Complete imcompetence :(
I am absolutely livid with HMRC's incompetent service. Today I received notification from my ex husband that he had received my Tax Credit award summary for April 2012 - April 2013. I...
View ArticleBereavement benefit coming to an end can I submit esa claim now?
My MIL (61) has been on bereavement benefit for almost a year, it is due to finish mid June but due to health problems she will not be fit for work. Can she submit her esa claim before the bereavement...
View ArticleCarers/Income support??
I have fed a scenario through entitled to website. It showed amount of income support/ctc I would be entitled to. Would carers allowance be on top of that or included? Also I know mortgage interest is...
View ArticleHousing benefit new claim after overpayment
Please please leave sone well needed advise!! My mother and I had an overpayment of Housing benefit last year which we are now paying back. We left this property and I started a new claim in a...
View ArticleCompletlly Confused - Working Tax Credits / Benefits / Self Employed
Hi, I have tried looking online for the answers to these questions but as its a complex mesh of all of the above - I cannot find it. Hope someone knows where i stand with this... I am a carer for my...
View ArticleESA contribution based- making voluntary NI payments
Would it be possible to make voluntary NI payments in order to qualify for ESA (contributory based).....thanks ed
View ArticleIncapacity Benefit
Hi all Looking for some advice. I have a number of health issues, one of them severe clinical depression as diagnosed by two senior psychiatrists and have been actively known to the mental health...
View ArticleBenefit: married + baby + full-time study ?
Hi, We are married, I am in full-time study, my wife works in freelance. We are going to have a baby. What help (benefit) can we get ?
View ArticleTax credits on maternity leave
Hi, i have recently started maternity leave after giving birth to our first little boy, we have tried to claim benefits for the first time including child tax credit/working tax credit but have been...
View ArticleRegarding getting on housing benefit
Hi all, Been an occasional lurker here for years, but this is the first time I've had a reason to actually create an account and post. I'm in a situation which isn't currently a problem, but will...
View ArticleBenifits for a part time employed 22 year old
I wonder if someone could state simply for me what my son (22) is entitled to. He is living away from home at his university town having graduated last July. He has a part time bar job and also earns...
View ArticleNew addition to house
I have to put up a relative for a short time (months) whilst they locate housing either private or via the homeless route. We claim ESA support group, Housing Benefit week £60 odd and council tax...
View ArticleHelp!!!!!!
Hi guys, please help i'm so sick of being treated like a scrounger or a criminal, i'm 37 years old and ive worked since I left school apart from when ive had my children or when ive being ill. I'm...
View ArticleES10 Form has arrived, but ?
The IS10 form for severe disability premium has arrived but nowhere on the form does it ask for any dates when I started to live alone or dates when my DLA was granted or had no carer. How will they...
View ArticleBenefits for self employed.
I am self employed courier. I have been diagnosed with kidney cancer and I am having surgery to remove the kidney and spleen. Can anyone advice me on whether I am entitled to any financial help whilst...
View ArticleUrgent, Incapacity benfefit
Not sure I am asking in the right place but I am currently in receipt of IB and DLA. I have just received a letter from the DWP to say that they will be phoning me in the next two weeks to discuss...
View ArticleDla
Just thinking... Can a person with epilepsy claim DLA care even though they don't have clue when the fit will occur? Thanks
View ArticleHousing benefit on two houses...
I'm about to find out if I have got a house with a different housing association. If I'm successful, the move in date is 29/05 (yes, really) obviously I have to give 4 weeks notice for my current place...
View ArticleIS10 form no return address
Just filled in my form for SDP to be added to my ESA, go to find the return envelope and there isn't one. There is also no return address on the form itself. Any ideas anyone?
View ArticleDLA appeal
I would be grateful if someone maybe able to help me. My husband has been in receipt of dla low rate for care for the last 12 months. After being in and out of hospital since November 2012 he has now...
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