illness benefit ending..now what?

CarolineK

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To cut a very long story short, my illness benefit is ending next month & l don't 'satisfy the medical eligibility for invalid pension'.

My husband's salary is over the limit for means testing for disability allowance or fis.

I can't apply for Jobseekers as l'm still technically employed..even though l haven't had a salary from work for 2 years.and my doctor refuses to sign me fit to go back to work. Social Welfare was no help and basically said tough!!

The frustrating part is that means testing doesn't take into account all the outgoings. We're living on a shoestring..and l really don't know how we'll survive without some kind of help!

Does anyone have any advice? I'm at my wits end..
 
Time spent on Illness benefit can be used re. qualifying period towards a CE Scheme. A friend of mine went from IB to CES and it wasn't linked to her husband's salary.
 
Can you resign from your job? Although I have no idea if that would be advisable or not nor whether you would have any entitlement to JSB if you did...
 
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