Single mum: will I get full housing benefit if I`ll switch to working tax...
Hello everybody! Thanks for posting such usefull messages all the time. I`m a self employed single mum that works as a language teacher. In a couple of months I am due to start signing on as my girl...
View ArticleDoes this universal credit calculator include DLA, PIP payments?
HI folks, Just trying out the universal credit calculator at http://universal-credit-calculator.co.uk/free/ And getting the impression that it gives in estimated monies under universal credit such...
View ArticleESA - Eligible for subsidised travel?
Hello, I was on Income-Based JSA until very recently when I transferred to ESA. On JSA, I was eligible for a discount on public transpost via an authorised photocard. However, this has now expired and...
View ArticleMaternity Benefits
Hello all! Not sure if anyone can answer this question. Its on behalf of my sister-in-law. Basically she walked out of a job that made her very unhappy after more than 10 years just last month. In that...
View ArticleChild Tax Credit deducted from Income Support?
I'm a full Time carer for my wife and we have just had Our first child, and I've just applied for child tax credit before I applied for Child Tax Credit I was getting £59.75 carers £130.30 Income...
View ArticleESA Payment
Today I have received a letter confirming I will get initial payments of ESA of £70. The letter is dated 22nd April but there is no confirmation of the date of first payment. Could anyone tell me how...
View ArticleA "simple" change of address...
I'll try keep it brief. I have been on incapacity benefit & low rate care part DLA for 5 years now. I moved from one part of London to another in early 2011 & sure enough come the end of the...
View ArticleCarers allowance not paid this month?
My wife is a full time carer for our severely disabled son, she has claimed CA for about 4 years now without a hitch, the last payments we had were on 7th Jan, then 4th Feb, then 4th March and another...
View ArticleJSA Sanction!
Hello, I have worked pretty much all my life but a few years back we got in trouble with HMRC due to us not informing them that i had moved in with my partner. I have put this down to having a new baby...
View ArticleLate DLA payment
Hi everyone I am in receipt of DLA. It has always been paid exactly on the dot. However I didnt receive a payment to my bank account yesterday. I am worried that my DLA has been stopped for some...
View Articledla decision in my favour, no need to appeal, letter from tribunal refused
hi had ese tribunal who looked at my dla at same time, dla have changed decision in my favour, with out it going to appeal, i phoned appeals up to cansel my tribunal, but it still went ahead with out...
View Articlechild benefit question regarding pension
at the moment i signed my child benefit over to my hubby and it has been this way for over 2years i dont work i didnt want to sign on as i still had a little at home and couldnt commit to looking for a...
View ArticleSupport Group Without A Medical!!!
Just got my letter from DWP this morning!! I was so expecting a battle because my disease is so rare. God bless my GP and Consultant for there support letters and Medical Evidence. It says ill get...
View ArticleH/B and C/T Benefits investigation
I have been called to an investigation regarding me not telling the council I had become a full-time student and in receipt of a student loan. I mistakenly did not think either to let them know or that...
View ArticleESA ATOS assessment decision
I scored 0 points!!! how?? ive just got the letter to tell me i scored 0 points and some of the answers i explained quite clearly to him and the person at the assessment has put down the opposite!!! he...
View ArticleNot entitled to ANY benefit .... SKINT!
After visiting the job centre with my son yesterday I am absolutely fuming. I am currently on maternity pay @ £136.78 per week. My elder son (aged 18) has come to live with me after finishing college....
View Articleworking full time
Hi, I have recently moved back into my old marital home and look after my 2 children 3 days out of the week. I currently work 37.5hrs a week but like everyone I am finding it tough looking after the...
View ArticleJSA Letter I don't understand?! Help!
Hi guys I've recently (last Monday in fact) been dismissed from a role I was in for 3 1/2 years. I applied for JSA online on the 22nd and attended a registration meeting on Wednesday 25th. The JSA...
View Article"Interview under caution..."
Ok...i have just got home (i work away all week) and found a letter from my local authority stating that they wish to interview me under caution regarding suspected benefit fraud, specifically that i...
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