KirstyL
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OMG! What a day, this will go on a bit so I'll apologise now!
Basically to cut a long story short, my OH has been unemployed since September last year, despite applying for heaps of jobs constantly, and has been living in his own place, getting HB, CTB and JSA.
Now, he's moving in with me at the start of June. The guy at the job centre asked if I was working etc, and he said yeah, but due to finish in a couple of weeks, and then on SMP. Job centre guy said that his JSA will stop, because they look at the income of the household..
Now I'm worried because all we'll have is my SMP (normal rate), WTC, CTC & CB - which would be fine, except I'll have all the bills for the both of us to pay, and the rent, council tax etc I thought I heard somewhere that if the income was under 23k, we'd be entitled to some benefits, but I don't know if this is true, does anybody know, and if so, do you know which ones?
I'm worrying myself silly atm, wondering how we're going to be able to afford everything, it's a nightmare, I'm trying to stay calm, and not stress too much either, not happening atm!!
xx
Basically to cut a long story short, my OH has been unemployed since September last year, despite applying for heaps of jobs constantly, and has been living in his own place, getting HB, CTB and JSA.
Now, he's moving in with me at the start of June. The guy at the job centre asked if I was working etc, and he said yeah, but due to finish in a couple of weeks, and then on SMP. Job centre guy said that his JSA will stop, because they look at the income of the household..
Now I'm worried because all we'll have is my SMP (normal rate), WTC, CTC & CB - which would be fine, except I'll have all the bills for the both of us to pay, and the rent, council tax etc I thought I heard somewhere that if the income was under 23k, we'd be entitled to some benefits, but I don't know if this is true, does anybody know, and if so, do you know which ones?
I'm worrying myself silly atm, wondering how we're going to be able to afford everything, it's a nightmare, I'm trying to stay calm, and not stress too much either, not happening atm!!
xx