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Incapacity Benefit advice please

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  • 7roland8 wrote: »
    No housing costs as we own - but we had a little help with council tax - but after this change it should be much more

    Yes I did know we'd be losing benefit of course but wasn't aware it involved the Incapacity Benefit too - I'd adjusted to the tax credits and child benefit - just never thought it included the other benefit being cut too.

    You really need to charge your son for more than just his food as the finance package he receives should cover rent and utilities as well. This will go some way to making up the income you're losing.

    If he's a decent lad, he won't want to see his disabled parents struggling while he has all his rent and bill money available to him as spending money!
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