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DLA due 2nd help pls
Hi, my DLA is due on the 2nd . . . I know that's not a bank holiday (i'm in England) but i'm wondering if anyone knows if it'll go in tomorrow or on 2nd? I bank with Barclay's, have called them & explained my ESA is always due Mondays (so Xmas), hits my bank the Saturday before but went in on 22nd, even tho the bank is…
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working tax credit over-payment
Hello, received letter from hmrc saying 241 working tax credit overpayment. Wrote back saying keep all my financial records and could not see anything relating to wtc and I had received two large tax rebates last two years; if I owed anything why did not deduct? (thought it was a scam letter). Now received another - I have…
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DWP requested bank statements- too much in savings? Vulnerable adult?
Hi, I’m hoping for some advice for my uncle. He is 71, has had schizophrenia all his life, used to live with his parents till they passed away 15 years ago and now lives alone. My mum (his sister) and my dad visit him weekly to check on him, take him some food and do a little clean for him. He receives DLA (lowest rate)…
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Universal credit - No first appointment
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Change of address and DLA claim reassed?
Hi there We are moving home next month and will obviously need to let people know. I thought I read somewhere that if you moved address your child's DLA claim would be reassessed all over again?!?! Is this true? As it's only a change of address... anyone know??
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Capital disregards
Hi I took out an interest only mortgage along with an endowment policy when I was working. Not suprisingly it's going to leave me with around a £10000 shortfall. Due to disability I am no longer able to work and am unlikely to be able to work in the future. My endowment policy matures in April 2018 BUT my mortgage term…
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NLTAHAW - Tax Credits
I am looking for some advice. I contacted HMRC tax credits to advise that ex partner has moved back into the property after an attack on my son. I am claiming tax credits as a lone parent although we are not living together as husband and wife. We live separate lives and have separate living arrangements. I have now been…
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Taking a sabbatical to study full time
Hi all, I plan to take an unpaid sabbatical from my current employer starting at the end of September and I'll study full time for a masters during this time. I will have had the benefit of my salary for half of the tax year (April - Sep) and I won't work for the rest of the next tax year, or the first half of the year…
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Day care
Hi, I don't know if this has been asked before, but does any one know what would happen to the cost of funding carers during the day if my mother-in-law let out my house in England and lived her sister-in-law's in Wales for 6 months? I assume that she would have to be financially reassessed while living at my…
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Disability never claimed for, what options are they.
This is a strange situation and not sure how to get started. My father lost a leg when he was in his early teens and now he is nearly 70, he has used a artificial leg ever since. He's a proud man and never registered himself as disabled or claimed any benefit of any kind, worked all his life until voluntary redundancy when…
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Personal Injury Trust
Hi I’m hoping someone may be able to give me some advice for a friend. He was injured at work when a piece of moving equipment failed, thus caused fractured spine which wasn’t diagnosed until several trips back and forth to the A&E Dept. Since then he has also suffered with cancer but is making a good recovery from that.…
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NHS penalty charge notice
Hi, I have been extremely worried about a recent letter surrounding an NHS penalty charge notice. :( On the 30th of September, I received free dental care as I believed I had an HC2 certificate (being a student). Unfortunately, the certificate was actually issued a week later, on the 8th. I noticed that I did not have a…
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Will my housing benefit be cut off when I get married?
I intend on getting married in 2018, however a friend of mine said that I would not be entitled to housing benefit once i'm married. is this true? does anyone have anymore info on this? and any real life experiences they could share?
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Tax credits with variable working hours?
I am trying to work out whether I am eligible for child/working tax credits. Single with one child under 18 (at 6th form until summer 2019). Working part-time (merchandising) but my hours vary considerably - anywhere from 5 to 28 per week, over the last year it has averaged at just under 16. Does anyone know how working…
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Child Tax Credits Nightmare!
Hi Everyone, I have an appointment with CAB in January but i wondered if anyone else had experience this... We are a limited company, and earlier this year we filled in our tax credit form with our income, but I always (normally) put our income down as an estimate as we never get our books from our accountant until later…
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SMI - Doc wanted fee to sign form!
When I applied for the SMI benefit for an Alzheimer`s sufferer after the TV programme (thank you Martin), my Doctor`s staff demanded a £15 fee for the Doctor to sign the form. In fact one woman at the surgery phoned me in what I can only describe as quite a bullying tone. I emailed the Council and they phoned me minutes…
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Means tested pension
Can you pay into a Pension if you are on means tested benefits without the pension pot being classed as savings.
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Are they entitled to pension credit
My friend and her husband are struggling financially. He is in receipt of state pension of £168 a week I think and she gets £30. He is also in receipt of a small occupational pension of £300 every 4 weeks. I have used the online calculator and that said they are entitled to savings credit because they have no savings. I…
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Receiving Pension Credit - What happens at 65?
I have searched the forum and also chatted online to Pensions advisory people. I have yet to receive a definitive answer to my question which is :- Since I am already receiving PC (guarantee) for myself and my much younger partner, what happens when I receive state pension at age 65. Will I have to make a new PC claim and…
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Statutory sick pay
My son has been off work for a few weeks and needs an operation. All he is getting is SSP. I have only just found out how low this is, and he has no other income. He only has enough money to pay his mortgage in January (around £400) and then it would be impossible. He is single and loves alone. Can anyone advice what he…
