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Working Tax Credits - Can the 16hrs Be Split By 2?
OH is a part time student & I'm on maternity leave from work. I don't really want to go back as our son is only 6 months old. To get working tax credits we have to be doing 16hrs a week. OH has offered to work but can only do a set amount of hrs a wk, I wondered if I could top them up to 16hrs or does the 16hrs have to be…
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Pregnant, incapacity benefit to IS and mortgage help
Hi, Can anyone help with this please??! I am 33 weeks pregnant and have been getting incapacity benefit since I was 6 weeks. Before that I hadn't worked for 6 months but until then had always worked and paid tax and NI. I have a mortgage to pay and so was told to claim income support top ups which I have been turned down…
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am in right
am i right in thinking that if someone owes natioal insurance cos they where a sub contractor and they dint pay there stamp then they car nt claim anything now the out of work
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DLA when in receipt of RTWC
Some users will already know some of this information but many won't. I had an operation this time last year which left me with a stoma. Only yesterday, when a magazine came in the post related to stomas, did I realise two things: 1) I am actually classed as disabled under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 2) I could…
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JSA and Savings - Please help.
Hi, According to JCP (Job Centre Plus) you may have up to £6000 of savings untill it affects your claim on JSA. At the time of claiming I had about £1000 which I told them about. But since then with the aid of saving up a bit of JSA and xmas/birthday present money I have gotten up to about £4700 or so pounds. It is still…
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Help Needed Recovery Of Hb Overpaynment But With A Strange Twist: Can They Do This?
Ok so i'm not sure if I'm posting this in the correct place but here goes... Sorry but it's Long LOL When my husband died in may 2006 It took me a couple of weeks to get my head straight and sort out some things, My housing benefit being one of those things. Approx 2 weeks after he died I called to ask what I needed to do…
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made to leave job
Hi All, I hope someone will beable to advise me on my problem, to cut a long story short i used to work for a family run buisness, in november i was off sick for 3 weeks and i went back with sick notes from my doctor still my immediate boss was not happy that i'd been off even though she could tell i was too ill to be back…
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Cold weather payments more to come?
With the upcoming cold weather due to set in over the weekend and next week looking to be a cold one for the whole of the uk do we all think there will be a lot more cold weather payments being set off? if so i would say the first payments of this new cold weather could be paid week after next,what do others think?
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Policy payout on means-tested benefits
I have a query from a friend. They are on IB & get a IS top-up & DLA. They were paying into a policy while working and continued to pay the monthly amount when they had to give up work due to ill health. Due to market conditions it was not performing well so has decided to cut their losses and cash it in as the policy now…
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Joint claim for jsa issues
ok my partner has just been made reduant from his job , so rang up to apply for jsa and because im on incapcity benefit they are telling us we have to make a joint claim for jsa:confused: :confused: now , im not able physically to look for work so i blatantly dont meet the criteria for the joint claim apparently they have…
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Ib & Is
just after some advice quickly as very confused!! Was working up to 2 years ago...i pulled my back working as a care assistant off for 7 weeks then found out i was pregnant and couldnt do any heavy lifting cos of pregnancy and weak back. Working 11 hr night shifts the other person was getting grumpy as i could do most jobs…
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borrowing money and JSA
During a (hopefully brief) JSA IB benefit claim if there was some way to borrow more money to cover the mortgage, council tax, electric, gas etc would this effect your benefit claim ? If yes, how would it be treated ? As income, savings, immediately stop your claim etc Would there be any distinction depending where the…
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information please thantos...
i have applied for dla for depression anxiety attacks and panic attacks, i have been refused it is now going to tribunal, but in the meantime i have had pains as i can only describe as all over my body. I thought this was connected to my depression, i failed to put this in my claim. I have since been to see my…
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how much will they pay Mortgage int releif
mortgage is 340 per month, i think they will pay half the interest as its a joint mortgage.... How much am i looking at receiving and will they pay it to me in my JSA or direct to the mortgage company!! :beer: Thaks
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Child Tax Credits for Children between 16 - 18
Hi I have two children my son 12 and my daughter 16 who left school last year, since then she has been trying to find a job unsuccessfully. Her qualifications are not sufficient, not enough job experience or she is under 18. My CTC's have now stopped for her including my child benefit. She is registered with connexions so…
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help mother very ill
can anyone help please mother inlaw seriously ill and may well not make it thus this may not aplly but if she does will need long term care she has COPD , PE, THROMBOSIS AND CHRONIC DEPRESSION PROBLEMS Hubby has suggested i give up work to look after her if she gets home! She is on Pension credit of just over £110 pw has a…
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3 kids ok but can't claim if you have 2 - what a joke
My water supplier Essex & Suffolk Water have sent me an application form for WaterSure. An assistance programme for benefit claimaints. Well it says: 1) Are you receiving a benefit from this list 2)Do you have any medical conditions 3) Do you receive benefit for three or more children under 19 living in your household? If…
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Student Question on JSA application
If you are unemployed, and studying from home for CIMA qualifications (professional accountancy qualification), do you answer yes or no to 'Are you a student?' Will not and have not attended classes, have not enrolled anywhere, just self learning and will take exams twice a year, if keep on track. Thanks in advance
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When JSA paid into my account?
Hi There I had my first meeting with the job centre a month ago and then went for my 1st ob check in a week later and was told to go every 2 weeks - the next one is next week but I still havent been paid yet how long does it usualyl take?
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unused income tax allowance - does it get carried over?
long term unemployed -only done a few weeks work in 08/09 tax year :-( anyone know what happens to income tax allowance, if no job found (god forbid) by end of this tax year- does it get added to next year, or forfeited? ..or (I wish but reckon its unlikely!) , maybe even paid out as a rebate, as technically my 'earnings'…