Benefits living with partner

Blondie1988

Just wondering if anyone can help me as I know very little about benefits and have never claimed before.

Up until recently I have worked in a full time job but had to leave due to illness (I have recently been diagnosed with ME) i live wkth my partner. My partner bought a house about a year and a half ago, the house is in his name and I pay £300 a month towards the bills. My partner works full time but that's his money and he pays the bills. I've been left with no income and no money. I still have bills to pay ext such as car insurance, phone bill, my 'rent' and I'm struggling. I can't expect my partner to give me all his money. Is there any way I could claim a benefit or would my partner be expected to pay for me.

Thanks

xapprenticex

Your partners income will be taken into consideration.

You should be able to get contribution based JSA for 6 months though but after that, you will have to rely on friends and family. That depends on how long you have worked and what contributions you have made.

But are you after JSA and not ESA/DLA?

Best bet is using a benefits calculator. Enter everything accurately and you will know for sure where you stand.

https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

Mojisola

Blondie1988 wrote: »

Up until recently I have worked in a full time job but had to leave due to illness (I have recently been diagnosed with ME)

i live wkth my partner.

My partner works full time but that's his money and he pays the bills. I

I've been left with no income and no money. I still have bills to pay ext such as car insurance, phone bill, my 'rent' and I'm struggling.

would my partner be expected to pay for me.

If you and your 'partner' are a couple, you would be expected to support each other. Would you leave him struggling financially if he had lost his job?

If you aren't in that kind of relationship, perhaps you should move out and then claim as a single person.

ohreally

You refer to partner but I don't see much evidence of partnership. If you are a couple there should to be mutual support.

xapprenticex

We dont live in the good old days where the man looked after the woman, its all equal nowadays... So i can see why OP would not be comfortable living off her partner, it would probably feel like giving up a piece of her self esteem.

If i lived with my partner and she was supporting me 100% I'd feel like !!!! about it, male pride maybe but it is what it is.

But at the same time, i wouldn't have an issue supporting my partner if she fell out of work and was looking. If she was stupid and got the sack I'd be less sympathetic.

TELLIT01

If you are unable to work you should claim ESA, assuming your GP will provide you with a medical certificate confirming your illness.
As you were working full time you should be able to get Contributions based ESA which will be a flat rate payment of approximately £73 per week. That will be payable for a maximum of 365 days, unless you are assessed as being in the Support Group, which is unlikely with ME.
In order to claim ANY Income Related benefits your household income will be assessed and that will include your partner's income and working hours. As your partner is working over 24 hours per week you will basically have no entitlement to Income Related benefit.
Irrespective of how you and your partner view your incomes, DWP expects partners to support each other if and when the need arises.

sangie595

xapprenticex wrote: »

We dont live in the good old days where the man looked after the woman, its all equal nowadays... So i can see why OP would not be comfortable living off her partner, it would probably feel like giving up a piece of her self esteem.
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Where does it say that the partner is female? A partnership - of any sort - is about sharing, not living off the other person. So gender is irrelevant. Equality is not defined by economic choices either, so having one wage earner is not, in itself, unequal. If the relationship only functions effectively when both people are earning, and both need to earn money in order for the relationship to survive, then it isn't a partnership.

xapprenticex

I don't believe the partner is female, the partner is male.

sangie595 wrote: »

Where does it say that the partner is female? A partnership - of any sort - is about sharing, not living off the other person. So gender is irrelevant. Equality is not defined by economic choices either, so having one wage earner is not, in itself, unequal. If the relationship only functions effectively when both people are earning, and both need to earn money in order for the relationship to survive, then it isn't a partnership.

RichardD1970

The partner is male, the use of he/him in the OP.

There is no indication of the gender of the OP other than the user name, which could be either.

Still doesn't invalidate Sangie's point regardless.

sangie595

xapprenticex wrote: »

I don't believe the partner is female, the partner is male.

I was actually referring to the OP! There are two partners.

boliston

sangie595 wrote: »

.... If the relationship only functions effectively when both people are earning, and both need to earn money in order for the relationship to survive, then it isn't a partnership.

I think you will find that these days having only one partner working is simply not possible unless that partner is a high earner - people on average or below average incomes would have a lot of difficulty on a single income.