benefits
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I have been signed off work since Christmas but my work have terminated my employment from Monday as I am just not fit to work. I just want to know what benefits can I claim as obviously I need to live. I do have a partner but he's self employed so he's not guaranteed work but I am living at my mums while he's at work.
Thanks
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RHGB lauren_Edwards
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lorraine52317 lauren_Edwards
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if you are in UK you will get esa benefit which is £250 fortnightly. Plus you can claim for housing benefit if your not a home owner.
Hope this helps xx
lauren_Edwards lorraine52317
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nadnad lauren_Edwards
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lauren_Edwards nadnad
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lorraine52317 lauren_Edwards
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i receive ESA £250 every two weeks. Think you start on £150 then after your meeting it goes up x
elizabeth2244 lauren_Edwards
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With me I get public aid, food stamps, SSDI from my dad since he died and medicare
Hope this helps
hypercat lauren_Edwards
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If you pay rent and/or council tax then apply for housing benefit and a council tax rebate. Again this is income based though. If your combined earnings are low enough you should get some help. Another thing to look at is child tax credits if you have young children and maybe working tax credits. Your partner would need to claim these though as he is the worker.
The rate for ESA is around £73.00 a week. This is what you would receive until your assessment (usually 13 weeks after you start claiming). If you are given ESA you would be out into either the work group if you are considered as capable of working s a few hours or the support group where you wouldn't be expected to look for work at all. You might of course be refused ESA and have to sign on JSA. You would need to be looking for full time work then. ESA work group is around £95 a week and the support group is about £120 a week.
Look on the govt. website - can't put the link in here but type in govt. site and it will come up. x
hypercat
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Emis_Moderator hypercat
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https://patient.info/forums/discuss/useful-resources-488646