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Jobseekers after Medical Retirement?
This is my first post, so I hope it's in the right format. My brother (who lives with me) is currently off sick from his government job with a serious illness. He has been paid for the last six months, but they are now refusing to pay him any longer, even though he has been signed off by the doctor. To be fair, he has been…
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I'm confused as to why i'm not entitled to IS
I'm not sure if i'm posting this in the right place, and it is my first ever post. I'm looking for some advice as to why my claim for Income Support has been declined. I am living with my partner who was paid off from fulltime employment in November 2008, he claimed JSA since 01/01/09 until 25/01/09 and he became a…
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How providers asks for payments (council tax)?
Hi all there, I'm not sure this is the right Forum as my case is related to a council tax, but the rules I am referring to are supposedly referred to every service provider in UK. Anyhow, about bills: I was told (but not found anywhere a confirmation) that providers need to send you a letter/email informing you of the…
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Benefits and fuel bills
Hi I am on Incapacity benefit and also receive Working Tax Credit but these 2 amounts combined is my total income. I have just been informed by my Gas & Electricity supplier that they are putting my dual fuel bill up yet again to £180 a month! This time last year it was just £50 a month for both. There's only me and my…
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Childrens Tax Credit and receiving JSA
I informed the tax credits that OH is now receiving contribution based JSA and this time they were quite helpful and positive I might get some support. I've just had my recalculation through and I swear that they make up the information on there. Most of the info I gave is incorrect but the biggest thing is they have put…
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Income tax refund
Hi All I was in education up to summer 2006 and was employed for a year from september 06. According to http://www.taxfix.co.uk/income-tax-calculator.html, im eligible to claim something like £700 refund for tax year 06/07. Question is, can I walk into my tax office to sort this out? Or do i really have to send in P60 for…
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which benefits and how
My wife and I run a samll bussiness which we are shutting down asap never made a profit, i need some help and advice on what is the best way forward. We have no savings and been claiming working family tax credits along with child tax credits> We have a mortgage, child aged 12 years. What can we claim, we are most worried…
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tax credits and loans
i recently read on this site that if you are on tax credits and have a loan which was taken out before 2007 you might be able to claim back payments please help
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How many nights a week?
Is there a 'set down' number of nights a week someone can stay with you without being classed as living with you for benefit purposes ie housing benefit?
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pensioner
I receive pension credits I am 65 and have been told I can claim for saving towards a small private pension! if I do and the amount is up to £20 a week will that put me out of the reach of my pension credits or is that amount excluded in the final sum you receive. I would not be able to manage as I have help with my…
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Motability grants advice needed pls
Hello, I currently drive a motability Focus as my son is in receipt of higher mobility rate DLA. We have three children age 6, 4 and 19 months - all of whom are in car seats plus my son needs a wheelchair on his own or a double buggy when I'm on my own with all of them so as you can well imagine I need a rather large boot.…
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the extra £60
that the government were supposedly paying everyone this january who claims benefits such as DLA, IB etc? have you had yours? did you get notification of it? not that i need the money but upon reading about it, at work where i got it verified by a top-notch colleague as kosher, its not been received. was this all just…
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Council Tax Problem
Hello all, Apologies if not the right board but I have a problem with my council tax and wondered if someone could help Last Monday we had £306.26p taken out from the council from the wrong account ( it was an account we had a direct debit on previously but have changed it since ) they accept they were in the wrong and…
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JSA Driving lesson or course discounts
Hi, I am new to signing on for Job Seekers Allowance, and i think 45 pounds per week is a terrible amount to offer someone to live on. I live with a relative so i cant have my rent paid for. But my main question is, can people claiming job seekers get discounts on driving lessons? Id like to learn to drive to increase the…
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help needed asap regarding payments of benefits
hi i am currently in receipt of incapacity benefit, income support, housing benefit and dla. i am having huge problems regarding my bank at the moment were i am spending 3 weeks out of 4 over my overdraft and am ending up with no money to live on and am being charged £100 -200 worth of bank charges each month which is…
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Job Seekers Allowance with Savings
Hi, I've just been made redundant and need to claim benefit. However I have just over £10,000 in an ISA which means I am entitled to less benefit. I've paid my Taxes over the years and I dont really want to lose my saved money so say i owed it to someone as a debt, could i transfer it to someone and then without any saving…
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Young single parent benefits
Hi everyone, I'm a regular poster (fantastically fervent something or other!) of 4 years standing but normally only post on the pure money boards. Due to the delicate nature of my query I've decided to register a new username. My 'problem'... Around 2 years ago, and after 25 years of marriage, my then 19 year old daughter…
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Childcare voucher - new legislation could scupper it??
I'd appreciate any advice on the worrying news that changes to legislation could cause significant problems for childcare voucher provision. The rough outline of it goes like this: Recent changes to legislation mean that those on maternity leave are entitled to keep the same benefits that they enjoyed prior to being on…
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When do I sign off JSA
Hi all, am sure this will have been asked many times so apologies I couldn't find an answer when searching. I am currently on JSA (cont) and have accepted a job that starts a week on Wednesday. I am due to sign on again tomorrow so do I tell them then or should I wait until the day before I start? ie do they stop JSA the…
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Jobseekers Allowance - rental income - pls help
Hi, Please can anyone help with a JSA enquiry - income based JSA? Some friends (partners, but unmarried) are both unemployed up until now only one has been claiming the contributions based JSA as they didn't know they could both claim (they're both new to claiming any type of benefit but have been out of work despite…