carers allowance

carol9uk

i have informed today that because my wage is going up to living wage i will no longer be getting allowance. i am worried and will have to look for a full time job.

Darksparkle

What is your question specifically?

You need to earn no more than £110 a week (after taxes, care costs while you’re at work and 50% of what you pay into your pension).

marliepanda

I'm guessing you work 16 hours. You can either drop to 15 to retain CA or take on an extra 9 (roughly) to cover the loss of CA.

You don't necessarily have to look for FT, if that worries you.

carol9uk

yes i work 16 hours, if i drop to 15 hours i would lose my wtc.

i sure i am not the only one who would lose this, i was making people aware of what will happen.

tomtontom

Who do you care for, is it a child at school? If so there would certainly be scope to work the extra hours whilst your child is otherwise occupied, unless they are only there part time?

Darksparkle

carol9uk wrote: »

yes i work 16 hours, if i drop to 15 hours i would lose my wtc.

i sure i am not the only one who would lose this, i was making people aware of what will happen.

Yes there have been a few posts about this recently.

Is working the additional 9hrs per week an option?

carol9uk

where are the post Darksparkle ? i have been offered more work at work. just worried about wtc

thanks

Darksparkle

carol9uk wrote: »

where are the post Darksparkle ? i have been offered more work at work. just worried about wtc

thanks

Couldn't say specifically given the number of threads started each day. You could try the search function? It won't tell you anything more than what you already know yourself though.

Earning more will reduce your WTC by 41p for every £1 earned. However you would be losing carers allowance and increasing earnings so the total income shouldn't change/

You could use a benefit calculator such as entitledto to try various scenarios.