Child Benefit Online ..unravelling child benefit

29May/104

Have been told to apply for Income support. 1 adult and 3 children – what is the “rate” am new to DHSS system?

Worked all my life and reduced to this. My daughter thinks there must be another way as she is at college and says she will now have to attend a weekly meeting if we go on benefit. Unfortunatley current circumstances have forced this situation and I feel terrible going onto beneifit as it is. She says I'm letting the family down if I go onto benefit - I can't win - but we have to eat. It will be as temporary as it can be as I intend to apply for every job going. My daughter also works P/T after college and at w/e - I've brought her up to feel work is vital and not be a scrounger - and here I am now - a scrounger !! I feel like a hypocite

How much will we get for 1 adult and 3 children please. The thought of sitting in these open plan offices baring my sole is too much to bear

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19May/103

Tax credits and their payment system?

I have renewed my claim before the cut off point in July but now one of my children have reached 16 and i informed them that he was going to sixth form in May ,but today have now been payed for one child today instead of the two. The tax credit office has told me that the computer will recalculate my award and i should get my missing payment soon either in a lump sum or double next week . I really do rely on that money and i would like to know if anybody else has found this arise to them this week . And also i am not on any benefits i live purely of my partners wages .
Been on the phone again this morning and my payment schedule is the same again for next week and i am out of pocket again .They cant tell me when the system will recalculate the award and it could be up to 4 weeks . I am wondering if anybody who works for tax credits know what they are talking about .
But they were informed of the change in May so why does the award only run until Sept ?

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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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