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Please please please help

elliott316s
elliott316s Posts: 12 Forumite
in Benefits & tax credits
My partner is unemployed and expecting our 1st child in early november,I earn £25000 what benefits can she claim right now if any?

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  • Duncombe
    Duncombe Posts: 509 Forumite
    Nothing. Except the £190 HIP grant if she has not done so already. She needs to contact her midwife for a form.
  • elliott316s
    elliott316s Posts: 12 Forumite
    maybe I should pack my job in i guess.Are we still entitled to the £500 surestart grant?
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    elliott316s wrote: »
    maybe I should pack my job in i guess.Are we still entitled to the £500 surestart grant?

    Don't be so silly, why would you want to give up work?
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  • Duncombe
    Duncombe Posts: 509 Forumite
    elliott316s wrote: »
    maybe I should pack my job in i guess.Are we still entitled to the £500 surestart grant?

    Still entitled? I'm not sure you would ever have been entitled to it...
  • elliott316s
    elliott316s Posts: 12 Forumite
    sorry was a bit unclear. My partner is about to move in with me thats why im unsure of any benefits
  • AnxiousMum
    AnxiousMum Posts: 2,709 Forumite
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    elliott316s wrote: »
    maybe I should pack my job in i guess.Are we still entitled to the £500 surestart grant?

    For what? A life on benefits? Do you strive for a life on benefits or a good career where you can provide for the family you have?

    You're starting a 'family', not a 'financial burden'.
  • Duncombe
    Duncombe Posts: 509 Forumite
    edited 7 September 2010 at 12:33PM
    elliott316s wrote: »
    sorry was a bit unclear. My partner is about to move in with me thats why im unsure of any benefits

    Well that makes it more straightforward. Your partner is unable to claim anything except the HIP grant of £190. As I said above, she needs to contact her midwife for the form.

    On £25k you should have no problem providing for the 3 of you. Alot of people manage on alot less.
  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite
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    Duncombe wrote: »
    Still entitled? I'm not sure you would ever have been entitled to it...

    On £25k you wouldn't be entitled to it either.
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  • Duncombe
    Duncombe Posts: 509 Forumite
    sh1305 wrote: »
    On £25k you wouldn't be entitled to it either.

    But his partner may have been had she been claiming JSA or IS whilst not living with him.

    Not that thats relevent anymore, since the OP stated his partner is moving in with him.
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