15 hours free nursery
Hi. Not sure if this is the right forum but here goes. My boys currently go to nursery but I have to take them out of it next month as being made redundant so can't afford it. My older boy is 3 next...
View Articlehelp for working son
Son is under 25 and is about to move into a one bed flat at the cost of £350 a month plus council tax etc. He works over 30 hrs a week can he get any housing benefit to help with the rent. He earns...
View ArticleFree glasses - Tax Credits
I am on the disability part of working tax credits and have been sent a NHS TAX CREDIT EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE Do you have to pay for dental treatment and sight tests and claim the money back or do the...
View ArticleHelp understanding tax credits VS childcare Vouchers
Hi All, My brain is all muddled now with figures and I'm wondering if someone can help us out! Our nursery bill is £560 per month (for 2.5 days a week for one child), and currently we pay £243 each...
View ArticleSign on weekly.
Just seen the new plans by the Government to make JSA claimants sign on weekly rather than fortnightly. Good or bad idea? Sorry posted in wrong place and have reposted in discussion time
View ArticleTax Credits and son staying on school
Our new award has arrived and the payments are only till 31st August because my son will be 16, however he is stopping at school for a further 2 years,he is certain he is stopping on but do i need...
View Articleworking 7 hours and jsa
Hi i wonder if anyone can give me some advice.My daughter was claiming jsa then started working 28 hours a week in a shop including saturday and sunday then her boss dicided it was not worth opening...
View ArticleHow long a wait for ESA backpay?
Hi, My husband won his ESA tribunal on 10th June after a long 14 months wait. The guy where the tribunal took place informed us it would be a couple of weeks until we received the 14 months backdate we...
View ArticleChild tax credit question
Hi all, I hope someone can help me here. There is a long back story to this question, but the essentials of it are this: My brother-in-law is due to move in with myself and my husband, he is in...
View ArticleIncome support and child maintenance
I am on income support as a lone parent due to having a two year old, I have finally won a court order from my soon to be ex husband to pay child maintenance. CSA are not involved due to the fact he...
View ArticleOverpayment on tax credits, when does it get paid back?
I called tax credits when my mat pay stopped after 9 months to advise them that I would be going onto unpaid leave and what my earnings would be for the next tax year once I go back to work etc. I got...
View Articlehousing benefit
hi dose any one no how much you can earn and still get full housing benefit i can't find the info online thanks
View ArticleESA Adjustment Delays
My first post here so hello everyone. After about a year of waiting I had my ESA tribunal hearing in April when the original decision to stop my ESA was set aside which means that I'm due an increase...
View ArticlePrivate Renter - Do I HAVE to declare Housing Benefit?
Hi All, hope you can help. My DH and twin DDs are looking to move out of our 2 bed private rented house to somewhere with a bit more space! It's been 8 years since we last moved house and the lettings...
View ArticleEvidence of children etc./ hobbies/etc
have a 'generic' letter from tc saying that info i've provided them is different from before (it isnt) and now they have no record of my children..? I am having to collate everything from birth certs,...
View ArticleUnfair jsa sanction leaving me without a penny?!
I had a job which I had been in for a few months, but I had been having talks with my old manager about getting my old job back. He said he was happy with everything and gave me a verbal job offer and...
View Articlewill i be able to claim anything?
hi, I was wondering if any one could help, I moved from wales to live with my partner in Hereford two years ago . I rented out my house, which I own outright, now my partner doesn't want the...
View ArticleWaiting time for P45 from JobCentre?
Hi all, Am really in need of your help with a problem I'm experiencing with the JobCentre, well the Benefit Delivery Centre. I closed my claim and after a humungous wait for my final payment I am still...
View ArticleContrived tennancy worries
Hi folks. I'm feeling a little concerned at the moment, and was hoping someone could perhaps put my mind at ease, maybe give me some pointers to help things run smoothly. Basically, along with my wife...
View ArticleLodging - Benefits - Private let
I am currently lodging in a private let, its a family who i live with its only their names upon the tennacy etc. I am claiming JSA only, they work full time, would me being there effect whatever...
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