Why is my friend only entitled to £16 a week tax cred??

viktory

missk_ensington wrote: »

......Heart condition as described above.

So what is the 'title' of your heart condition? I have had something very similar sounding and would be interested to hear what your cardiologist had to say.

Oh and if your friend cannot afford the child she has already got she should not have anymore for the time being. Having children is not a 'right', it is a luxury.

missk_ensington

EdinbughLass, there is nothing wrong with engineering your circumstances to make it more profitable, another poster on here only today, based on the discussion has decided to go self-employed thus technically 'engineering her circumstances', people often choose not to move in together to make themselves better off financially, it isn't wrong!

And if my friend wanted to engineer her circumstances I'd tell her to quit work, register self employed teaching origami or suchlike, earn £0, work 40 hours a week, claim full time childcare an dget tax credits on her new household income of £15,000 a year. But hey thats just me.

I only wanted to know how much of a current award they can dock for overpayment as Im sure this thread once said it was 30% or something, and whether she was LEGITIMATELY entitled to anything else

msmicawber

And as more information came out,it became clear that on an income of £28k, £16 per week is perfectly reasonable and your friend isn't very good with money and needs help with budgeting. Alternatively, her husband could look for a better paid job or a second job, especially now she's pregnant again.

missk_ensington

viktory wrote: »

So what is the 'title' of your heart condition? I have had something very similar sounding and would be interested to hear what your cardiologist had to say.

Oh and if your friend cannot afford the child she has already got she should not have anymore for the time being. Having children is not a 'right', it is a luxury.

It doesnt have a title, I have been under investigations since I was 15, they know what happens, but no idea why it happens.

Im afraid I disagree about the children part, why should a hard working family wait until they are infertile/old to have kids (its not like the rest of the country does), your eggs start going downhill at 30, so what if she's still not financially stable, you are saying she shouldn't have any more kids? She doesnt want kids 16 years apart, and it isnt anyones palce to dictate to her when and how many kids they should have

Oldernotwiser

missk_ensington wrote: »

I guess the fact I can black out anywhere, at anytime, is enough for them to consider it as low rate mobility

Perhaps you're only mobile when on skates?:rolleyes:

missk_ensington

mismicawber - £22,000 a year, her bursary is not taken into account by tax credits. And telling her husband to get a better job is both a ludicrious comment, you have no idea what his qualifications/experience is, or what the job market is like up here. And as she works nights doing shifts (as part of HER second job) he has to be at home to look after their son

GlasweJen

mince that it doesn't have a title! I have a similar sounding heart condition (i'm so annoyed i didn't read all this thread before pm'ing you the name of mine cos no doubt that's what you'll say you have now) and even without the start bit any one who blacks out and doesn't have epilepsy has SYNCOPE a quick google would have got you that far.

Oldernotwiser

missk_ensington wrote: »

I have now graduated from uni, July 2008, and have set up in business, a company manufacturing clothes for people with implants or naturally slim/big boobed.

Funny that you should say in May of this year that you were having to continue for another year because of your dissertation!

I would say that you couldn't make this up, except, in your case, you actually can!

tinkerbell84

missk_ensington wrote: »

Did 2 weeks temping after I graduated and I just about coped through the 2 weeks, but constantly wondered how I'd ever survive 46-47 weeks, year in year out!

:think:

13th May 2008:

missk_ensington wrote: »

I am supposed to graduate next month but my disability prevented this, as I was in hospital and missed my dissertation deadline so Im intercalating and doing it all next year so I can now work as well. Was thinking of temping, there a a lot of jobs paying abour £9-10 an hour near me in admin/office roles.

Got your skates on, did you? :rolleyes:

missk_ensington

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Perhaps you're only mobile when on skates?:rolleyes:

Perhaps I am. You all know how hard DLA is to get, Ive seen it said enough time on here, and how thoroughly they now check up on things, I have been assessed independently by a social worker and both my GP and Specialist have had to submit reports, therefore any decision to give me DLA is accurate and fair and what I am entitled to, regardless of your online diagnosis without a single test, report or medical history, so I really dont think there is any need to labour this point, unless you just want to be nasty bullies, in which case continue.