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Dla And Blue Badge Help
Hi Can Any One Help Me Ive Just Been Awarded A Blue Badge On Mobility Grounds By My Doctors Report I Have Also Applied For Dla On Mobility And Care Does Any One Now If I Should Get Dla Because I Have Been Awarded The Blue Badge Is There Any One Else Out There In The Same Situation As Me Or Has Been
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Council Tax Benefit- proof of self employed income?
I am currently on SMP basic rate and because my husband only works part time (cab driver) I hoped we might be able to apply for this benefit due to our low income. The local authority website states that any claim by a self employed person will have to be accompanied by certified accounts....we don't have these. As it is…
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Unfair Counil Tax Demand
Im really hacked of with and disappointed with my local council. Back in December last year my husband and I separated and as I was not working due to looking after my 2 young children I went on to Income Support and received full Council Tax Benefit. In April the CSA finally sorted out the money my husband had to pay for…
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Please help tax credit blunders
I moved in with babys Dad in May, I told TCO middle June, claim was stopped, they sent out new claim pack, we filled in joint application and returned. TCO office received this beginning July. 2 Weeks later somebody phoned from TCO to confirm details on form. They then proceeded to fill in my partners name (and spelt it…
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withholding entitlements
can someone please help me. This problem has been going on since last year and i am reaching the end of my tether if not near bankrupcy. I am a single mother of 4 boys 3 of them under 3. I work, self- employed and recently i have put in my information in the entitled to web site and also on Torbay Council's website and…
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Claiming JSA
Hi My employer terminated my employment on Monday, i was reading about JSA today and it says that if you've been dismissed from your job different rules apply and you may not get JSA for upto 26 weeks. Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks.
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where to report benefit fraud?
My friend is wondering where you can report WFTC & COUNCIL TAX FRAUD? someone claimng as a single person but living with her husband.
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withholding entitlements
can someone please help me. This problem has been going on since last year and i am reaching the end of my tether if not near bankrupcy. I am a single mother of 4 boys 3 of them under 3. I work, self- employed and recently i have put in my information in the entitled to web site and also on Torbay Council's website and…
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Tax Credit Query
Last year i was a single mum on a Widowed Mothers Allowance and Tax Credit as my only income(I was not working) and my daughter received the full EMA payment. In July of the same year i moved in with my partner and immediately informed the relevant agencies and stopped claiming the Widowed Mothers Allowance and Tax credit…
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HB Backdate request
I just wondered if anyone could inform me of my chances of receiving a HB backdate payment due to the following circumstances: I am already quite confused about benefit entitlement as a lone parent AND a uni student so come summer i wasnt sure when to apply for income support and housing benefit. In one of the booklets…
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what is 'disabled'?
A woman in work says she claims disability for her bad hand - (she is a running joke actually as she only works 2 months of the year and is 'ill' for most of the summer ans Christmas! Having looked at the DWP website, disability seems to be about mobility and your ability to walk, so 2 questions... 1) Could she be lying?…
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Benefits appeal won
Hello i don't know if I'm in the right place here but i need a little advice. I had my income support benefits stopped in Dec 06 as i failed a medical, so i appealed, In the time it took for my appeal to come through i was told i could claim income support at a lower rate and do it all over the phone as i couldn't go to…
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Blue Badge scheme - More people entitled
Changes to the Blue Badge scheme (Adviceguide website).
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Income Support after moving out of jointly owned home
what are the rules?
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Tax Credits: the truth!
HMRC have published the first set of statistics on finalised entitlement to tax credits. They relate to 2003-04 (awards for that year were only finalised completely in January). The reveal what families were actually entitled to (the previous stats only dealt with what they were receiving at a point in time) and how much…
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low income earners...no or reduced council tax?
i came accross this in a paper from the oxfordshire region but did not delve into this further. do low income income people have to pay full council tax rates or not? sorry if seems a stupid question.
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Incapacity benefit query
hi, hope someone out there can help. My hubby has suffered with bi polar depression for many years. last year he was fit to start work at a local community centre where he worked for 18 hours a week. Unfortunately, his condition got worse and worse, and at the start of April he went back on long term sick. He did not…
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carers allowance and what other benefit to claim?
if i fail my pca medical. i am thinking about claiming careers allowance i look after someone who recieves high rate care dla. if i m getting no other benefits. can i claim income support on top of claiming carers allowance. and how would i go about claiming both. thankyou
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carers allowance question
We currently get a carers allowance for my type 1 diabetic son and a little bit of of tax credits. However my elderly mother has now moved in with us. She currently gets her pension and the lower rate of attendance allowance as she has heart problems and is also diabetic. However she has also now been diagnosed with lung…
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Feeling a bit down today
Hi Just feeling a bit down today as finally after 5 months of waiting for an answer husband has had DLA decision back only to be declined. I know that we can ask for it to be looked at again and can then appeal, but does anyone have any sound advice as feeling very dejected. Any advice would be very welcome.