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adult children affect benefits?

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  • niecsey
    niecsey Posts: 100 Forumite
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    Hi until recently l was in similar circumstances, we lost all but £1.25 of housing benefit cos daughter works and paid half the normal council tax, it did not otherwise affect anything else. Thankfully things have changed so my daughter wont be as skint!
  • ged1980
    ged1980 Posts: 1,342 Forumite
    failinghappily wrote: »
    Many thanks folks! It will be a shock to them to have to contribute but glad they don't have to pay it all!


    Be proud they are working means you done a good job bringing them up ;)
    If you dont like me remember its mind over matter, I dont mind and you dont matter ;)
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    failinghappily wrote: »
    Many thanks folks! It will be a shock to them to have to contribute but glad they don't have to pay it all!
    It's not much anyway at only £2.85 per person per week.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • AsknAnswer2
    AsknAnswer2 Posts: 753 Forumite
    HappyMJ wrote: »
    It's not much anyway at only £2.85 per person per week.
    I'm not sure where you got that figure from but it is not the same figure for everyone. There are seperate non dependent deductions for housing benefit and council tax benefit and the deductions will be based on what the non dependant's earn.
  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    failinghappily wrote: »
    Many thanks folks! It will be a shock to them to have to contribute but glad they don't have to pay it all!

    You mean they don't contribute now?:eek:
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