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£5000-pay towards mortgage or isa
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pretty certain you can claim jsa with savings for 6 months then it is subject to means
income support can never be claimed with savings over a certain amount0 -
If you've paid the correct National Insurance contributions for 2 years, you can qualify for 6 months "contributions-based JSA", irrrespective of your savings.
At the end of 6 months, you get switched to "income-based JSA" which will then hit the savings issue at £16k.Act in haste, repent at leisure.
dunstonh wrote:Its a serious financial transaction and one of the biggest things you will ever buy. So, stop treating it like buying an ipod.0
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