What can my wife aply for?

paddedjohn

sure you can work, in some of your other posts you say that you 'manage all day without help' so there must be something you could do apart from giving advice out like this gem you you wrote earlier on another thread..........
''Is anyone in your family ill or disabled in any way?
That might be a way forward in increasing your income''

Lady_strange

gemstargirl wrote: »

I would love to. But there just isn't any jobs that would match what I would lose in my benefits if I did that for me to make it worthwhile.

I would want at least a min of £200 a week more than I get now to work. Otherwise, there isn't any point.

Besides which I am disabled, so can't work.

What benefits would you lose? As dla isn't means tested, so you can work and still get it at the same rate?

My partner is disabled, but wants to work, we are setting up our own bussiness so he can work around his illness.

Just sounds to me like your bone idle.

As for the OP, your wife will be able to look for work now. My partners step mum (well pretty much, she isn't married to his dad) is Thai, and has been working since she arrived in the UK on a visa.

shegirl

gemstargirl wrote: »

I would love to. But there just isn't any jobs that would match what I would lose in my benefits if I did that for me to make it worthwhile.

I would want at least a min of £200 a week more than I get now to work. Otherwise, there isn't any point.

Besides which I am disabled, so can't work.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

TROLL!

sazzybum

gemstargirl wrote: »

I would love to. But there just isn't any jobs that would match what I would lose in my benefits if I did that for me to make it worthwhile.

I would want at least a min of £200 a week more than I get now to work. Otherwise, there isn't any point.

Besides which I am disabled, so can't work.

Oh bog off- you're boring us now. I'm sure there's a handy bridge you can hide under.

bobajob_1966

sazzybum wrote: »

Oh bog off- you're boring us now. I'm sure there's a handy bridge you can hide under.

It's not a bridge I'd like to put them under!

Samsaragirl

Rikki wrote: »

What ever happened to being a 'stay at home Mum' and sharing your husbands money?

Since lone parents were given income support to live independently they find it hard to give up being financially independent and live as a family.

I worked, I got married, my husband supported me financially while I was at home with the children till I went back to work. This seems so alien to many people they just expect an entitlement to benefits.

So did I, and how I'm trying to recoup those 21 years now. Being a carer does not help, but it will happen.

BatOutOfUll

gemstargirl wrote: »

I would love to. But there just isn't any jobs that would match what I would lose in my benefits if I did that for me to make it worthwhile.

I would want at least a min of £200 a week more than I get now to work. Otherwise, there isn't any point.

Besides which I am disabled, so can't work.

Do what???
I would be £20 a week better off if I didn't work, but pride wont let me sit at home watching ad TV all day!

debrag

gemstargirl wrote: »

No, just some compensation like working mums get via Tax Credits for childcare.

Think you used the wrong word there, compensation what you claim kids as accidents or something you didn't ask for.

debrag

sazzybum wrote: »

Fiver- you've GOT to read this! It's beyond priceless

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3561607

Gemstar- you're supposedly 'disabled' but 'managing' although it's not really a SAHM situation is it.. it's a SAHD(aughter) you've got. One whom you want to be your 'carer' because it's worth an extra 55 quid a week to you.

I'm an athiest- but by all that's holy, PLEASE be a troll! I'm really , REALLY scared she's not though

*waits for cit_k to appear and tell us all off for accusing anyone of faking anything*:D

maybe the daughter could have a kid herself then there'd be more income in the house!

Firebird

Yep, that could be the next installment.
I think someone's having a laugh here and it's not me.