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Carers Allowance - Working Week Start Day?
Hi all Anyone know when the DWP term as the start of a working week when looking at your earnings for CA? Wife is soon to start work doing a 5hr shift every other Sat & Sun (plus extra hours midweek here and there). Her employers week starts on a Sun, so if she works on a Sun, she'll be off the following Sat, then the next…
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PIP tribunal - financial situation grim, can i find out wait time for tribunal?
Hey there. Around 7 month ago, I was taken off PIP after an unsuccessful reassesment. I'd been on it for 3 years, and it was just time to be reassessed. Nothing had really changed, but the assessor, and as it turns out, also the decision maker, decided to award me the grand sum of 0 points, down from 14 the first time…
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Eligible for nothing?
Hi everyone, I'm extremely confused here and seem to have fallen down a gap in the system, can anyone advise? I'm a UK citizen, and have just finished 5 years at University and am looking to claim JSA/UC for a few weeks to support myself until I can find a job. I live in a full UC service area and applied last week. I got…
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Advice required on self-employment and the New Enterprise Allowance
Hi, I would like some advice regarding the New Enterprise Allowance as a way of getting off the Jobseekers Allowance. How much is the allowance and is it worthwhile going onto something like this? I've been thinking that I'd like to start an online business, although I'm stuck for any ideas about niches, at the moment. I…
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is universal credit a state benefit?
It might be silly question, I know ;) I am doing my Self Assessment for year 2016/17. For few months I was employed and also self-employed. Then I have had to stop working and went for Universal Credit. One of the question in Self Assesment is "Did you receive any UK pensions, annuities or state benefits, for example,…
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EHCP appeal to SEN Tribunal
I have a 19 year old son with autism and learning disablity. He had finished Post 16 in a special need school this year and we have applied for a specialist college but was denied. The SEN case officer issued a new EHCP where the school was changed into a mainstream one which in no way matched my son's needs. She has done…
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Severe Disability Premium backdated
Hi all I currently get PIP and ESA. My father passed away in July this year,so I took over the tenancy and did a quick benefits check online, that is when I came across SDP. I have never heard of SDP before.So I rang the DWP in July this year and applied for it.I got it backdated to May this year, after doing more research…
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HMRC complaints?
Basically I have gone through a complaints procedure with HMRC, about working tax credits, and child tax credits. They wrote two years ago demanding a payment of £1200 because of a mix up when I changed from a single parent to living with my partner. My issue is that I have contested this amount as I feel it was there…
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Pip and hb
I already claim housing benefit but am awaiting a decision on a pip claim. I understand if my claim is awarded my housing benefit will increase. My question is will I get the extra housing benefit backdated? Thank you
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Can Someone on UC Be Forced To Be Self Employed?
The Jobcentre has sent me for an interview for a part-time supermarket sampling job offered by REL Field Marketing, but according to the T&Cs on their website, they don't actually employ you - you have to register as self-employed and sort out your own tax and NICs. Since Universal Credit assumes anyone self employed has…
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Severe Mentally Impaired person and Council Tax Reduction
Hi, we’ve just successfully applied for SMI person’s discount and been refunded for previous years. However, we have also been receiving Council Tax Reduction benefit for the past year. For this they’ve reduced it by the amount of the SMI. Is this correct? Ie we were saving about £600 a year with the reduction benefit and…
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esa help
I have been on esa support group since dec 2012 i get contribution and income related i pay mortgage and have been getting £75 per mnth towards this I now want to move in with my bf as im not managing at home I know i am entitled to contribution based and my money will drop to 109.25 per week but they have sent me an esa3…
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How Exactly do Working Tax Credits work?
I'm bipolar and get DLA (middle care, lower mobility). I'm currently in full time 38 hours per week employment, but it's not working for me. Even with medication and great support, the type of work is very stressful and I'm having a lot of time off and having panic attacks at work, so I'm considering going part time 16-20…
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Renting Property to Ex Partner & Kids
Hi, I'm sure this will have been answered elsewhere but I can't seem to find the answer and possibly the rules have changed? Myself & partner of 20yrs are moving towards separating and we're trying to gather as much info as possible primarily to protect our 2x 2.5yr old children. Our family home & mortgage is in my names,…
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ESA overpayment please advise
I did something really stupid last year and due to depression, anxiety and other illness I was struggling to make ends meet on benefits which included ESA and I stupidly went and done some part time work for a few months and didn’t declare it until the end, but by then I had worked 7months. End of last year I confessed and…
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Occupational pension and benefits
Will my contribution based ESA be reduced by my husbands Occupational Pension which is due to start being paid later this month. When I received my pension I lost some of my benefit, will this happen once his goes live.
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Working tax credits and living together
I am considering moving in with someone I have a sexual relationship with who is in receipt of working tax credits but we are concerned about her loosing her benefits if we do. I am certain that if she did loose her tax credits we would struggle. We would leave the tenancy in her name and keep our finances separate.…
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Severely Mentally Impaired Tax Discount
Hi I was listening to Radio 4 yesterday when Martin was dicussing the Severely Mentally Impaired Tax Discount. Would my uncle be able to claim for this if his wife is already in a home ,she can't walk,can't fee herself and has to be lifted to the toilet,suffers from fits and the agencies wont give us any help. Thanks Neil
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Universal Credit eligibility
If someone is claiming WTC & CTC but also homeowner, does that mean they will not be transferred to UC? Thanks :)
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Working hours on tax credit
We are a couple on tax credit with a child . l've been looking at the the least hours one has to work and not sure if it's 24 hours or 16 hours .
