cannot get through to them, I'm constantly on hold for nearly an hour before I give up when the wait time they say is approx 20 mins. I really don't know what to do as I can't afford to be on hold for so long. Has anyone else had similar problems with them?
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Help with wrongly calculated housing benefit claim
Hi, looking for some advice from anyone who's been in a similar situation or has any knowledge of the housing benefit system. My husband changed jobs a few months back, in to a higher paid job. I informed them of my husbands new job and they told me I needed to provide two months of payslips. Couldn't do that as he had…
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urgent- possible atos appointment. COMPLEX! please HELP!!!!!
Hi, I’m new to your forum, and I’m need of desperate help. My friend Is coming up to my two year deadline regards Atos/ Maximus (I understand it’s not Atos anymore?) so I am completely out of the loop. He suffers from many of the below from aged 25 years old *Severe drug use amphetamines cocaine, alcohol for 20+ (Drug use…
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Carers allowance for my daughter
Hi my daughter is thinking of claiming carers allowance for me she is 18 and not doing anything else please can anyone tell me how much a week she would receive in benefits I'm also in reciept of dla thankyou
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P/T work or benefits
With the new benefits rules I can't work out which option is best financially. I wish to make it clear that we would rather not be on means tested benefits but we are due to circumstances. Family members are: Married couple. Twin girls age 5, one has special needs & is on Middle Care DLA, possibly getting Low Mobility…
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no win no fee
hi..we used solicitors from benefits help website for my wifes esa tribunal appeal.it was on no win no fee basis. i have to say they were very good and she won. now i have seen negative reviews about them and they are charging up to 40|% plus vat of her backpay won. i thought it was 25|%max?
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Huge Drop in Post Budget WTC for the Self Employed
Just thought I would run some figures through some of the online calculators following the budget. It would seem that those who currently claim WTC and are self employed will be in for a massive drop in their WTC entitlement to the point that some will receive nothing even if their profits equal NMW. For example: a single…
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£4.96 child tax credit?
I applied for child tax credits a few weeks ago and had a letter back on Saturday saying we weren't entitiled based on what we earnt as a couple last year. I had a baby in March so with me being on maternity leave my income will be dropping quite bit so I called the helpline to give them estimate of my earnings for this…
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Benefit fraud advice
Hi there, Have partner and two Young kids 5-2 and I started full time work in December and didn't tell them till March due to many reasons. Basically my partner has been in and out of hospital since just before started work so have had to have quite some time off to help her and look after kids as she can't live or drive.…
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First child on the way
Hi all, not sure if I am in the right place, but I am hoping for a bit of advice in regards to our income after the birth of our first child, due January next year. Particularly following Yesterdays budget announcement. We're both over the moon and can't wait to be parents. In the space of 6 month we have got married,…
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Can someone simplify the budget changes for tax credits
How will the announcements yesterday effect people for tax credit purposes. How will it effect single parent families with two children, working more than 30 hours on £15,000 paying childcare. How will it effect a family on £27000 both working one 22 hours one 40 hours with one child paying £400 a month childcare. A family…
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Income has dropped - can I back claim Child benefit? If so how?
We have 4 children: 17, 16, 5 & 3. 2 older ones are still in school doing A'Levels. We had previously received Child Benefit of approx. £244 a month for them. When the earnings threshold kicked in I found my gross earnings from 2 jobs just over the £60k mark as I had worked a lot of O/T, received a good bonus and put a…
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Frozen (for 4 years) Local Housing Allowance?? explain...
One of the Tories summer 2015 changes was this: What does this freeze on the local housing allowance mean? can you explain with an example please? do they mean that usually the LHA rate increases every year (by an increment +£) but for 4 years, it will not increase but be paused/frozen? is that correct ? Will the increase…
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Benefits help
My daughter aged 21 was diagnosed with cancer last year and as a result my ex wife was obliged to look after her and took sick leave from her own job to do so. She is now receiving zero pay from work and was advised to claim ESA which is now her only income. I am helping where I can after also being made redundant in…
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Social housing after the budget
Hi all Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on the situation for social housing tenants after the Budget. Is the rent increase to paying market rent for those who have a household income of over £30,000 likely to be gradually phased in over a period of months/years, or will families be required go from what they are…
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Childcare Vouchers - Admin Fee?
Hello, Does anyone have any knowledge on whether my child care provider (an after school club) can charge me an admin fee of £25 on top of their normal fees? I can understand them charging me this for the first year but they are charging me for every year and now for both of my children. Thanks
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My partner thinks I should give him my working tax credit, who's right?
My partner is thinking of quitting his job to become a student, meaning our household income would drop enough for me (employed) to get working tax credit. Although it'd technically be me getting it, I'd assumed we'd split it 50/50 since we split all household bills and childcare and our child benefit income equally. We've…
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Self employed after the budget?
Do self employed people have to earn that new higher living wage x 35 hrs? Or they are assumed to be earning that much? I can see many small new business starting up in the UK from now on.
