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help...no guaranteed hours..
i've been job hunting for a while now, with no luck. i have just been for an interview last week, for a job which i thought was going to be permanent, fixed hours..they no longer have that job so have offered me another position, which is, i guess, like an on call job...so no guarantee of a set number of hours a week..some…
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Incapacity Benefit
Can anyone tell me when Incapacity Benefit ceases if you are able to return to work. Specifically, are you assisted in any way up to the time you receive the first payment from your new employers? Otherwise, you could go up tp 6 weeks with no money?:confused:
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Pension Credit and Council Tax
Hi I'm on Pension Credit and get the full amout of £189 per week. I still pay council tax and was wondering if i would be eligible for council tax benefit....
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what can he claim
My husband has a club foot.He has never claimed a thing in his life before.He is now on long term sick pending an operation that may help or may make him perm disabled.I work 27 hrs a week but can get it down to 17 hrs.Is there anything he can claim.we have no savings and rent our home
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Help regarding Tax Credits please
I live with my husband and we have a 6 month old son. My husband will be starting full time work in 1 week working 39+ hours. I will be starting work anywhere between 2-6 weeks time as just waiting for my CRB check to go through. My son will have to go to a childminders for 5 hours a day.. which is going to cost me £75 per…
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Incapacity Benefit & Free health Stuff ???
Hello - ive never written on here before and there are so many threads that i am probably repeating something already asked many times but..... I have been on Incapacity Ben. and DLA for a long time and have always wondered if i am actually entitled to free prescriptions , eye tests and dental care. If i am honest i have…
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Incapacity Benefit - Tribunal advice needed
I do hope someone can offer some advice. My husband has been on Incapacity Benefit since 1994. He suffers from Chronic Psychotic Illness and takes anti-psychotic medication and anti-depressants. When he was asked to complete the form with details of his illness he filled it in stating he suffered from depression and…
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Endowment policy, not linked to mortgage
My company is planning redundancy so I'm planning for the worst. Is an endowment policy with life insurance element classed as savings? Would it count in the £6000 limit when claiming benefits?
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4 Day week
I have been put on a 4 day week, does anyone know if I can claim anything for the wages I am loosing please?
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housing benefit if you're on WTC?
Hi there Anyone know if you can get housing benefit, council tax etc if you're on WTC? A friend is working part time, has one child and is about to move into a rented place. If she applies for housing benefit, would she lose her WTC? or is she entitled to anything else? She's too scared to go and find out - looong story…
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Cold weather payment
Do I qualify? I cant seem to find any proper answers on the net. My mum and her friend both got a letter saying that they where getting the £25 payment, we all live in the same postcode area apart from it being street names different. My mum is on DLA and IS, she also gets CTC for my little brother. Her friend is on the…
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Old Soical Fund Loan Unpaid Threat
Hi, I am hoping you may be able to offer some advice on a problem I am having On 9th January I received a letter from the Department of Work and Pensions. The letter was titled "About the £71.41 still owed" and dated 2nd Jan It read "I am writing to you because JobCentre Plus has told us that the balance of a Social Fund…
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Housing Benefit/Income Support.....
I know housing benefit is dealt with by the local authority and IS by the DWP/Jobcentre but do IS people get to know of housing benefit claims? I thought one was dependent on other but perhaps I'm wrong.
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me working, partner on IB help with council tax?
Hello all!! i am due to start a job in the next couple of weeks (20hrs a week, minimum wage) and my partner receives incapacity benefit (short term higher rate). will we be able to get any help with the council tax at all?? My partner also gets dla but we are not entitled to the disability reduction of council tax benefit.…
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Disabilty Premium - who qualifies?
Disability Premium -who qualifies? (I have also put this question on the Disability & Dosh Forum, as I am not sure where exactly it was best to put it) Hello, I have tried looking for the answer on a few websites but am going round in circles, so hoping some kind soul here could explain/help me to understand. I am trying…
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Question about disabilities ????
Can someone help me work this out? If you have an illness from birth you are only entitled to income support so if your partner works it is like a noose round your neck. Where if someone develops an illness after 2 years of work they are entitled to incapacity even if your partner works or not. Is it me or does this make…
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Hi can anyone help re housing benefit
Hi all, just moved into a new house, and I am on income support so getting housing benefit and council tax benefit. I have just recieved a letter saying that my rent is £90 a week, and will be paid 4 weekly. I also have a letter saying council tax is £14.31 weekly from 2nd Jan - 1st April, and an amount of £182 has been…
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Paying back tax credits, now expecting again
Hello All, As the title suggests, we are paying back overpaid tax credits and at the minute recieve no tax credit payments - it is being used to reduce the amount of the overpayment. However, my partner is nw expecting again. I assume tax creidts would normally go up again (if I remember correctly from a few years ago!).…
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Tax credits/childcare voucher confusion
Hello, this is my first post, so please be gentle with me!!! I have claimed tax credits for about 5 years or so now. Since my eldest went into nursery (4 years ago) I also claimed the vouchers deducted through my wages by my employer at the maximum amount allowed. I phoned tax credits today to let them know about a…
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16 year old nephew landed on us
Hi I apologise if this has been covered already but I can't see someone with the same problem We have my 16 year old nephew here. His parents are separated, both have new partners and neither seem to want him so basically he was kicked out and he turned up on the doorstep last week. He has been here since. He doesn't work…