turned down for In come Support
Hi,I have for most of my adult l ife looked after my disabled father.I receive carers & my father relies on his pension & DLA both care & mobility higher.2 years ago I took on a very small...
View ArticleDraft decisionmakers guidelines for Universal Credit released.
Or parts of, at least. http://www.parliament.uk/business/pu...004#toggle-194 One thing I noticed on skimming - Quote: Deciding whether it is reasonable to grant the extension of time A4212The DM must...
View ArticleIs the Universal credit a double edged sword for self employed with kids?
Hi all i would just like to hear your comments about what i have been thinking lately. I lost my job 10 months ago as and could not get a job anywhere, so i started a small gardening business so i...
View ArticleClaiming housing benefit when you jointly own a property
I'm posting on here on behalf of my dad in case anyone has any advice on his situation. My dad became disabled last year and had to give up work, he has since been claiming housing and council tax...
View Articlewhich benefits to claim
would be most appreciative of any advice. My partner and i are separating. our 3 and 13 year old children will primarily stay with me but have access to their mother at weekend. Which benefits will i...
View ArticleHousing benifit for disabled 18 year old son
Hi all, My 18 year old son was injured in an attack in march this year which left him in a wheel chair. He needs help at meal times, shower times and medication times. He has been left with half a...
View ArticleAdvice Regarding my Situation - Work Placement Sanctions Being Found Unlawful
I'm looking for advice regarding the recent ruling of the back to work schemes and sanctions being found as unlawful. My situation is that for the last 9 months I've been living in Supported...
View ArticleWork programme
If they are vacancys in poundland and any other that is used by jobcenter to supply people with work experience with no pay ,then there must be a vacancy at these places to begin with,so why aren't...
View ArticleAlleged overpayment
A friend of mine is having about £9,000 of child tax credits reclaimed for an alleged over payment. She has been seperated/divorced for five years but the Inland Revenue seem to think she is still...
View ArticleI need some advice!
Hey, I'm new to this so forgive me if I ramble a little bit, the reason I am here is I need some advice on something, I NEED to move out of my mums house, but I need to save up some money first the...
View ArticleEsa ending in july
My esa is ending in july, its says i will still get the ni element.for the sake of housing benefit, am i still in the main phase getting ni element and in work related group, if im in no group i lose...
View ArticleMeans tested housing benefit?
Hi I'm enquiring on behalf of someone, whose circumstances may change. I understand there's a £16000 savings limit, but if at the time of their initial application they only had a couple of thousand...
View Articleself employment,mental healh and benefits
Hi all, was wondering if anyone could give advice or say yay or nay. Here goes, I have anxiety disorder and agoraphobia havent been out for nearly a year, I get £71 a week esa have been waiting for...
View ArticleLost Security Details....
I am posting on behalf of a service user who is habing difficulties getting through security with the job centre, if he cannot remember the details of his security passwords and previous address (I...
View ArticlePension credit-payments stopped
Has anyone else had this problem please and how did you solve it? I got a letter from PC asking me submit evidence of my private pensions as they were doing a review.I sent them all the details...
View ArticleOn behalf of friend - backdating CTC
Quick post to seek some advice form my friend. she rang tax credits to initiate a claim for CTC on 5th December after having some various issues with her claim being stopped some months previous. they...
View ArticleWork Program
Ok so here is a background on my situation, I was hoping someone here could help or advise me. I have been on Work Program for the past 41 weeks attending every appointment unless I have a good reason...
View ArticleESA request to review sanction
Hi i was wondering how long it would take about for a sanction to be lifted once the work program provider sends the wp09v3 form to Labour Maker Decision Maker at BDC for re complied with work related...
View ArticleIs my Niece entitled to claim any benefits?
Hi all, My Niece has been working in a dead end job where it's been really mish-mash as to whether she would be working from one day to the next. Finally, she'd managed to get an interview working for...
View ArticlePension Credits.
Just a quick question for a lady at work. She has been looking at helping her father apply for pension credits, but it appears he applied for them 3 years ago, and due to his savings got £1.30 a week....
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