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What a joke this country is !

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By *winkletoes80 OP   Woman
over a year ago

redditch

I'm a single parent who works 16hrs a week , now the council want £ 65 a week off me for rent and council tax ! Take away £20 for petrol leaves me a tenner !! What the flipping point working and they say that there trying to get people back into work yeah right !! I'm fuming I want to work but for £10 a week whats the point ????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

did you no you can actually work 15 hours n claim benefits also

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Surely you're entitled to rent rebate and other benefits.

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By *winkletoes80 OP   Woman
over a year ago

redditch


"did you no you can actually work 15 hours n claim benefits also "

I think so but thought I was better off working 16 hours but obviously I'm not

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By *winkletoes80 OP   Woman
over a year ago

redditch


"Surely you're entitled to rent rebate and other benefits."

Yeah housing benefit I get but that's the difference I have to pay ,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"did you no you can actually work 15 hours n claim benefits also

I think so but thought I was better off working 16 hours but obviously I'm not "

Pretty sure you can work 16.5 hours and still be entitled. Give your local council or CAB a call and find out...

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Why do you only work 16 hours?

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By *winkletoes80 OP   Woman
over a year ago

redditch


"did you no you can actually work 15 hours n claim benefits also

I think so but thought I was better off working 16 hours but obviously I'm not

Pretty sure you can work 16.5 hours and still be entitled. Give your local council or CAB a call and find out..."

I do get housing benefit but not full as I'm working

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By *winkletoes80 OP   Woman
over a year ago

redditch


"Why do you only work 16 hours? "
because I've got a 4 yr old daughter and wouldn't pay to work full time because of childcare

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

if yer unsure of what whats

contact your local citizen advice they put you in the right direction

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By *asonsmith222Man
over a year ago

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Walk to work.

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By *winkletoes80 OP   Woman
over a year ago

redditch


"Walk to work. "

I would if it was closer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It boils my piss, when I read things pike this .people want to work but seem to be worse off. An ex friend has never worked, three kids, gets all the benefits etc, has a live in boyfriend, undeclared who brings home over 400 quid a week. , raking the money in....and breathe

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

I went to the job centre to enquiry about going back to work in September when my son is old enough to attend the local nursery.

They told me that working 16 hours a week I would get working tax credits to top up my earnings. Be able to claim back for child care around 70% but I assume as your child is 4 he/she has free hours anyway. And even though id then have to pay some rent and council tax I would still be £60/70 week better off.

It sounds like someone somewhere has done a calculation or filled in a form wrong. Ring the job centre and speak with them x

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By *winkletoes80 OP   Woman
over a year ago

redditch


"I went to the job centre to enquiry about going back to work in September when my son is old enough to attend the local nursery.

They told me that working 16 hours a week I would get working tax credits to top up my earnings. Be able to claim back for child care around 70% but I assume as your child is 4 he/she has free hours anyway. And even though id then have to pay some rent and council tax I would still be £60/70 week better off.

It sounds like someone somewhere has done a calculation or filled in a form wrong. Ring the job centre and speak with them x"

My little girl is at school so I work school hours , I thought I'd be better off working but had this paperwork come yesterday x x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I went to the job centre to enquiry about going back to work in September when my son is old enough to attend the local nursery.

They told me that working 16 hours a week I would get working tax credits to top up my earnings. Be able to claim back for child care around 70% but I assume as your child is 4 he/she has free hours anyway. And even though id then have to pay some rent and council tax I would still be £60/70 week better off.

It sounds like someone somewhere has done a calculation or filled in a form wrong. Ring the job centre and speak with them x"

Yep, working tax credits are the answer here,- they are there to help the transition of back to working... Talk to the job centre, CAB, or heck, ring HMRC,- they are actually very helpful on the phone these days. I'm an accountant, speak to them regularly. They are not the bad guys,- the law can be though! The people there want to help.

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By *winkletoes80 OP   Woman
over a year ago

redditch


"I went to the job centre to enquiry about going back to work in September when my son is old enough to attend the local nursery.

They told me that working 16 hours a week I would get working tax credits to top up my earnings. Be able to claim back for child care around 70% but I assume as your child is 4 he/she has free hours anyway. And even though id then have to pay some rent and council tax I would still be £60/70 week better off.

It sounds like someone somewhere has done a calculation or filled in a form wrong. Ring the job centre and speak with them x

Yep, working tax credits are the answer here,- they are there to help the transition of back to working... Talk to the job centre, CAB, or heck, ring HMRC,- they are actually very helpful on the phone these days. I'm an accountant, speak to them regularly. They are not the bad guys,- the law can be though! The people there want to help. "

Thank you I ll ring them Monday x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you claim working tax credits? Cos that is what makes the big difference for me.. And what makes it so much better for me to be working!

I'm a single mum to a 6 year old and work just under 30 hours a week.

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge


"It boils my piss, when I read things pike this .people want to work but seem to be worse off. An ex friend has never worked, three kids, gets all the benefits etc, has a live in boyfriend, undeclared who brings yhome over 400 quid a week. , raking the money in....and breathe"
take it they are now ex friends as you have reported them to the dss ? Or are you turning a blind eye to benefit fraud ?

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

benefit you maybe entitled to:

Working tax credit

child tax credit

housing benefit

counil tax benefit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is much better if you can work over 30 hours if you are a single parent too

Which is crazy because in most circumstances you have to pay for childcare which is not that well subsidised as they make it out to be

Im lucky where I work because its Term Time but I know where you are coming from , although that rent you pay is pretty high a week !!!

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

I do feel for parents who want to work but the minus side is how they are going to manage... However I do feel for single people who work and get nothing in terms of help with benefits. I earn below the national average income and I fight to pay all bills,rent,council tax a month..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Why do you only work 16 hours? because I've got a 4 yr old daughter and wouldn't pay to work full time because of childcare "

Surely you get both working tax credits and child tax credits and child benefit so therefore you are not living on £10 are you. Also if they are now asking you to pay does that mean that you are in a 3 bedroom property and are coming under the bedroom tax rule then?

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