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Can you be underpaid housing benefit

Hi everyone, my first post in this section so please bear with me. Have had a letter today changing my housing benefit entitlement because of tax credits changing, fair enough all ok there. I studied...

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Part time work and JSA

Hi all, It's my first time posting on this section so hoping someone can help. I'm losing my job at the end of this month. I have been job hunting for the past several weeks and while I haven't managed...

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Working Tax Credits compliance, can someone help please?

I got a compliance letter for my tax credits from last year. I wasn't able to send them all the information they had requested, but I explained why I had to leave some out, and sent what I could. It's...

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More info requested for CTC renewal

Just a quickie - I sent in my renewal, have got my new award notice through telling me it will be £15 odd a month. Anyway, I've now received a letter requesting more info for 2012/13 childcare...

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Train Season Ticket as Employment Benefit

Hi there, does anyone know if its possible for your employer to buy your train ticket for you out of your gross salary, thereby avoiding tax on that amount? The only way I can find is if your workplace...

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Is anyone in this situation?

Good evening My youngest child is leaving home in September so I will be living alone. I was wondering if I will be entitled to any help with housing benefit. Im 42 and work 30 hours a week on a low...

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HB and going away for 2-3 weeks.

I was wondering if anyone knows what would happened to my HB if I want to go overseas for 2-3 weeks? I would tell the jobcentre and workprogramme so my JSA would stop during that time. Also a friend...

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please guide me

Hi Me and my wife are working full time and we are expecting a baby in November, My wife will get 90 days pay from her employer. We have never claimed any assistance from government before so please...

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New to this! Help!

My dad died suddenly last month and now we are wading through a mountain of paperwork..and grief and shock! But the world keeps turning and bills need paying. My mother is just below pension age and...

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please can you double check my maternity/tax credit calculations

Hi, I am trying to work out any tax credit entitlement I may get. Baby is due in july so full SMP will fall in this tax year which makes it abit easier to work out. I have just sent claim form for last...

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carers allowance

We get DLA middle rate care for our daughter. My wife's weekly income is above the £100 a week threshold for claiming carers allowance. However, the claim form states: Working out your weekly earnings...

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Child dla award

Hi My daughter finally got awarded her dla, high rate care. I currently receive dla and income support and was told by my personal advisor at the jobcentre that I would be worse off by claiming carers...

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JSA Faster Payment Help!

Hi, I should have been paid today as I signed on Monday but nothing went in so I phoned up the DWP to ask why and they advised that no money had been sent out due to them waiting on the HMRC download...

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"Get Britain Working" payment?!

I signed off as self employed last week, and got a payment into my account on Tuesday for £130, which I assumed was my first payment of New Enterprise Allowance, but got a letter today saying it was a...

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Benefits to self employed

Hello all, I am a long term Incapacity Benefit claimant, suffered for a long time with depression and mental health issues. Over the past few months I've been gradually on the mend and am finally at...

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Wfi

I have to go to my first Work Focused Interview next week. Would anyone be able to explain what to expect? They say I can take someone with me. Can I request to go to a private room as i I don't deal...

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Benefits Query

I'd be grateful if somebody could offer a bit of clarity to the benefits system for me please. Basically, I'm self employed (just started and not yet running at a profit so I'm not taking an income as...

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Help with Child Maintenance

Hi All Now before anyone gets the wrong idea I am not in any way shape or form disagreeing that I have to pay child maintenance to my ex partner. Anyway, I set up a new arrangement with the CSA to pay...

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ESA: Placed into group

I am (registered) partially sighted which severely limits the jobs I can undertake. I applied for ESA while job hunting. I'm a little naive and just need someone to clarify what a few things mean. I...

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Benefits query after redundancy

Hi, hope someone can give me some advice. After nearly 6 years of working P/Time, i have gone thru the redundancy procedure with my company, my last date is 12th June. I am ok with this, and as far as...

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