Child Benefit Online ..unravelling child benefit

2Jun/1014

being in the country illigally (uk) but cant get back to his own country. hes here in limbo?

my sisters partner has been in the uk for 8 years.he came to the country in fear of his life.he has been given NO benefits No house.My sister has had to work hard to pay everything for them and their 2 children.they have tried to get leave to remain but loads of errors (made by home office) on the sysem so they refused that.hes been to solicitors.hes been to the homeoffice in liverpool he has even tried going to the police for them to return him to his country.but they wont do anything for him.he just wants to be allowed to work for a living and be able to feel proud he is contributing to the household.my sister is getting quite ill over all of this.he has just been left in limbo.he cant stay legally but they wont send him back either.

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28May/1012

Is my sister being mean or am I being over-sensitive?

I lost my 18 month old daughter and my husband 5 years ago. They drowned. She fell in, he jumped in after her and I can't swim so I ran for help but I don't speak Spanish and the help arrived too late.

Anyway I haven't worked since that day and my sister is also on benefits but in her case it is because she has 5 children by 5 different men and is a drug addict and alcoholic.

She keeps telling me to 'get over it' but it isn't that easy. I'm never going to forget my beautiful daughter or wonderful husband and I resent that she is telling me how to live my life.

In truth, I do wish that I could get better but I resent the fact that she is telling me what to do when she doesn't even care about the fact that she is on benefits. I want to have a proper life. I want to get married and have another baby, I don't want to be on benefits.

I want to get an office job and to learn how to type and use email and stuff like that.

I just don't know where to start?

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15May/108

Does Child Benefit count as income when being assessed on your ability to pay/not pay loan installments?

I have been told that Child Benefit cannot be counted as income when a bank that you have a loan with (which you cant afford to keep up the repayments on) are working out your income and expenditure.

Is it true they aren't allowed to count Child Benefit as income or have i got that wrong?

I called my bank to say i cant keep up with the repayments on a loan (split from my partner, single mum, 2 kids, no job [at present] ) and they ran through my meager income made up of tax credits, child benefit and child maintenance & income support and said "well, by the looks of this you CAN make the repayments"

i CANT at all so i don't know what she was on about, but if i can prove that they are not allowed to use Child Benefit when counting whether i can afford to pay the loan then i can call them back again and ask then to re-asses my income and expenditure so that i MIGHT actually be able to get some help off them - they do keep offering to help me but whenever i call the won't do anything (HSBC)

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24Apr/102

benefit advice after being made redundant?

my fiance got made redundant on monday, i get child benefit, child tax credit and carers allowance, our daughter gets disability living allowance, do we have to ring all of these benefits and tell them about my fiance's redundancy? he has made a claim today for job seekers allowance and housing and council tax benefit. He has applied for quite a few jobs already and wont be out of work for long as he is a transport manager, is it worth ringing them all to let them know?

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17Apr/102

eczema question, I am neglected by the health and benefits system and it really is ruining my well being?

Hi there, I have lived with the skin condition eczema for all my life, the atopic variety , i have allergies and asthma too.

In child hood it was chronic affectevanescenceacks of my knees, my arms and torso

In my teens it began to go away and only flared on occasion. However, it did begin to show on my face and chest more .

When I was 19 it completely went away and I could wear make up for blemishes I still got itchy but my skin never seemed to flare up

but now it has come back in my 20s really bad on my face neck and chest the kind of areas most noticable to people.

Last year i had a serious skin infection to the back of the knees that affected my mobility. The skin was so raw i could not walk. My GP (who is v lazy) prescribed steriods over the phone as he couldnt be bothered to see me but as it was infected , the infection took over my whole body .

Luckily , when i was taken to hospital, a student doctor was in and took a keen interest to solve it. After many anti biotics and anti biotic creams and strong steriods the skin began to heal .

However, my main problem is the chronic dryness . I get really embarrased because i have skin flakes falling off me all the time.

My face is really flared as is my hands. I find it hard to move because my hands are cracked and have cuts all over them so doing things like the washing up is V painful .

As for my emotional well being, my last employer sacked me for taking too much time off (when i complained to HR about disability discrimination) they changed their story and said that i wasnt reaching targets which was not based on the amount of hours i worked but the time i was emplyed for so therefore it was unfair as i was off for a long time.

I called the benefits office and the woman on the other end of the call laighed and told me that eczema doesnt stop me working and told me to get a job. Also, the people at the disablity living allowence sent an independant GP out to look at me. As, i wasnt that bad he told them that there was nothing wrong with me and i could work .

As a result of being sacked and not getting any benefit i am behind on all bills and stress is making it all worse. I went back to my doctor and he wont refer me to a dermotologist till august.

What can i do? i fell the nhs and the well fare sytem added to any potential employers are not giving me support. Im at my wits end and im in constant pain. I know this sounds weak but i sometimes think i think whats the point in life when im stuck in this circle of unhappiness.

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