Child benefit & Tax Credits
Hi, I'm new to this so hope I'm posting in the right place. My partner has always had regular contact with his son since he was little. In the past 12mths since he moved in with me we have had his son...
View Articleare budgeting loans stopping if so when?!
hiya Im wanting to no if budgeting loans are stopping If so when Thank you
View ArticleAnyone have issues with their evidence when claiming their first benefit?
After 4 year of working part time at minimum wage Ive finally had to bite the bullet and see if Im able to claim any benefits, as Im really struggling. To be honest, Im really embarrassed by it....
View ArticleCar Mileage Allowance
Hi, I hope someone can please help me. My colleagues and I work for a firm of surveyors, and our job requires us to clock up considerable business miles. We are given a car allowance, and with that...
View ArticleAnother crazy benefit rule - have I got this right?
My son has finished Uni but is going back after Christmas - It appears that the housing benefit/council tax benefit rule is that we lose about £60 per month as we have him living with us. If he signs...
View ArticleBedroom tax..
Not a question as such. Just to say i applied for a transfer to a 1bed property last week and received a phone call today offering me a 1 bed!!! To say i was shocked is an understatement!! I am phoning...
View ArticlePension Credit and mortgage payments!
My Mum is widowed and got Pension Credit last year and they have just started to give her help with her mortgage payments. She has a mortgage split into 3 loans and they are paying the interest on 2 of...
View ArticleQuestion re Discretionary Housing Payment
On all the literature I've read about DHP, it says that it's only paid for short periods of time; so would you keep having to reapply for it after a certain period, like a bus pass or blue badge?
View ArticleSsp1
I have made a new claim for esa as I was let go when i returned from being off sick (I was getting SSP for two weeks but when my sick note ran out I went in, even though i was still ill, as i didn't...
View ArticlePension Credit - How long can they wait for evidence
A friend has asked me to ask this question He put in a claim for PC on the 13th March 2013 received by the Pension service on the 18th, but didn't send any evidence in supporting the claim (income from...
View ArticleSimple JSA question, hopefully!
I was made redundant two weeks ago, got a very small redundancy payment, far below the 6k and have no savings. I immediatly put in a claim for JSA. I had my initial interview and all seemed fine. Due...
View ArticleOverpaid Fuel Direct
If DWP have paid so much in Fuel Direct, and continued to pay when asked to stop, to the point when the claimant is massively in credit with energy suppliers but short of money for rent :( how can the...
View ArticleAnother ESA question sorry!!!
My sister still hasn't heard back about whether she has to have an ATOS assessment. But I have another question. My question is: if you get put in the support group - so you're not hounded to find...
View Articlehelp with savings and jsa
hi i am being audited about by jsa by a false claim that i was working self employed. and the jsa want to see my bank account which i am ok with but when looking at i t i realised i had just over a...
View ArticleAbolishion of DLA and Disabled Element of WTC
Just something I'm wondering. My sister gets high rate mobility DLA. With the conversion into PIP I was just wondering; with PIP if she doesn't qualify does that mean she will lose the disabled element...
View ArticleHelp for friend
Hi all, please could you advise me on how to help my friend. She's split up with her OH and they have a child (under 3) She wants to move back to her home town as all her friends and some family live...
View ArticleSigned detailed statement from landlord RE HB....
Hi I'm making a claim for housing benefit, it asks for a detailed, signed statement from landlord as well as tenancy agreement, I don't know what they mean by the statement? I'm hold to the council to...
View ArticleRename Benefits & Tax Credits sub forum "Universal Benefits"
Do you think a more apt title for this sub forum should be "Universal Benefits"? Tax credits are being phased out and surely they are working benefits anyway, so do you consider yourself on benefits if...
View ArticleSanctions
With all this fuss about benefits, work and poverty I am curious of emergency situations. Situations where one is without work, on benefits and gets sanctioned due to consecutive error (regardless of...
View ArticleIs IB to Esa migration form the same as new claim ESA form?
Hi, I got a letter last week telling me I am being migrated to ESA from IB. They are going to ring me and no doubt send me an ESA50 to fill in as its my normal review date with IB anyways. I went into...
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