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Benefit entitlement?
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sh1305 - no, we don't have children.
karenx - we don't rent, we have a mortgage.
I'd like to know where the government got their £100 a week figure for a couple from. Even without the cost of a car, TV, phones, food and petrol, our basic housing costs are £400 (mortgage, less than anything we could rent in this area) £102 council tax, £15 water bill and £88 gas + electricity.
You fall in the category that don't seem to get any extra help.No kids, no disabilities, home owner and under 25.You are doing the right thing, looking for ANY job, as anything thing you get , even a £70 a week bar job will improve your finances.One of the advantages of your situation is that you are not caught in the benefit trap, your destiny is in your own hands.
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Can you not claim council tax benefit?xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx0
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