Please help new mum & benefits have been stopped

Albabe

Hi

You both dont need to go to Citizens Advice. They will help you but appointments are up to a month in advance in many cases. Have you put in for Child Benefit £33.70 a week for the twins? Do you get Housing and Council Tax Benefit? Your best bet is to phone Job Centre Plus and ask them what you should all be on. Sometimes going into Job Centre plus isnt the best way forward.

mrsiwannabefree wrote: »

I live with my partner who suffers from panic disorder & agrophobia. I haven't been able to claim carers as he's only on the lower rate of disability.
I became pregnant unexpectedly last year and when I tried to claim for us as a couple I encountered all sorts of problems. I was told I could only claim jobseekers & would have to go to the jobcentre 3 times a week to actively look for work. I was expecting twins & having to have weekly scans & hospital appts as well as care for my partner & explained that but was told I couldn't claim until I was 29 weeks.
At 29 weeks I claimed Income support at around £30 per week, I had the twins 4 weeks early and claimed child tax credit.
After a few weeks I was told my income support was being stopped and that my partner had to claim for me.
So we contacted incapacity benefit but was told that my partner couldn't claim for me or the children.
So we went back to income support who still said no it's your partner that must claim.
My benefits stopped at the end of March and we've been back & forth trying to sort out who can claim for what ~ it's stressing us both out as we're living on £100 per week incapacity & £100 per month dla
Trying to buy baby milk, nappies & food etc. on what we're getting is so hard
I went to a local counsellor who said he'd help but hasn't, I keep leaving voicemails for him & emailing but he doesn't reply
Citizens Advice say they can't see me at my local one, I have to go to the next town which is near on impossible with a partner that has agrophobia
I'm at my wits end, can someone please help

C_Mababejive

missapril75 wrote: »

Perhaps you're in need of a safety net before you drop dead.

Alas i fear there is and never will be a safety net for the likes of me. I could lie dying in the gutter and the state would not help me and why? I am working single heterosexual male.

epitome

Anubis wrote: »

As she was unable to claim Carers and her partner had IB which is CB then she was correctly put on JSA. Otherwise she could have claimed IS as a carer had she been allowed the allowance.

Wrong,
1) you don't even know if she ever claimed JSA, she has not said she did.
2) She had a choice which she was not made aware of, he could have claimed IS for both of them.

Not sure what you are talking about with the BC line - it clearly states on the Gov site to contact Jobcentre Plus - who will then give her the correct number to call if necessary. Additionally, you will see the credentials for IS - as she was refused carers allowance, it cannot be claimed.

You said "ask to be put through to IS" this is incorrect, I had already said what number she needs to call in #8.... the new claims number.

JSA was correct for her at the time before she was pregnant as she was fit and healthy and available to work (in the eyes of benefits agency.)

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/On_a_low_income/DG_10018708

But she wanted to care for her partner and she had that option if she wanted to take it, she was not made aware of the possibility of her partner claiming IS, it's not for you to decide what she should do. And again you have no idea that she did claim JSA, unless she is a regular here and has had previous threads that I am unaware of.

princessdon

C_Mababejive wrote: »

Alas i fear there is and never will be a safety net for the likes of me. I could lie dying in the gutter and the state would not help me and why? I am working single heterosexual male.

you neither need to be single or male - they don't discriminate - no help for hardworking full stop.

Anubis_2

epitome wrote: »

Wrong,
1) you don't even know if she ever claimed JSA, she has not said she did.
2) She had a choice which she was not made aware of, he could have claimed IS for both of them.

You said "ask to be put through to IS" this is incorrect, I had already said what number she needs to call in #8.... the new claims number.

But she wanted to care for her partner and she had that option if she wanted to take it, she was not made aware of the possibility of her partner claiming IS, it's not for you to decide what she should do. And again you have no idea that she did claim JSA, unless she is a regular here and has had previous threads that I am unaware of.

I was told I could only claim jobseekers & would have to go to the jobcentre 3 times a week to actively look for work. I was expecting twins & having to have weekly scans & hospital appts as well as care for my partner & explained that but was told I couldn't claim until I was 29 weeks

She was told she could ONLY claim JSA - this was correct at that time. Stop giving incorrect information out and confusing people. It's the last I have to say here so as not to confuse the poster any more.

It makes no difference for benefit purposes if she is caring for her partner UNLESS SHE RECEIVES CA. If she receives CA she does not have to claim JSA but can claim IS as a carer, but as she wasn't entitled to IS, then for benefit purposes before pregnancy she was a fully capable adult of working age for JSA purposes.

epitome

Anubis wrote: »

She was told she could ONLY claim JSA - this was correct at that time. Stop giving incorrect information out and confusing people. It's the last I have to say here so as not to confuse the poster any more.

You are wrong, wrong, and wrong again.
JSA was not **their** only option. If you re read #8 you will see I said it would have been the only thing **she** could claim, but equally she was not told HER PARTNER could claim IS instead of her claiming JSA and could have done so at ALL TIMES whilst they had no other income apart from IB & DLA.

It makes no difference for benefit purposes if she is caring for her partner UNLESS SHE RECEIVES CA. If she receives CA she does not have to claim JSA but can claim IS as a carer, but as she wasn't entitled to IS, then for benefit purposes before pregnancy she was a fully capable adult of working age for JSA purposes.

She did not want to work because she was caring for her partner, it is entirely her choice to decide this not yours. For the 100th time I am not saying *she* could claim IS or CA, I am saying *he* could claim IS. You are the one causing confusion. I am the only one who told the OP what benefit to claim, how to claim it and could have been claiming all along.

I notice you have finally stopped saying she *did* claim JSA because we simply do not know that this was the case.

Sixer

C_Mababejive wrote: »

Alas i fear there is and never will be a safety net for the likes of me. I could lie dying in the gutter and the state would not help me and why? I am working single heterosexual male.

Oh! I didn't realise JSA, WTC, CTB, HB, ESA and DLA weren't available to working, single, heterosexual males. How awful! I also didn't realise that the NHS refuses to treat DYING, working, single, heterosexual males. The fabric of society is clearly crumbling around me!

Anubis_2

epitome wrote: »

You are wrong, wrong, and wrong again.
JSA was not **their** only option. If you re read #8 you will see I said it would have been the only thing **she** could claim, but equally she was not told HER PARTNER could claim IS instead of her claiming JSA and could have done so at ALL TIMES whilst they had no other income apart from IB & DLA.

She did not want to work because she was caring for her partner, it is entirely her choice to decide this not yours. For the 100th time I am not saying *she* could claim IS or CA, I am saying *he* could claim IS. You are the one causing confusion. I am the only one who told the OP what benefit to claim, how to claim it and could have been claiming all along.

I notice you have finally stopped saying she *did* claim JSA because we simply do not know that this was the case.

Epitome, you have given a lot of incorrect information out on several threads. Infact at the very start of this thread you stated they BOTH HAVE to go on JSA even though he claims IB ...... "it's JSA for both of you now..."

I no longer wish to discuss this so as not to confuse the OP. We will have to agree to disagree but your information has been incorrect on a few threads now.

epitome

Anubis wrote: »

Epitome, you have given a lot of incorrect information out on several threads. Infact at the very start of this thread you stated they BOTH HAVE to go on JSA even though he claims IB ...... "it's JSA for both of you now..."

I no longer wish to discuss this so as not to confuse the OP. We will have to agree to disagree but your information has been incorrect on a few threads now.

Absolute rubbish

I already explained why I was mistaken in post 6 of this thread, unlike you, as soon as I see my mistake I will correct it, so I posted #8 which is correct, he can claim IS for both of them. You said nothing about that suggestion. It was only when she returned to say Welfare Rights said "we could claim IS" (note she did not say in whose name they should/could claim IS) that you then said WR is correct (how do you know they are correct she didn't say exactly what they said) & for him to claim IS as a top up in his name. Why didn't you suggest this before? How do you know WR said to claim "IS top up in his name"? Which is exactly what I said in #8.

The point is if it is valid for him to claim IS in his name now, it was also valid before she was pregnant, & during pregnancy & after the birth as long as there were no other primary benefits except IB. That means it was an option of either JSA in her name or IS in his name. An option, that by all accounts she was never made aware of.

sunnyone

epitome wrote: »

OP save yourself some time and just skip to post #8

Save yourself some time and enerygy and ignore this poster OP, they give out the wrong information all the time yet they still have the nerve to tell you to IGNORE everyone else and just to believe them.

They couldnt even be bothered to read your OP, that tells you all you need to know about them.

You have been given some very good advice by the other posters, try and follow that up and I hope you get it sorted out ASAP.