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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…
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ESA Help
Hi all, I was involved in a serious car accident before xmas and suffered a number of fractures in my right arm but worst of all a brachial plexus injury has resulted in paralysation of my right arm. Consequently i have not been able to work and was employed through an agency so i am not entitled to SSP apparently. I…
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IIRB Claim
My husband has been diagnosed with asbestosis and we were advised to put in a claim for IIRB. This form has been returned because we cannot remember the dates and places where he worked 45 years ago, they are adamant that we complete these correctly. Does anybody have any thoughts on how to deal with this pleae.
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working tax credits ? threshold
can any1 pls tell me how much as a couple you are allowed to earn before they stop the wtc
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Child with ADHD- ar they entitled to any benefits?
Hello everyone, My child has ADHD and was diagnosed 3yrs ago. I heard someone who's son has also got ADHD has been claiming benefits due to the condition.. is this correct as nobody has ever mentioned it to me? cheers
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Receiving Direct Payments, and earning money
If you receive direct payments for care provision, can you earn money as well, or will your DP be stopped? Is there a threshold below which Direct Payments won't be affected? Does anyone know?
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couples living seperately and claiming benefits as single people
Please check out this thread about the op is asking advise about living seperately from her partner so they can claim benefits as single people even though they would still be in a relationship. The op has stated she knows it is wrong. I am coming under attack from giving my usual advise that it is fraud because they would…
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Student 17 leavining college what will it mean financally
Hi my bf is a widower who recieves a pension from his late wife for himself and his daughter while she is in full time education. He is in receipt if DLA, child benefit and family tax credit. She is away to be thrown out of college for non attendance. How will this affect them. She is 17. Does that mean child benefit and…
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should i apply for dla?
hi, i'm hoping someone here can advise me. people keep telling me to claim dla. but i don't know if i'm entitled or how to go about finding out. i've had depression and post traumatic stress for years, the depression since i was a child and the pts for 12 years now. i have difficulty getting out. anxiety and panic attacks.…
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JSA & Republic of Ireland for 2 days
Hi Everyone I am currently on JSA as I am graduate just finished uni. I am due to sign on on Friday (6th Feb) but cant make it as have to go to my sisters wedding in Dublin on 4th Feb - 6th Feb. I called job centre and they said that I will have to close JSA and resign on with rapid reclaim when I come back - which will be…
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dla and ib or income support?
A friend of mine has asked me to post this question. She is Disabled, gets mid care & high mob, she also gets IB. As she doesn't get income support she is not entitled to any premiums. No one gets carers allowance for her either. She lives with her pensioner parents. Is this the best option for her or should she change to…
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Benefits etc...Whilst dh at Uni?
Hi Everyone. I hope someone can point me in the right direction here please. Is what i'm wondering, is whether I would be entitled to claim Income Support whilst dh is at Uni full-time? I have two children and a baby due in 6wks. Thank You Mel x
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Income support and work
Me and DH are separating so I checked on entitledto to see about HB and CTB. But when I put in my income, as I'm hoping to carry on working one shift a week (it's difficult to do more as I work nights), it said I would receive £8 something a week income support, which surprised me. I would earn (rounded figures) £72 a week…
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Sometimes no work
Occasionally, my son who works for someone, has no work for maybe 2 or 3 weeks at a time because of the nature of the job, then the work will pick up and he'll be ok again. Would he be entitled to claim anything to live on during those periods, he still has rent etc to pay.
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Working extra hours on Income Support
Im starting work this week. Ive been claiming income support for a year and have 2 children and am a single parent. I will be working 12 hours a week at minimum wage. I know I can claim twenty pounds before money is deducted but am wondering what I need to do if I work an odd week of extra hours - for example, my boss has…
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Redundancy & Benefits -Help for a first timer
Hi all, I must admit after 45 years of continuous work, Im totally lost with redundancy and benefits, im just hoping some kind people could give me some advice on what is available or not as the case may be. Ive just started the consultation part of being made redundant, and to be honest its fairly inevitable that will…
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does benefits and pension vary accoding amount of ni paid
does state pension and benefits vary according the amount of NI contributions paid I.E. Jane works and has paid in £150 per year for 30 years in NI contributions & Claire works and has paid in £600 per year for 30 years as she earns more then Jane would they both get different amounts of state pension and different amounts…
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£50 Benefit for ALL bills including Rent
Hello, My Mum is 60, she lives alone and has no Money and has no Savings. She has been told that she is entitled to just £50 / week in Benefits to help towards the rent on her flat, council tax, food, Gas, Electricity, Water, all other Bills and living Costs! The reason why the Benefits department have said this is that…
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Payment Why
Is the extra 60 pound we have in 2009 on incap n dla going to be a yearly thing from now on? Why did they pay 60 pound even though im am not complaining.
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Why has my thread been deleted?
I posted a thread on a persons eligibility for help with housing costs, and Fran has deleted it. Fran, why have you deleted it? Do you feel it is part of your role to do this, or an abuse of your role? I did try to ask Fran privately, however her inbox is full so I cannot. I look forward to your response.