Income Support, JSA - Differences?

crazygaijin

sue1953 wrote: »

You need to claim Jobseekers Allowance (income based) if you haven't paid enough NI contributions, though you cant claim if you have savings over £16000. You will lose some JSA if you have savings between £6,000 and £16,000. You claim JSA as a couple and will receive £94.95 per week for the both of you. You will need to sign on and be available for work, your wife wont need to sign on due to having a child under 12. Your wife will not be able to claim Income support.
With regard to the LHA, your local authority will pay for a two-bedroomed property and you will need to make up the difference (if there is one).

Thank you very much Sue.

Is that really all 94.95 per week. My bills are about 70 per wk, less than 15 per wk for food for a falimy of 3

Its a bit scary.

I dont know anything about benefits a t all, but can I ask why we cant get income support? Or what about family Tax credits or something like that for the unemployed?

bestpud

You will receive ctc and cb on top of that.

Ctc are around £45-50 a week for one child apparently. (It is about £43 per child if you have more than one but I think it is a little more for just the one child, although I am not sure of the exact amount).

Child benefit will be the £20 week it is now.

Hth

ETA: IS is for people who are unable to work, such as single parents. You don't qualify as one of you is able to work. The rates are the same as JSA though.

Oldernotwiser

crazygaijin wrote: »

Thank you very much Sue.

Is that really all 94.95 per week. My bills are about 70 per wk, less than 15 per wk for food for a falimy of 3

Its a bit scary.

I dont know anything about benefits a t all, but can I ask why we cant get income support? Or what about family Tax credits or something like that for the unemployed?

I'd have a look at the DFW and Old Style boards, where you'll get a lot of information and advice on budgeting and cutting back. £70 per week for utilities is an enormous amount of money, even if you're working!