Universal tax calculator ,massive increase , how can this be right?
I have put my details in to the universal credit calculator and it came out with over 900 per month!! While this sounds lovely I can't possibly see how this an be. I am a single parent on esa...
View ArticleClaiming Income Support Instead of ESA?
Be gentle.. Entitled to Income Support on other grounds Some people may be getting Income Support for incapacity but also be entitled to it on another ground. For example as a carer or lone parent....
View ArticleMarried couple living apart but wife claiming IS?!?!
I hope someone here can clarify this as I'm sure this isn't right! One single mum with a child has a boyfriend who lives a couple of hundred miles away, never lived together. Boyfriend isn't father of...
View ArticleCalculating tax credits on this years earnings not last years?
I was planning to apply for working tax credits, and I've been reading that the tax credits are based on the previous years earnings, so April 2011 - March 2012. My circumstances were completely...
View Articlework programme/sanctions
Just received a letter from DWP dated 13 Feb regarding the Work Programme.Am I correct in thinking that this is to legitimise sanctions after the Court of Appeal ruled them illegal on 12 Feb ie The...
View ArticleHoliday??????
On Sunday my partner, children and I went to his parents for lunch and his mother who picked us up as neither of us drive said that she wants to send us for a holiday she said that she will pay for it...
View ArticleWaiting for operation
I am currently unemployed through no fault of my own and I have just been put on a waiting list to have my bowel removed. I am on income based JSA. I do not know when the operation will be but I am...
View Articlewhich income will they use come april 2013
What income will tax credits use in April ? as oh got made redundant in Dec last year andour entitlement changed slightly.. obviously it would be better for us if they use the income for 2013-2014 as...
View ArticleLiving in spain but working in the uk, working tax credits
If you work in the uk and pay taxes in the UK but live in Spain (stewardess, working back and forth) are you entitled to working tax credit and child tax credit?
View ArticleCompany going into administration. Disability of WTC
OH is entitled to disability element of WTC but his company is probably going into administration tomorrow. This is a massive rural company so everyone in town is going to he looking for jobs. So...
View Articlewill the housing Benefit pay a mortgage or the interest on a mortgage?
Hello does anybody know if the housing benefit will help me pay my mortgage or the interest on it? i am currently unemployed i have 2 kids a 7 year old and a 4 year old, my ex left n left me with the...
View ArticlePartner's work asking for my personal details for use in universal credit system
As it says on the tin really - my partner has brought a form home from work which his employers have apparently asked all staff to fill in - the form is asking for partner's details (national insurance...
View Article"Work Experience" Could someone please help!!
I have been looking for a job but given the current job market and quite honestly, my pretty poor CV I decided to do some work experience for a law firm. This was arranged by the job centre. I should...
View ArticleHousing Rent Advice
I have lived with my mother since October 2011, we are both on benefits, I'm 31 and she is 61, due to retire in March. She rents the 2 bed property from a LHA, and claims housing benefit, but the...
View ArticleESA contribution or income based?
Hi Can anyone help with a quick query Husband on DLA and ESA (income based) as he owed approx £400 NI Contributions from some years ago. I receive wages and tax credits of £89, he gets his DLA and £45...
View Articlepaying towards council tax
How will we know whether our council intends to charge us towards our council tax will we get a letter and when?
View ArticleWill it affect his benefits
My boyfriend is currently claiming a mixture of job seekers allowance and carers allowance. He cares for his disabled mother so is unable to work. At the moment he rents a room in a private house and...
View Articlehousing benefits
hi, actually I am getting housing benefits and I am entitled to one bedroom flat rate and have to move soon I have found a two bedroom flat for the same price of the one I am renting now I want to know...
View ArticleHelp with furniture for first home.
Hey everyone, I'm currently looking for some help covering the costs of furniture and standard household equipment. For the passed few months me and my partner have both been homeless but luckily have...
View ArticlePossible? Attendance Allowance.
I had a query thrown my way today asking whether it was possible for attendance allowance to still be paid to a spouse when the person it was for passed away 8 years ago. Obviously I know it shouldn't...
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