help please!!!

[beetlebug1]

hello all hope someone can give some advice

 

posting on behalf of a friend, she is a single mum of 5 and a part time worker.

 

she is in recipt of working tac credit, child tax credit and child benefit.

 

for the last 10 days she has been of work sick, she has done something bad to her back. she can barley walk let alone work.

 

she has been signed of by the doctor for at least the next two weeks.

she is entitled to sick pay from one of her part time jobs but this is only £75 a week.

 

is she entitled to anything else, and does she need to tell the tax credit people she is off work?

 

any help would be gratefully recieved.

 

thanks

[MIKEY DABODEE]

She can claim working tax credits for up to twenty six weeks while claiming Statutory Sick Pay and off work sick

 

Unfortunately untill that runs out and her SSP she cant claim the new E.S.A benefit

 

If she is off for a few works she may be able to claim housing and council tax benefi because she is on a low income

[beetlebug1]

thanks for that mikey

 

i will tell her about the council tax benefit.

 

she won't be able to claim housing benefit as she has a morgage to pay. this is her bigest worry. thing were tight before the bad back but with just the ssp coming in i don't know how she will manage.

 

five children eat alot!!!

[EYEBALLS01]

I don`t know what type of mortgage she has or with who but I am off long term sick about to go on half pay and spoke to my mortgage lender who readily agreed to put me on a temporary interest only payment plan (he suggested no more than 6 months as I do not have a policy to cover his type of mortgage) which bought my payments down from£970 to £251 per month. I was luckty though as I was on a tracker and benefitted from the interest rate cuts. Good luck

[beetlebug1]

thanks eyeballs

 

will pass that one on as well

[DCA-KING]

hi theres a webite called intitledto have a look

regards dk

[jack1966]

Does she not recieve child support ? if not she should apply as she is entitled to

[beetlebug1]

NO CHILD SUPPORT

 

ex husband left three years ago and the csa say they are still trying to find him even though my friend supplied new address and work information!!!

[WormHasTurned]

NO CHILD SUPPORT

 

ex husband left three years ago and the csa say they are still trying to find him even though my friend supplied new address and work information!!!

 

pick up the phone and speak to CSA - ask them direct questions about your case -

- have they contacted the employer for confirmation that he works there

- have they contacted your ex husband for work information

- what response have they had

- what is their next action and when will it be complete

 

If your ex partner is being evasive and not responding to them they do have a lot of powers - they can get wage information direct from the employer and if he does not pay what they have asked for they can impose a deduction of earnings - which means (that if he does not leave his job to avoid paying), eventually you will start to have money coming through, including arrears due to you from the start of your case, at up to 40% of what he earns.

 

Pick up the phone to CSA, and be polite (but insistent)

[sallysas]

Changes in the law from 27/10/08 means that maintenance is completely disregarded as income - they kept that quiet!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ErikaPNP]

Maintenence is NOT disregarded from benefits, it is a new way of managing the benefit.