Housing benefit claim timescales...
After my partner losing his job, we have made a claim for housing benefit. We went to our local council offices with everything they requested a week last Friday (8th)... My question is, how long does...
View ArticleSick note
Hi, not sure if this is the right forum, sorry if it isn't. I had a couple of weeks off uni due to illness. They require a doctor's note if you're off more than a week. I went to the GP and asked him...
View ArticleSmaller Property Unavailable
What is the position when a Housing Association is unable to provide a smaller property for someone. The person is at present living in a 2 bedroom bungalow, which is required for mobility purposes,...
View ArticleHelp With Hospital Transport Costs
Im not sure if this is posted in the cirrect forum but here goes My daughter has a medical condition requiring special treatment as an outpatient in london. We live a 350 mile round trip away Over a...
View ArticleBedroom Tax and kids living away??
Hello all, sorry if this is in the wrong place. I was just wondering how this bedroom tax will affect me. I am married to my now new wife in a 3 bed council house. We have 1 child living with us (her...
View Articlecontribution JSA
Waiting for interview but not sure if I will be eligible for contribution based JSA. Worked for 35 years paying tax and NI but left with redundancy in nov2011. Then started to look for part time work,...
View ArticleIncome support, Tax declaration, and occasional casual earnings
The 0845 numbers are giving me no joy on this question. Hopefully someone else has had a similar experience and knows what to do. I'm a single parent on income support. About two or three times a year...
View ArticleWorking Tax Credits and Apprenticeships...
Hello My partner currently works full time, however he is considering doing an apprenticeship that pays just a little less then what he gets paid now. It offers an excellent job at the end of it and...
View ArticleA carer who never claimed carer's allowance!
My daughter passed away last month.We were claiming DLA and ESA for my teenage daughter as she went to a special needs college for some of the week.I had the carer's component of the DLA to.Someone...
View ArticleIncome Support, Glasses Question
Hello, I'm on income support (lone parent). In April last year, I had my eyes tested at Specsavers and bought a fairly cheap (£25) pair of glasses. I was involved in a nasty RTC in January and my...
View ArticleBenefits help for terminal cancer patient HELP!!
Well here's the story and problem !! Hope someone can help!! After beating breast cancer in 2009 my mrs,(partner for 17 years) and I have had the devastating news that she now has secondary breast...
View Articledownsized, now daughter needs to come home
I downsized in November due to the forthcoming changes to housing benefit. Now there's a big possibility that my daughter may need to come home, but she won't have a bedroom, so she will have to sleep...
View ArticleLong term partner moved out
Hi all, my partner has moved out and I have used the 5 minute benefit checker on mse to see if I'm entitled to anything. Everything looked OK until I got to the bit about a second property and now I...
View ArticleChanging bank details?
If I change my bank account, is it a long process for our ESA and CTC to be swapped to new account please? Am waiting on Lloyds TSB account leaving Natwest and obviously want it changing asap. TIA xxx
View ArticleHelp for ill parents
Hello all, I wondered if i could have some advice please, i'm about to move out of my parents house and i was wondering if someone could advise the best route for them with regards to benefits They are...
View ArticleDla Assesment
My OH applied for dla last December. Today we have had a phone call to say they are coming to our house on Friday to do an assesment. Can anyone let us know what to expect and how long they take?
View Articlebedromm tax for my dad?
hi cant seem to find the right circumstances for my dad with this bedroom tax thing, he is a pensioner, 82 living in a council house (same for 52 years) BUT he is NOT on benefits, housing or other...
View Articlegot letter today after sending esa change over
saying switch over and no metcal was need took about 6 weeks to hear back
View Articleanother Atos fail
Failed the test (!) got 9 points and told to seek JSA. 1. I plan to ask for reconsideration by letter, is there any merit in doing this? If so, it would seem best to wait till I see what the HCP wrote...
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