son leaves college july and i only work 16hrs

BigAunty

Murgatroyd21 wrote: »

Unless you meet some other criteria you need to be working a minimum of 30 hours per week to continue to get wtc.
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Actually, that's a very good point and I fear I gave incorrect advice in my earlier post about lone parents only requiring to work 16 hours.

If her son is the youngest child, then of course, she is no longer a lone parent because he is no longer considered a dependent!

so yes, loss of both WTC and CTC in that scenario, if she has no children, only adult non-dependents.

BigAunty

anguk wrote: »

I'm in a similar position, my daughter leaves 6th form this summer then hopefully goes to university in September, but I won't be able to go out to work because I'm a full-time carer for my husband. We don't get CTC because we're still under the old system and we get money for our daughter in with my husbands Incapacity Benefit,...

Forgive my ignorance - what old system are you talking about that makes you ineligible for CTC?

Spendless

What sort of shop only opens 16 hours per week? In your circs I'd look for something f-time, even if you find something for 30 hours with WTC topping up there's no guarantee that the Government or subsequent ones won't move the goal posts and stop it.

Caz3121

Unless you have only recently become a single parent, you should really have been preparing for this over the last x years rather than 4 months before it is going to happen. With a 19 year old, childcare would not have been an issue for a number of years

BigAunty

Spendless wrote: »

What sort of shop only opens 16 hours per week? ...

In the OPs historic posts, she said she worked in a chipshop but was also on sickleave, was looking into SSP or ESA.

kingfisherblue

anguk wrote: »

I'm in a similar position, my daughter leaves 6th form this summer then hopefully goes to university in September, but I won't be able to go out to work because I'm a full-time carer for my husband. We don't get CTC because we're still under the old system and we get money for our daughter in with my husbands Incapacity Benefit, I'm cutting back now and trying my hardest to clear any debts because we're going to have quite a drop in income.

If you are a carer, I don't think you would not have to meet the requirements - I am assuming that your husband receives DLA middle or higher rate and you can claim Carer's Allowance.

Dunroamin

anguk wrote: »

I'm in a similar position, my daughter leaves 6th form this summer then hopefully goes to university in September, but I won't be able to go out to work because I'm a full-time carer for my husband. We don't get CTC because we're still under the old system and we get money for our daughter in with my husbands Incapacity Benefit, I'm cutting back now and trying my hardest to clear any debts because we're going to have quite a drop in income.

Don't forget how much your outgoing will go down when your daughter leaves for university - you may find that you're not that much worse off.

[Deleted User]

emmasgirl wrote: »

omg! and i thought i had problems .................. i only earn £98 aweek - what am i supposed to pay rent n live off untill i find a 30 hr week job?

Well as per your other posts... Why are you not getting Housing Benefit at the moment?

emmasgirl

Spendless wrote: »

What sort of shop only opens 16 hours per week?

A chip shop that only opens dinner-time due to its location

emmasgirl

Deleted_User wrote: »

Well as per your other posts... Why are you not getting Housing Benefit at the moment?

I put in a claim when i started work but apparently i wasn't intitled to any HB OR CTB due to £134 C/WTC and my 16hrs @ min wage