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What will happen to me after signing off from Jobcentre?
Hello I am new in UK and currently I am job seeker and get benefit from jobcentre plus , Housing benefit ,child benefit and child tax credit also. Currently my wife found a new full time job and she started her work this week. I want to know that when shall I inform the jobcentre ? Is it better talk with my coach…
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Reporting fraud?
This has to be a hypothetical question for now. If you had good friends who you KNEW for absolute certain aren't being fully honest and therefore claiming money they're not entitled to, what would you do? I would feel so torn because part of would be angry that they would do this and do it knowingly, not seeing how morally…
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Depression/Job Seekers
Hi there everybody On 27th November i was dismissed from my job for misconduct. Whilst i am appealing the decision and have great grounds for an unfair dismissal claim ive come to the realization that i was a ticking time bomb. For many years ive been dealing with depression and am only just coming to admit i need help…
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Can HMRC check your Visa credit card transactions?
I just want to ask a simple question. Can the HMRC see your visa credit card transactions? I saw something on another area of the forum where someone implied HMRC could though their Connect system. However having done some digging it would appear they are able to see a businesses transactions that they receive (not the…
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Widow benefits
My friend is recently widowed. Her state pension is only £300 a month. Are there any widow benefits she can claim? Thanks
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Pip after 65
I was awarded PIP in 2015 when I was 61 until 2020 when I reach 66. Will my PIP automatically continue or will I need to be reassessed. I am so confused.
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Esa will be able to claim after universal credit claim
Hi guys ive just this week been released from a metal hospital after 2 years. Im not familiar with universal credit. Now i want to claim universal credit because im temporarily staying in shared accomadation whilst supported accomadation gets sorted. In hospital i was claiming esa 125 pound a week. Now i will be 50 pound…
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Transition from DLA to PIP (child)
Good morning everyone, My son will transition from DLA to PIP when he turns 16 in a few months time. He has complex needs and requires help with most things and from the online descriptors he should get enhanced rate for both categories but I am a little nervous as I've read so many accounts of obviously disabled people…
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Tax Credit Check
Hi. I just wanted to know if anyone has been through anything similar please. I had a letter in November telling me they were checking my childcare entitlements. I replied back saying that I had inform them by letter that I no longer paid for childcare. I got a letter back saying I need to provide evidence of my children's…
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Sole trader - how does it effect benefits?
Hi all, Not sure if this is the right place but I'll try anyway. I currently work full time but on a relatively low income (basically minimum wage). I'm thinking of going self employed but rather than taking the jump in one go, I intend to continue working full time during the week and try to build my business at weekends.…
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critical illness payout, will this affect my tax credits?
hi my husband has been diagnosed with MS, we have just had a critical illness payout and im just wondering what effect this will have on my benefits? i currently get child tax and my husband gets working tax. do we need to declare this to the tax credits?
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Child Tax credits Overpayment Query
Hi, I've received a Notice to pay child tax credits overpayment (T610) letter. It relates to the financial year ended 5/4/2017 for £1,126 amount to pay. I phoned the payments helpline, with the intention of arranging to pay the £1,126. However before I could negotiate, I was told that I owe other amounts relating to…
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EESA....Help please!
I got my usual EESA payment last Tuesday, I checked my bank today and there's ANOTHER EESA payment paid yesterday (Tuesday). I'm really confused...any help please?:eek:
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HELP with government funded childcare in Scotland
Hi All, I was told a while back that the government were now offering a new scheme that they will pay 20% of childcare up to £2000 per annum. I can only find out the information on this in England but not in Scotland so really need an idiots guide into getting it in place prior to my wee one going to childcare in February.…
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Housing benefit "eligible rent" Question
Hi everyone I just have a quick question as I'm confused... I might have to make a claim for universal credit in January which will include the housing element as I live in a room in a shared house.. however it's been a long time since I claimed anything and I read somewhere earlier that, if your accommodation includes the…
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ESA rates of pay
Good Afternoon everybody. Am after a bit of advice re. ESA rates of pay. Take the following (as yet hypothetical) scenario: Mr XYZ is currently in the support group for ESA, lives with his partner and carer Ms ABC Following a WCA he gets put into the work group for ESA How is this going to affect his income, given that…
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Received somebody else's AA payment?
Hi, I've received a mystery payment into my current account, and the payment reference in in the format: (Somebody's NI number) DWP AA. Does this mean I have mistakenly received somebody's Attendance Allowance? If so, how do I go about giving it back? I've had a search and can't find anything on how to give money back to…
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Contribution based esa - rapid reclaim/linking rules
Answered..
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PIP review
Had the PIP review form. Things have changed in regard to mobility. I have emphysema,mild asthma and copd. i now have constant discomfort in the chest/ torso region due to over stretching muscles when coughing/breathing. Is it worth putting this down as a change? i can walk more that the lowest limit of 20 metres but i am…
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Help with travel costs to get back into work?
So, the DWP significantly cut my first UC payment due to my previous employer paying me the small amount I was owed for them after losing my job due to succumbing to depression again. I've been offered a contract role which will last for about four weeks that I'm keen on, but it's a bit of a commute, and no public…
