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working family tax credit in Scotland

my friend has separated from her husband and is claiming WFT credit. When her house is sold and she gets a substantial release of equity will she be able to keep this or invest this into purchasing a...

the rockies

pension

my new partner was married for 28 years his wife (not yet divorced) says she is entitled to all his pension is this true

Carol Anne

Attendance allowances & savings

My mother is elderly and becoming more infirm,and is thinking of applying for an attendance allowance. Is there a limit on the amount of savings she can have in the bank. Ie over ?16000 and she...

informashun

benefits entitlement check

my wife and i have been offered the above by someone coming to our home to make us aware of our entitlements ie from the pension services. i know someone who had such a check and was told it ammounts...

1960darrenh

Self-employed Taxi Driver dismissed (Money owed)

I have recently been working as a Self - Employed Taxi Driver for a local company. I was dismissed for different reasons. My last week of working I was owed ?180 wages from the company. I have been...

maimai

Tax after being out of work

I've been out of work for 10 months. Just about to restart. Both last salary (ended Feb 06) and new salary are (just) on the higher tax scale. Do I expect my Jan/Feb salaries to be on a lesser tax as...

PollyT

Do we have a right of access?

My family's house backs onto a field which has a public footpath running through it. For the last 15 years they have used the gate through the hedge between their garden and the field, where we played...

alc2285

Life Insurance Help

My brother inlaw is dyeing of cancer and he has a 2 year old daughter with my sister. Instead of makeing it to where his life insurance goes to her and their daughter he made it to where it all goes...

dssssgo

Council Tax

I got behind with my council tax payments and because I didn't pay them by the requested date it has all been through court. Now they are saying that I have to pay the full amount (?856) over the next...

spainboy

Ran away from debts 7 years ago

I had a nervious breakdown 7 years ago and couldn't handle things and moved out of the uk owing about 15K to various creditors includng a bank. It will be 7 years on March when i moved I have finally...

KARL

Arboricide

Here's one to ponder. We own land adjacent to our garden which is bordered on one side by large trees. One of the families in houses beyond that have once tried to cut down one of these trees but we...

Oneeyedvic

Putting a window into a brick wall overlooking neighbour

We are looking to put a window into a wall that overlooks a neighbour's property. The title deeds state that we are not allowed to do this - however, there is one existing window in this wall already...

frazerd

claw backs

I have recently resigned from a company I worked with for 3 years. In that time I asked for a contract about 3 times and eventually gave up asking. Following my resignation I am being told the company...

peachy51

the goverment

hi , my mother-in-law, sadly has been in hospital due to the fact she is depressed, to cut a long story short , i think my mother-in-law, and father-in-law, are going to have to move into a home...

123bernadett

family credit overpayment

we have been asked to pay back an o/payment of 500 plus for yr 2004/05.I recall reading in national newspaper that you wont have to from april. Can anyone help?

sarra1232001

bullied,racial attack

young asian girl was assulted real bad at secondary school by white girl, it was racial attack. she beet her up so badly that girl fainted due to multible injuries accured eg: broken noise.black...

liquidspace

Where do I stand if my landlord dies?

Without meaning to sound mercenary, my landlord is 83, lives alone, has no family. He lives above me and I pay rent to him cash in hand and he signs a little book. If he died, where would I stand...

Harkness

Bank account unpaid

when I was a student I managed to run up some debt and my bank account was closed in 2000 and I heard nothing from them. Last week Aktiv Kapital sent me a letter about the debt. Do they have any right...

twincities

personal garantor

I made the mistake of signing as the personal garantor for a copy machine for a company that I was working with part time to launch a business. I merely lent them my signature to get the paper work...

keithya

wages and payslips

after with holding every employees pay slip for approx 3 months,i snooped around in the office and found mine. i get payed ?380 every week net but last weeks pay slip says that i have earned...

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