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Advice needed please
Hi, need some help please. my wife has recently started work again in jan ( 20 hours a week ) after taking a few years out to look after our son. due to the amount she is earning + my earnings means we no longer get housing benefit and child tax credits. Now my rota at work is about to change which means she will no longer…
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Manadatory reconsideration for PIP appeal question
I had my benefits downgraded when switching from DLA to PIP three months ago. I asked for a mandatory reconsideration and the decision was upheld, as apparently is usually the case. I have put in motion an appeal but am outwith the month limit since receiving it so it will be late, as I got confused and thought it was…
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On JSA and need Jury Service Information PLEASE
I have Jury Service soon and I am also on Job Seekers Allowance. My Adviser told me I would have to sign off but she is not sure and to come in for a quick appointment to settle it all out as she wants to get the right information on what to do. I read gov [dot] uk/jury-service/what-you-can-claim and it says "Financial…
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upcoming ESA assessment. going alone
I just got a letter saying if i want to continue getting ESA i have to attend the assessment in Peterborough a 50 minute bus ride from my house. The thing is my foster mum filled the forms in last time and i got put in the support group, I have learning difficulties and anxiety and depression. I was statemented and got…
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Turned down for PIP - will I also lose Disability element of Working Tax Credit?
I received the shock news at the weekend that I will get no PIP and that my DLA is to cease in a few weeks. Will I also lose the Disability Element of Working Tax Credit?
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ESA Mandatory Reconsideration Help
I was claiming the Assessment rate ESA up until about a about a week ago when the ESA's "Decision Maker" came to the conclusion the i had scored 0 points at my heath assessment. I made the claim in October 2016 following a Motorcycle accident in July. To keep a long story short, the NHS missed a fracture to my ankle, it…
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Tax cred auto renewals
Checked online and it says my claim is auto renewal. Does anyone know how long these take to be auto renewed as 9 days later still showing as auto renewal?
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Tax Credits Reduced - No Renewal Pack
I'm slightly confused by my tax credits (will phone them when I get in from work later but am trying to work out what's going on). For ages I've been receiving £70.66 a week (paid on a Thursday) On the 6 April this reduced to £66.26 Then on 13 April it reduced again to £64.71 It stayed like this and then I suddenly got an…
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would the council rehome us?
hello i just wanted some advice, we rent a house, and have been for last 1 year and half, recently my husband has become unemployed and we are now both carers to our disabled children. my question is, if our landlord decided next year he didn't want to renew our house contract, hope to god this doesn't happen, would the…
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P800 Question
Hi there, Can anyone offer some advice on a P800 issue. I received a letter today saying I owed HMRC £479 for the period up to April 2016...yes 2016. But had not yet received the full P800 for 16/17. I have received P800 forms in the past which stated that I had under payments, and any under payment would come out of my…
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suprise letter
hi, today i recieved a letter out of the blue from HMRC... your tax credit debt of £47**.00 our debt collection agency has returned your debt to us. we're very disappointed that, despite previous requests for payment, you still haven't paid us what you owe. we now believe that you have made an active choice to ignore us,…
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Do tax credits stop while renewal is in progress?
I renewed online earlier and the only info I could get was my next payment due tomorrow of £15. The only change was the estimate for my earnings 17/18 is £400 less. I normally get £31 weekly. Will this now cease while my renewal is being assessed? Many thanks as usual F x
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Appealing ESA with PIP award letter and medical results
Has anyone used their PIP medical and reward letter appealing to appeal their failed ESA application. It all boils down to this:- I get PIP lower rate mobility on the basis that I can only walk between 20 and 50 metres. ESA say (without any actual walking test) I can walk 100 metres. I know about the imaginary use of a…
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What benefits would I be entitled too?
Unfortunately my health has been deteriorating over the last 10 years and I am currently on long term sick and am progressing through the stages of the sick absence process. If things do not improve I will not be able to return to work. I may or may not receive medical retirement and would like to know what benefits we…
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Sons inheritance causing me benefit problems
I am a single father with a seven year old son. My wife died last year. She was Bulgarian. I am English. I am disabled and live in a council flat. My only income is ESA/DLA and child benefit. My mother in law is seriously ill and probably won't last more than a few months. She has savings of around £80,000 which she wants…
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Buying a new home - does it always affect your benefits?
Hi, Can anyone help? I am emailing on behalf of a friend who is in receipt of Employment Support Allowance and Disability Support Allowance. He has been paying an interest only mortgage on his house for 10 years now since his circumstances changed and he was unable to work. He never missed a payment on his mortgage but now…
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Available Benefits
Hi, I’m asking here as I do not have faith in the representative at my local job centre. I am 55 years old. I live in a private rental property, and my partner moved in with me only three months ago. Not one month after my partner moved in, I was made redundant with very little redundancy money. My partner (we are not…
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NI and Tax non payment
ADMIN: I was not sure where to post this. please if needed. Hello members. We have a delema in our family as we have just discovered one of our siblings has not contributed NI or Tax for over 20 years or so. He is a very proud sort who has worked hard, lived almost hand to mouth and is too proud to apply for benefits. He…
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Universal Credit not received
I was due my payment on Friday, it wasnt in my account in the morning, i rang them 3 times that day to be told the money has been released and would be in my account by midnight, Saturday i checked and it wasn't there, i contacted the bank and they said there was nothing due to go in? Left me and my daughter with nothing,…
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Will esa arrears lump sum affect my tax credits?
Hi everyone, This is my first ever thread so I'm hoping I've put it in the right place. I've tried looking all over the Internet for an answer to my predicament but I've been unsuccessful. I work 30 hours per work and my husband receives full rate Pip. We have 3 children 1 is 21, 1 is 18 and still in full time education…
