5 minute benefit check up Article Discussion Area

raven2009

i have a question, me and my partner have 4 children and im about to return to work, My partner gets ESA i was wondering when i return to work how would it affect my wifes ESA, ive heared if i return fill time 40 hrs then my wife would loose the ESA entitlement and if i worked 20 hrs or less she would be still able to claim it? anyone is that similar situation that can shed some light for me?

syl_2

i ve just done a benifit checkup and its come up with pension credit of over £125 is this what we are entilted on top of my wages and my husbands work pension

alwaysonthego_2

syl wrote: »

i ve just done a benifit checkup and its come up with pension credit of over £125 is this what we are entilted on top of my wages and my husbands work pension

Pension credits are means tested so you need to include your income and pension. You are best going to the cab who will be able to give you a thorough benefits check!

green111

something the benefits people dont seem to take into consideration is what happens when a child leaves full time education. They can claim jobseekers, which maybe pays for a bus pass and some food, but all the other expense of living is incurred by the parents, who can no longer claim anything to help support the new adult living in their home for free.
If you have several children and they cannot find work, then you could have to clothe, feed and supply electricity etc. to a house full of adults with no financial help at all..
this is the problem I now face, with one child out of college and unemployed, and another soon to join him, our finances are soon to be stretched beyond breaking point.

killearn

Lost my job Dec 08 started claim, today told as my partner works p/time and take home pay of £500 we both have enough to live on...
I am not Martin Lewis or Carol Vorderman BUT..
Monthly out goings
Mortgage £1000 pm
Electric £125 pm
Council Tax £ 28.75 pw

Not hard to work out really we don't have enough coming in but have been told we will get zero from benefit agencies.

Going out to buy a new bath plug and see if i can claim for that with the government....

Martin a mess even i think you could not sort out is mine....

killearn

Sorry i was told i get free health care as a benefit... wooppp ieee like many others....

tonycree

single?
single/white?
single/white/male?
single/white/male/mortgage?
forget it....
there's no help anywhere that I can see...
we are ignored by the system when requiring help
but prop up the system with our taxes when working...
it's about time we had a working-class civil revolt.:mad:

JAIMO_2

i'm having a bit of trouble with the '5 minute checker' thing. reason being, the info i'm being asked to give isn't relevent at minute.
i'm looking to move in with my g'friend and her 2 yr old son. i work full time (for the moment at least!!) and earn £15900 + upto 10% bonus (£17490 p/a max)
she's on full benefits, income support, child benefit, child tax credit, housing benefit, coucil tax beneift and also the water board pay 1/2 of her bill (don't know why like)
what would we gain/lose by moving in together?
i'd hate to not be able to just because it wouldn't be financially viable:(

tonycree

become an mp and even claim for your partners !!!!!! fetish....what an absolute disgrace this country has become...we need something like the Russian/Peasants Revolt to sort this !!!!! out...the tw#ts in charge ain't bothered 'cos they're not losing their jobs to anyone or a foreigner and even if they do they've enough creamed off to live on, anyway...

monkey03

i have shared care for my two children who are 17 (fulltime education) & 15. because i dont have the child benefits paid to me my children "dont exist" so for the time i have then they are not entitled to a bed or to be fed! my partner has been made redundant but had no pay out as only with the co 6 months. i earn £14194 gross £925 net. we are entitled to nothing! we rent our house and have no savings . we have been told we get nothing yet this site states an adult is entitled to earn £16k. how doesn it follow then that 2 adults with shared care of 2 children are expected to live off £925? Can anyone help?