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not entitled to anything !!! need help please !!!

Hi ,, I have recently broken my tibia and fibula ( right leg ) in a motor cycle accident and now have got a Taylor spatial frame ( traction ) bolted in through the outside of my , I was a self employed roofer and did not have appropriate insurance to cover my loss of earnings, me and my partner have a mortgage to pay and a 3 year old daughter who we are still paying school cost for as she missed out on free schools by a few days - now child tax credits has stopped helping us because only 1 of us is working ( my partner only works part time for Bristol city council as a support worker ) plus all of our other costs. The government say that we not entitled to employment and support allowance and we are not entitled to disability living allowance, my daughter’s school is now considering releasing her because we are accumulating a debt with them. We don’t know what to do now we feel like we have have tried everything and got nowhere and would appreciate any help or information anybody could give.
Thanks Mike

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  • Hello Mike,

    You really need to post this on the main Benefits and Tax Credits board.
    There will be lots of folk there to give you advice,
    This sub section is more csa related stuff

    Regards
    Munchie
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