Housing benefit - is it paid in arrears?
Hello In my partners previous job we received £55 per week in housing benefit. Our last payment was 19th April. We are paid fortnightly. My partner started a new job on April 16th, which has reduced...
View ArticleJSA and starting work
Please can somebody answer this for me I'm due to sign on tomorrow morning. I have just got back from an interview and have been offered a job on the spot to start at 9am tomorrow. I can't get hold of...
View ArticleChild Tax Credit backdated?
In January my daughter left work, she was told that her Child Tax Credit would end. It ended in January. Since then she didn't receive anything, her daughter is five. Last week, after getting a job,...
View Articlewarm home discount scheme
Hi I've tried phoning EON on this but they couldn't help. Please could you tell me if I can claim Warm Home Discount for my adult daughter who lives with us and is on ESA Support Group and DLA LRM...
View ArticleSSP Can my employer demand it back
I have just received a new contract at work that states if I claim SSP while of sick and then gain compensation from a third party for the accident they want the SSP back. Can they do this?
View ArticleDesperate for help - mum and dad.
Hello all! My mum and dad have found themselves in a sticky situation. My dad is as stubborn as they come and you cant talk to him about anything like this, I have now got their financial circumstances...
View ArticleIncome support
Hi I am self employed I have even for 15 years, I still have work coming in but not a great deal, I want to claim income support and I appear to be entitled, my partner will not consent to me sharing...
View ArticleTax Credit Renewal Childcare Costs Frustration
Hi All, I've just called up to renew my tax credits claim and when I asked the woman if I could update my childcare costs she said the system told her not to as a letter was sent to me on 25th April. I...
View Articleneed help reclaiming disabled tax credits
In the past year or so, the courts found that hmrc had to allow people who had previously denied reclaiming disabled tax credits which had been wrongly calculated by hmrc, we fall into this category...
View ArticleUniversal Credit
I was looking at the government website for a information about universal credit and did the online calculator, it asks various questions about your work and finances. But when it comes to partner...
View ArticleEnding a claim for JSA and receiving back payments...
Hi everyone, since February I have been receiving JSA, but just over a week ago (23rd April) I started a new full time job. I posted my filled in ES40 form to the local Job Centre in an envelope the...
View ArticleThird baby...childcare costs panic :(
I'm really worrying about childcare costs when universal credit comes in :( I am 24 with three children (almost, my third is due in 4 weeks) earning £30,000 per annum. Childcare costs are £545 per week...
View ArticleComplicated situation and benefits
My husband and I are in process of setting of a support website and as such set up a Ltd company. I was employed as a civil servant but due to family circumstances left and currently am working through...
View ArticleHousing & Council Tax Overpayment :(
I just had a review of my benefits and ive got a benefit overpayment of around £725 rent and £275 council tax When i moved into my flat around 18 months ago and started claiming, i took in all...
View ArticleAppealed DLA claim and today recieved letter
I put a claim for DLA in last December and it got refused so i appealed and they were awaiting on a gp report last week but today i recieved a letter confirming my bank details and saying all future...
View ArticleESA1 fit notes.
Probably an obvious question but with the ESA1 form should you provide a fit note and other evidence or is that more suited to the ESA50 form?
View ArticleWorking Tax with disability element - qualifying criteria ?
Can anyone advise if this has changed ? I have always received this because I have been unable to work full time, I get DLA at lower rate, and worked part time. I understood you had to be in receipt of...
View ArticleTax Credits - Changing from Weekly to Monthly
Hi, does anyone know how smooth the process is for this? I really want to change from weekly to monthly (or 4 weekly whichever it is) payments so I can just have one tax credit coming in and one...
View Articleconfused !!!
I am in the process of changing from full time employment to part time as my contract is coming to an end. I have just entered my details into the turn to us website and when I use my income from last...
View Articleeverything is going wrong need advice pls
Where to start, my parnter finally got a job at the beginning of the year after being unemployed for a while, he does the domestics in a care home. Anyway shortly after working there, his mother has...
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