Change of circumstances - benefit entitlement

rubble2

I wonder if anyone could advise on the following please?

My daughter lives with her partner and 12 month old child in a rented flat. Daughter has just gone back to work following maternity leave and now works part time, her partner is currently unemployed but claiming no benefits.

They receive child benefit, working tax benefit, some degree of council tax benefit and some degree of housing benefit.

My daughter works irregular hours (16 per week) but this could be spread over a number of days per week including weekends and could be any hours from 9am until 9pm so it is very difficult to arrange child care.

Without going into too much detail, part of the problem is the childs fathers reluctance to look after the baby whilst my daughter is at work, this has caused my daughter to look again at her living arrangements and to consider moving back into the family home with our grandchild.

Sorry for the long preamble but what I wondered was - what would her entitlement to benefit be if she moved back in with us? Obviuosly she would have no council tax liability but could she claim some sort of rent allowance although she would be living at home? Also would she still be eligible for working tax credits etc?

Thanks for reading

Blackpool_Saver

Do you mean her current partner or a previous one wont look after child while she works?

rubble2

Current one (father of the child):mad:

nannytone_2

all she would lose is the housing benefit and council tax benefit ( i assune you wouldnt be charging her rent anyway)
she will keep the wtc, ctc, cb and of course her wage. obviously she would have to change from a joint to a single claim.

karenx

Why on earth does her partner not want to look after his child??