Hi Eddy
Sorry to hear this has happened to you.
Hi all.. got a letter from the HO 90 extended to get my BRP and also i was requested to to get some benefits once my card has the sentence access to benefits
Even when you can have Public Funds, there is not much benefit money for those on low income who don’t have children, and there never has been. Unless exempt, those asking for low income benefits each have their own weekly Minimum Income Floor. If they don't meet their MIF, then they are treated as jobseekers and all the requirements they have to meet for benefits.
There are contribution based benefits, which are for those who have contributed to the UK (paid enough NICs) over the previous two relevant tax years. These type of benefits are not Public Funds and you just have to meet the requirements of having paid into the UK, but they are mainly time limited.
There is also the Council Tax Reduction benefit, which is a Public Fund and you cannot take until you can have UK benefits. Not to be confused with the 25% single person reduction, for when there is only one person in that property liable to pay Council Tax.
Each council decides if they will give a Council Tax Reduction based on low income and if they will, how much that reduction will be. This varies from council to council as they all have their own systems.
e.g.
- in one area, those who are self employed and low income, might find the can’t have a reduction in their Council Tax as their council bases their low SE income on what they could be earning if they worked thirty five hours a week on just the national hourly minimum wage. In other areas, that council might not do that.
- in one area, those on low income with capital just below 16k can have a part Council Tax Reduction, whereas another council might have cap of 6k capital.
Etc.