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Housing benefit help!! 16 year old working
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pmlindyloo wrote: »Your best bet is for your son to register with Connexions
https://www.gov.uk/child-tax-credit-when-child-reaches-16
You can then claim CB and child tax credits for him for 20 weeks.
He can still work but will have to work under 24 hrs a week.
Many areas, including Hampshire, no longer have Connexions services.
Much better for him to work full time (as it appears he can at present) and stop claiming for him.0 -
This is confusing.As a mother of 18 and 16 year old sons i thought the 16 year old couldnt get a job at 16 and had to be in some sort of further education or training.0
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