Child Benefit Cuts Jan 2013 - Expat non-tax payer?
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Hi I would like to ask for advice from you wise folk :-) My brother (39) has quite severe learning disabilities, he lives in a local authority flat by himself and is independent and able to look after...
View ArticleI quit my job, can I get any benefits?
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View Articleincapacity benefit christmas payment advice needed
its due 1st of jan when will i get it thanks :j
View ArticleHousing Benefit Payment Over Christmas
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View ArticleJSA - NI Contributions shortfall, what to do?
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View ArticleMoving off Income Support (Carers based)
It's possible I may be moving off carer's allowance in the near future, I know I will have 8 weeks to get my affairs in order but am unsure as to what will then happen. Several years ago I became a...
View ArticleJSA(IB) and CTC query
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View ArticlePlease help. Benefits underpayment?
Please bear with me here. I think we may have been underpaid. Our award was finally given last week after almost 3 months since submitting the claim. We have been awarded £45 PW for X weeks, then £115,...
View ArticleTopping up National Insurance cont...
If you are short of National Insurance Contributions in terms of getting Job Seekers Allowance can you to up your NI contributions for the tax year(s) in question to then entitle you to JSA. It looks...
View ArticleHelp! Confusing Social Fund Funeral Payment decicion thats taken 4 and a half...
Hi, Not sure if anyone can offer advice but last week I got a letter out of the blue from the Social fund about a claim I made in 2008 for a Funeral Payment. I applied for this when my daughter died...
View ArticleBenefit payments over Christmas
Hi, could anyway please tell me the benefit payment dates for Christmas? My usual date for my DLA falls on December 25th and as this is a bank holiday i'm not sure when the payment will go in. Have...
View ArticleIs this correct....JSA ?
I just phoned JSA to understand in more detail why I have been refused JSA Contributions based and the person I spoke to said it was because I had not paid NI contributions for at least 50 weeks of the...
View ArticleJSA & living with student.
Me and my house mate are currently both on JSA-income based. In September he's going to uni so will be coming off JSA and getting the uni loan/grant which he will be using to live off until he finds...
View ArticleESA benefit - how will one partner going back to work affect it?
My partner is currently unable to work due to a head injury, he gets ESA benefit and is in the 'support' group and is not due to be re-assessed for another six months. I am not working at the moment...
View ArticleDisability living allowance - the forecast results of changes over to PIP.
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View ArticleCost of living.. advice please
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View ArticleUnemployment Benefit
Back in the 1990's someone I knew was on Unemployment Benefit (or whatever they call it nowadays) who was over 60 and was told although he still had to sign on he did not have to actively seek work...
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