Low Income Family, Refused JSA

skintmumof2

sick2death thats how we felt when i worked 16 hours and my partner was made redundant we didnt get any JSA because he had been self employed for years he couldnt get CB and did not get and IB as i earnt just over £100.
we did get housing benefit though and help with council tax but thats at just over £100 a week. You at about £250 is doubtfull youd get any help that way. sorry.

nannytone_2

your wife was refused JSA because her NI contributions were insufficient and she isnt entitled to income based JSA as you earn too much.
with tax credits and child benefit, your income is over 17k a year AFTER tax.thats equivalent to a wage of approx 20k

nannytone_2

Incapacity benefit isn't means tested. he couldnt get it through lack of contriubutions, not because you earnt too much

Ames

I think by IB she meant income based JSA?

Naf

if you have any children you might get around £50 per week in HB, and will likely be entitled to CTC/WTC.

nannytone_2

oh right lol

Lady_strange

I think you need to contact tax credits, as you may be able to get more now.

sick2death

viktory, I dont know how you get

"thats the first time someones referred to my income as being too high!"

to me meaning I'm on the poverty line, I was simply trying to make light of the fact that I'm on minimum wage.

"You would have saved an awful lot of time if you'd been more upfront about the benefits you are already in receipt of."

My original question had nothing to do with other benefits, although I appreciate peoples advice regarding it, so there was no need for me to be "upfront" about what benefits I do or do not recieve. It was a straightforward JSA question, which was greatfully answered.

I dont know why you chose to be so sarcastic with me, nor do I know what I did to deserve it.

Still, thanks to everyone else who replied for the answer, and constructive advice :beer:

p00hsticks

sick2death wrote: »

My original question had nothing to do with other benefits,

You may have thought it didn't. but you had stated that your wife wasn't eligible for contributions based JSA due to not having made the relevant NI comtributions.

In order to be able to answer your original question about whether she was entltitled to any other form of JSA (i.e. income based), people needed to know details of your household income, including benefits.

Naf

p00hsticks wrote: »

You may have thought it didn't. but you had stated that your wife wasn't eligible for contributions based JSA due to not having made the relevant NI comtributions.

In order to be able to answer your original question about whether she was entltitled to any other form of JSA (i.e. income based), people needed to know details of your household income, including benefits.

Most other benefits do not affect your eligibility for JSA. It's contributions, or earned income.
On the other hand, the tone if the post certainly gave me the impression you needed help with what other benefits might be available. So although you asked about JSA specifically, it's perfecty reasonable that people have pointed out others for you.