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Kimitatsu

Can I remind everyone here that we are not here to judge anyone elses situation nor is it anybody elses business but their own what benefits they are already in receipt of - but I would point out that tax credits are capped at 5 children to those who wish to comment.......

Lucy if your husband has quit his job so that he can look for work closer to home because of your eldest then you need to appeal any sanction from JCP and get someone to help you to do that. He MAY be sanctioned for up to 26 weeks as he has voluntarily left his position but if it can be shown that he was under undue stress and family concerns support this because he was working so far away then they may not impose the entire sanction.

Has he been looking for jobs closer to home? If he can show evidence of this too then more power to your case. I would definitely go to the CAB and ask to speak to a specialist benefits adviser who will be able to put your case for you - it always seems to get done faster if there is a statutory organisation working on your behalf. Even if they do impose a sanction there are hardship payments which can be claimed so you would not be entirely without money.

Otherwise go to www.entitledto.co.uk and that will give you an idea of what benefits you may be able to claim.

Now all please be nice or I will lock this thread

bunny999

Kimitatsu wrote: »

Can I remind everyone here that we are not here to judge anyone elses situation nor is it anybody elses business but their own what benefits they are already in receipt of - but I would point out that tax credits are capped at 5 children to those who wish to comment.......

Lucy if your husband has quit his job so that he can look for work closer to home because of your eldest then you need to appeal any sanction from JCP and get someone to help you to do that. He MAY be sanctioned for up to 26 weeks as he has voluntarily left his position but if it can be shown that he was under undue stress and family concerns support this because he was working so far away then they may not impose the entire sanction.

Has he been looking for jobs closer to home? If he can show evidence of this too then more power to your case. I would definitely go to the CAB and ask to speak to a specialist benefits adviser who will be able to put your case for you - it always seems to get done faster if there is a statutory organisation working on your behalf. Even if they do impose a sanction there are hardship payments which can be claimed so you would not be entirely without money.

Otherwise go to www.entitledto.co.uk and that will give you an idea of what benefits you may be able to claim.

Now all please be nice or I will lock this thread

It is other peoples business when it it is other people paying to support their children. One child is too many if you are poncing off the state let alone seven.

KeaneFan10

bunny999 wrote: »

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Never claimed benefits ! Except child Benefit, tax credits (for 7 children) and carers allowance. So no benefits apart from hundreds of pounds a week!

Here we go again ...more than my hubby earns in a week !:mad:

DaisyFlower

KeaneFan10 wrote: »

AnxiousMum wrote: »

To be fair to the poster - here is one of her previous posts - not ALL of the children are theirs as a couple - case of combined families......

What does this have to do with him leaving his job ??

I agree, doesnt matter if they are a combined family or not. They have seven children, soon eight, to support and leaving employment to rely on tax payers to support them instead is so very wrong.

If he wanted to be the carer then they could simply have switched places, it doesnt need two parents to be home.

As for the comment re not seeing his children, welcome to the real world. Millions of parents work and miss out on time with their children, imagine the economy if we all quit work to stay home. Given that at least some of the children must be school age, they are not home in the day anyway.

As for the comment re "we have never claimed benefits" - worlds fail me. Seven lots of CB, child tax credits and carers allowance but we dont claim benefits !!!

alwaysonthego_2

A reminder to keep on topic.

Kimitatsu wrote: »

Can I remind everyone here that we are not here to judge anyone elses situation nor is it anybody elses business but their own what benefits they are already in receipt of - but I would point out that tax credits are capped at 5 children to those who wish to comment.......

Lucy if your husband has quit his job so that he can look for work closer to home because of your eldest then you need to appeal any sanction from JCP and get someone to help you to do that. He MAY be sanctioned for up to 26 weeks as he has voluntarily left his position but if it can be shown that he was under undue stress and family concerns support this because he was working so far away then they may not impose the entire sanction.

Has he been looking for jobs closer to home? If he can show evidence of this too then more power to your case. I would definitely go to the CAB and ask to speak to a specialist benefits adviser who will be able to put your case for you - it always seems to get done faster if there is a statutory organisation working on your behalf. Even if they do impose a sanction there are hardship payments which can be claimed so you would not be entirely without money.

Otherwise go to www.entitledto.co.uk and that will give you an idea of what benefits you may be able to claim.

Now all please be nice or I will lock this thread

Amistoso_2

seems pretty much on topic to me, the OP is saying her hubby quit his job with a squad of kids to feed and people are commenting on it, how's that not on topic?

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

Amistoso wrote: »

seems pretty much on topic to me, the OP is saying her hubby quit his job with a squad of kids to feed and people are commenting on it, how's that not on topic?

I think what they mean by on topic is to trying to answer the op's question more than being judgemental & commenting on their lifestyle.

KeaneFan10

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

I think what they mean by on topic is to trying to answer the op's question more than being judgemental & commenting on their lifestyle.

By answering what they can 'Have' no one is being judgmental just truthful !

AnxiousMum

Meeeeeooooooooowwwwwwwww........chill people and have some milk. I was simply pointing out that the woman didn't go on to have a houseful of kids - in fact, she started a relationship with a man who was likely paying child support to his ex for his own three children - except that she has pretty much felt it better to walk out on her kids and has 'handed them over' to the father. How willing would you be to take on someone elses children, in addition to your own whilst living in a two bedroom place? Sorry - I admire the couple for the fact that they responsibly took on the children - particularly with one with special care needs.

Lucy - are you claiming child support from the children of your four and is your husband claiming child support from the mother of his three? You should be - they too are financially responsible for help raising your children.

As for the tax credits - thanks to Kimitatsu for pointing out it is capped at five children - so to the posters who refer to 'sprogs for cash'.......not quite the case is it?

Lucy I hope you get some useful information here, but do look into the child support issues with the exes.

dmg24

Interesting to know that TCs are limited to five children, I didn't know that. Is LHA limited to five bedrooms?

I suppose economies of scale kick in after that point (or something else should, but I'm not saying another word!).