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Your mum should be able to claim housing benefit, council tax benefit & pension credit.
I think they would take into account your dads income to access if he has to pay towards a care home & then he would be left with an allowance for himself.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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The won the bungalow so she wouldn't get housing benefit would she?beanielou said:Your mum should be able to claim housing benefit, council tax benefit & pension credit.
I think they would take into account your dads income to access if he has to pay towards a care home & then he would be left with an allowance for himself.
edit they didn't win it 🤣 own itSealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:0 -
Ok.
She can still claim council tax reduction & pesion credit though
I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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Thanks, she is fretting 😥😥 hopefully it won't come to it though 🤞🤞🤞beanielou said:Ok.
She can still claim council tax reduction & pesion credit thoughSealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:0 -
Great NSV @beanielou. The suggestions from others are great. I would second jacket potatoes or soup - pence to make if you can bulk out with carrots or YS veg. Or pasta with tomato based sauces. Sorry that you’re in this predicament xx
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@Coxy11 those additions sound delicious. I’ve pulled another portion of BNS Soup out of the freezer for lunch tomorrow and think I’ll stir in a tsp of Kashmiri Tomato Chutney from Hawkshead Relish Company. I put the nutritional information through the Syns Estimator and it’s half a Syn for a tbsp.Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!
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Attended group tonight and lost 1lb which I’m pleased about. I had stuck to my food plan although:-
(a) someone left 2 x chocolates on my desk at work
(b) I found a bag in my desk drawer containing 4 x Haribo Star Mix
(c) I was starving when I got in from group and ate some Wensleydale and Apricot cheese.
oh well, it could have been worse.Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!
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Can I just ask what BNS soup is please?Thx
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@Abbafan1972 Butter Nut Squash xBack for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!
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Thank you. 😊VALM said:@Abbafan1972 Butter Nut Squash xStriving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £26,322.670
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