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They are stopping that well known benefits abuse,in April. It seems you will need to earn at leastBritchick wrote:I'm not making any profit from my self employment
As you have a right to work in the UK and he doesn't, why don't you find a job that pays while he looks after the children?Britchick wrote:I don't think we can live like this anymore
It is quite common with single parents on benefits who, when who their Income Support benefit stops when their youngest child turns age 5, to suddenly claim they are now self employed even if their income is zero. By doing this they can continue to avoid going out to work, or having to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance and being put on the work programmes, and their benefits will only reduce by £20 a week. TBF, it’s not just the single parents who do this but it is very common for single parents to do this when their benefits are reduced when their youngest reaches age 5. Under Universal Credit, that will reduced to age 1.Britchick wrote: I'm not making any profit from my self employment
A start-up business will still be supported by the welfare state, but it is only regarded as a start-up for 1 year from when the claimant started self employment. After that, the self employed claimant will have their welfare claim based on them earning a set amount each week at national minimum wage, even if they don’t earn that much. i.e. if their UC requirement is to earn at least 35 hours a week at national minimum wage, then their entire benefit claim will be based on them earning £227.50 per week, even if they don't earn that amount. The welfare state will no longer support a failed business or a hobby business.Britchick wrote: The new universal credit will continue to help start-up businesses!
Britchick wrote: You must be really bored, bitter person to sit on a forum judging people without facts.
If you can't work because of your oldest child, then claim the appropiate benefits for him. If they agree that he needs your care and you can't work, then they will provide benefits. Using self employment that doesn't pay much to avoid getting a job, won't be an option soon for benefit claimants.Britchick wrote: My son from a previous relationship has specialist needs and my care.
The problem is that it so common that the successive UK governments have decided to end that benefits abuse by replacing Tax Credits with Universal Credit. However, as it is taking a while to roll out UC, they intend to start to tackle the self employment/WTC abuse first, before Tax Credits are replaced by Universal Credit.
Who says i'm going to? Why are you posting this here?Starting another business and asking for welfare to support that business instead, won't work either as they have already foreseen that abuse and stopped it. Claimants will need to wait 5 years before they can ask welfare to support another business for 1 year and the criteria will be harder to meet for benefits support to stop the abuse.
I'm afraid your wrong, a joint tax credit claim where one is a British citizen will be disregarded as claiming a public fund.Frontier Mole wrote:The simple answer to your question is that any claim that includes your husband will fail because of his immigration status.
He is not entitled to access any public funds nor is he able to work.
His NINO application will be refused again because of his immigration status.
Your post suggests that he is an illegal entrant, did he come to the UK without any legal entry or did he have a visa that has now expired?
There is a world of difference between the two.