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Child Benefit as income?
Hi Not sure if this has been posted before or not so apologies if it has. I've just been browsing on my local councils website to do a calculation for housing benefit and I noticed this question under "children and young persons" Is this estimate running from October 2009 onwards (when Child Benefit no longer counts as…
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Please Help - Major trouble
Hi, I have recently gone on maternity leave as I am 34 weeks pregnant. I receive £800 a month from working and child tax credit and not entitled to maternity allowance as I have only worked 23 weeks instead of the minimum 26. I have applied for income support for my partner and I as he is in his final year of a phd so…
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housing benefit problem
Hi - I'm new here and hope someone can help me.... in Feb I was made redundant, I've signed on and now receive income-based JSA. An application was automatically sent to my local council regarding housing and council tax benefit. They have just let me know I can get council tax benefit, but am ineligible for housing…
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Delay in payment after going straight?
Hi all, Im really sorry if this has been covered before, Ive had a look around but cant find anything to help. My girlfriend and daughter were living alone receiving, housing and council tax benifit, tax credits and income support. I was claiming job seekers after falling foul to staff cut backs last February, living alone…
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Working 10hours Can I claim any benefits?
Hi, I am no longer workin in my full time employment and have never claimed benefits before. Since the 20 March I have been working 10 hours a week bringing home about £90 a week. My rent is £480 a month. I have no children or partner. Would I be able to claim anything.. I thought no because I already have a job. Thank you…
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More going back to work after incap benefit questions...
Hello Firstly thank you to everyone whose already helped me out :beer: For those that havent read my orginal post, ive got a job after over 2 years on incapacity benefit, :D although im still not cured by any means, i decided that i was feeling a little better and really wanted to work again. I'll be working 16.5 hours a…
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SMP finished, Joint Claim For JSA Messed Up By Interviewer...HELP!
My SMP ended on Saturday 14th March. Was told to ring the claims dept after my SMP stopped to put in a joint claim, so had to wait til the Monday. Tried most of the day to get through to new claims but couldn't, so ended up trying tuesday. Anyway, got an appointment having lost a days claim. Explained at appointment that…
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means tested.
long time lurker but first time poster so please be kind!!. My dh is in reciept of DLA middle rate and IB .He is off work with severe Depression . He is about to be awarded £20.000 as a result of an accident. The other side also are paying back just over £13k in benefits that he has received during the time he has been off…
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Tax credits renewal
Hi Does anyone have an idea how long renewals are taking to process at the minute. I havent recived my pack yet (it was sent 2 weeks ago) but I have phoned them and they accepted my updated P60 figures. Just wondered if anyone had a rough idea Thanks
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Possible self-employment - should I try to stay on IB?
Hello! I hope someone can offer me some advice. Background - I have been on IB for about 18 months, having suffered mental health problems which resulted in ending my employment. I went for an IB medical a few weeks ago, and have just received a letter today saying I am no longer entitled to IB. Without going into detail,…
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JSA and holiday
Hi, My temp job ends tomorrow and as my agency haven't got another job yet lined up for me i was going to apply for JSA. I've just found out that I actually have 4 days holiday left to take with the agency, thought had used them all up. I would like to use the days to cover me for a holiday I already have booked in May.…
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Can I make payments to my mortgage?
hi. I have just found out I am eligible for IS. If I have any money left at the end of each month would I be able to pay it into my mortgage as I have recently changed from repayment to interest only.
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Help needed, benefits help.
Hey all, first time poster, long time lurker. To cut a long story short, I am out of a job now but I'm not entitled to any benefits because I have saved over 16,000. Just have a query though, someone told me I should be entitled to national insurance contributions? Sorry for being vague but I really don't understand any of…
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JSA Claim arrgghh...
So I finised work on 31st March 2009 and put my claim in for IB JSA immediately on the 1st April. Today I received a letter saying that my claim has been closed. I phoned Totton and they said its because my wife ID cannot be verified, I took passports to my interview and copies were taken. They said maybe te interviewer…
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Missed 2 repayments for credit tax overpayment - what now?
Hi, I was overpaid my tax credits by around £1500 and was on a direct debit arrangement paying back £141 a month for twelve months. I am more than happy to pay it back. I paid the first 3 installments but then I missed 2 because there wasn't enough money in my account to pay the DD (because I just didn't have the money). I…
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Healthy Start Vouchers
Does anyone know if you can use more than one Healthy Start voucher (or milk tokens, as they were named before) in one transaction? It doesn't say on the back 'Only one voucher to be used per transaction' which I would expect it normally would. I went to do my weekly shop & bought £6.20 worth of fruit & veg, but the…
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Sign on a Thursday
When should the Jsa go into my account? Monday/Tuesday? Its not in there yet and Im beginning to think they have !!!!ed it up again.
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Person claiming employment support moving in with partner
Hi Not sure if this is the right place but wondered if anyone can help. A friend of mine claiming employment and support allowance and housing and council tax benefit, she also gets child support for her son and is 19 weeks pregnant. Currently she lives alone with her child. The babies dad works part time and is contracted…
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Housing benefit newb
Hi there, I am 20 currently living with my parents but I am going to be moving into a flat in about 2 weeks time. I know nothing of the procedure for getting housing benefits or anything so any help will be greatly appreciated. Basically my current situation stands at this: - I have £7000 in savings from my previous…
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£600 per month worse off!
Discovered last week that all my previous working tax credit and child tax credits have been stopped immediately! telephoned...and they were less than helpful to say the least! I have always updated details as my circumstances have changed and have requested letter that apparently was sent out last year!!!!! I am now in…