Lose of Pension Credit/House Sale
My mother aged 95 has been living in home which she owns and receiving guaranteed pension credit. She has just moved into council own sheltered accommodation. During the application process with the...
View ArticleHolidays whilst claiming JSA
Can someone confirm the rules on holidays whilst claiming JSA please? I am hiring a villa for a few weeks and have offered to fly a friend out for a couple of weeks, however, they are claiming income...
View ArticleTax Credit Overpayment
I hope someone can help with my query… The child tax credit people removed some of my details from the system and this resulted in an overpayment. They asked for the money back and we put in an appeal...
View ArticleUniversal Credit and single working parents.
I am just wondering if anyone knows much about Universal Credit? My main question is: there has been quite a lot of reports in the press, saying that Universal Credit will hit single working parents...
View ArticleJSA Email Address To Cancel Claim
Hi Can anyone advise what the email address is to cancel my JSA claim. I know there was an email address on my signing book but i cannot find it and start work today
View ArticleLife after esa contribution based
What happens once your esa contribution based runs out and you get national insurance credit esa, are you still classed as being in the wrag group thanks
View ArticleVERY WORRIED NHS Exemption certificate - used after expired
I have been exempt from NHS prescription charges as I have been a type 1 diabetic since birth in 1954 and get my insulin and other medicines every month when I endorse the prescription form that I am...
View Articlejob interview Wednesday
I have a job interview on Wednesday, after 7 months claiming JSA then onto income based JSA. Hours are 8am - 2pm, so 30 hours a week. It's 24 minutes walk from my home, which is great! I went to look...
View ArticleSelf Employed Benefits
Hi everyone, after some advise, I have been signed off of work for quite a while due to various things. Sitting around doing nothing does not help, and ive been offered some work which i want to take,...
View ArticleSelf Employment & HB
The other day I asked a question relating to Part Time work, self employment and WTC, thanks for your advice. Now something hit me, what happens with Housing Benefit? When the business starts I'm...
View ArticleEAS support group
Hi I received a letter today to say id been put into the support group,but not had a medical , so was just wondering if anyone knows how long people are placed in the support group, does it have a time...
View Articlenew baby, confused with figures help
ok so we had a new baby 4 weeks ago and filled out all the relevant paper work. i earn £11,700 a year and was gettin £10 a week working tax credit, my partner earns less than me although there seems to...
View ArticleHelp with Childcare costs
Hi Just wondering if anyone out there can help with my current situation. My child tax credits was stopped before xmas due to an ovedrpayment. From begining of Feb I have put my daughter into childcare...
View ArticleEffect of HB and JSA on keeping a sub-tenant
I am in receipt of income-based JSA as well as Housing and CT benefits. I am renting a 2-bed privately from the time was employed. The weekly rent is £345/week. I have no capital nor any source of...
View ArticleESA wrag 365 limit
Hi, I got a letter in today about the changes to the rates in April. After this there was also a line stating that from the 18th June rate will be £100.15 as i will reached the 365 limit. From this it...
View Articlectc..smp?
what might my dd expect to get in ctc?when the baby is born she will be getting £133 a week smp and her partner works f.t.and i would imagine take home pay around £300 a week max in the current tax...
View ArticleDon't understand my DLA letter
Its about the new rates in April and has a couple of pages about PIP. It says if you are aged 16-64 on 8th April 2013 then you will be affected by the introduction of PIP even if you get a lifetime or...
View ArticleAppeal Won But...
So I won my ESA appeal in January after 18 months of waiting, they paid me what they owed me last week, I was meant to get a payment from them today and haven't, so I called them and the person on the...
View ArticleShould I be bedroom taxed on a room 37.5 sq ft
My 3rd bedrrom is only 37.5sq ft and a room has to be more than 50 sq ft to be classed as a bedroom yet they still claim it to be a 3rd bedroom even after i show them the westminster law
View ArticleESA appeal/tribunal. Advice?
I was awarded 0 points at my Atos assessment last October (no surprise there). I sent in the form to appeal and have been told the tribunal service will be in touch with a date. However, I finally...
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