On A Low Income But Im Not Entitled To Any Benefits

summerboo21

Louise03 wrote: »

Are you being paid the min wage summerboo?? Full-time hours are 37 plus part-time work say 15 hrs which would equal 52 hrs a week, surely this would give you more than £1300 a year.

£13000 pa is my full time job
part time job is min wage

lonestar1

If your struggling to afford the place you live and cannot find anything cheaper then you need to start cutting back on other expenditure.

If it were me Im afraid I would be looking for another suitable owner for the dog for starters with food and vet bills they arent cheap.

dmg24

summerboo21 wrote: »

£13000 pa is my full time job
part time job is min wage

So how much do you earn in total, before tax?

summerboo21

dmg24 wrote: »

In that case there is no way that you have used entitledto, as it asks for the relevant LHA in order to calculate your benefit entitlement.

Look at my first post, use the link, or say which town you live in.

You are not helping yourself here.

i have used that site twice...and have answered all the questions on it. if you dont want to believe me dont.might aswell forget i ever asked anything.

wont bother posting any more..

thanks for nothing everyone that thought it was a wind up

dmg24

summerboo21 wrote: »

i have used that site twice...and have answered all the questions on it. if you dont want to believe me dont.might aswell forget i ever asked anything.

wont bother posting any more..

thanks for nothing everyone that thought it was a wind up

!!!!!! I have tried to help you and all you do is avoid my questions. Is there any wonder everyone thinks that you are just a wind up?

Now tell us:

Your LHA (use the link given in my first post - one bedroom/ shared facilities)
Your Total Income

summerboo21

If Iv Done It Right Lha Is £115.38

Total Income Including Part Time Job Is About £15,780 A Year I Think

lkmc01

this is a low income problem I had -

I became pregnant in my first year at uni. It was while I was back home at Christmas with my boyfriend who I had been with for a couple of years. I then went back to uni 250 miles away and lived in a halls of resistence. I left the first year hall when I was 5 months pregnant and lived with my parents for 2 weeks.

I then moved in with my partner.

He was working 44 hour weeks on £6 an hour (£13,728 before deductions so about £10,000 after deductions) and we were living in a one bedroom flat. Since I had only been at uni I could not get an maternity paid or anything similar. We were under 25 years old so could not get anything from tax credits before my son was born. The flat we lived in had a dressing room which had been converted from a very small bedroom (too small for even a cot). This we had to use for our clothes as the bedroom was too small for a wardrobe. We were therefore classed as having 2 bedrooms!!! and so over our needs (even though I was 7 - 9 months pregnant). I did look for a job in a cafe part time between 6 - 9 months pregnant but no one would employ me as I was 'too much of a risk' being pregnant.

Although we lived together we could only afford about £15 a week on food shopping so found ourselves eating at our families houses.

When my son was born and we started to get tax credits, child benefit and the sure start grant I felt like I had won the lottery as I could eventually buy by son a cot instead of using all second hand stuff.

Now he's nearly 3 and I'm back at uni. I took a year off. We do ok now for money now but it was very tight before my son was born. I had to walk to the doctors for check ups at 7 - 9 months pregnant and in the very hot July - August heat of 2005 because I couldn't afford the bus fare.

Before my son was born we could not get any other money apart from my partners wages. He was working all the hours he could legelly do (driving job).


£13000 for one person is more than enough if your careful - image having a partner and a baby on the way with that wage too and still not being able to get anything!! :mad: :mad:

lauren_1

You think 15k is a low income for 1 person! Get real.

dmg24

summerboo21 wrote: »

If Iv Done It Right Lha Is £115.38

Total Income Including Part Time Job Is About £15,780 A Year I Think

Your rent is how much? I assume you live in the South?

summerboo21

no i live in the midlands, it expensive here for some unknown reason