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what would we be entitled to

sarah12
sarah12 Posts: 7 Forumite
in Benefits & tax credits
i have tried the site entitledto but not helping at all as it gets stuck.

can someone tell me what benefits we would get?
i work and get £247.00 a week take home
my girlfriend is on income support right now



thanks in advance
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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Do you have any children?

    How old are both of you?
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  • Titch89
    Titch89 Posts: 712 Forumite
    Am I right in thinking if you work a certain amount of hours/earn a certain amount of money, your girlfriend (if she moved in) would lose IS?
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Titch89 wrote: »
    Am I right in thinking if you work a certain amount of hours/earn a certain amount of money, your girlfriend (if she moved in) would lose IS?

    That is correct.

    OP, you need to check the maximum LHA that you may be entitled to. Check here for the one bed rate for your area. Let us know that and we can see if you will be entitled to anything.
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  • healy
    healy Posts: 5,292 Forumite
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    Titch89 wrote: »
    Am I right in thinking if you work a certain amount of hours/earn a certain amount of money, your girlfriend (if she moved in) would lose IS?

    Yes that is correct Titch.
  • sarah12
    sarah12 Posts: 7 Forumite
    im 48 girlfriend is 33
    we are in a 3 bed place cos we have 5 children between us and my girlfriends 3 out 4 children were going to be moving in too but due to medical reasons that cant happen and we dont know how long this will go on for.

    this was the cheapest place i found in our area so went for this, to be honest i couldnt afford to move out of here.
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    How many children are actually living with you permanently, and what sex/ age are they?
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  • sarah12
    sarah12 Posts: 7 Forumite
    dmg24 wrote: »
    How many children are actually living with you permanently, and what sex/ age are they?


    none living with her and wont be for the forseable future.
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    sarah12 wrote: »
    none living with her and wont be for the forseable future.

    Any living with you?
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  • sarah12
    sarah12 Posts: 7 Forumite
    dmg24 wrote: »
    Any living with you?

    no none either
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    sarah12 wrote: »
    no none either

    In that case you need to check the LHA rate for a one bedroom property in your area on the link above. If you let us know the rate we can see if you will be entitled to anything.
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