i get my rent paid for by my council as i am a lone parent and am currently on benefits,so how many days is my new partner allowed to stay with me a week without it affecting my rent or benefits as i have already been dragged in for questioning?

[melgor]

[dothawkes31]

If he is your new partner he is already technically living with you. Is he working? You could both live together and he could claim working tax credit and you would be no worse off really.

[melgor]

he does work but it is a fair distance away from my house so its not always practical,i know he gets a good wage so would he be able to claim tax credits as he is not my daughters father?

[S_C]

your entitled to have your partner stay over for no more than 3 nights per week , otherwise your classed as cohabitating and you will loose benefits .

however you could stay at his for 3 nights a week also.

[aims1202]

you could go onto entitledto.com and work out what you can get if your partner moves in

[DrFilth]

take care with nosey neighbours

[lotsafun]

hi its 2 days a week he would be allowed to stay and no more. But beware that there will be keeping a eye on that too to see if they can catch you out. As far as claiming tax credits if he was living with you would be fine as you would recieve them on a joint claim and could have them paid directly to you, obviouslt with him living with you you would not be entitled to the help your getting now though

[S_C]

http://www.advicenow....ther-html,547,FP.html

http://static.advicen...enefits-2010-1161.pdf

not entirely sure it answers your question fully but there are helpful phone numbers listed

[deannatrois]

I'm afraid the rules on how long he can stay and u still get benefits seem to be very open to interpretation. Personally I'd phone income support and ask them (taking the name of the person u ask and asking them to record the conversation as well).., as long as u keep within the rules, this will not get u into more trouble.

As far as the tax credits thing is concerned, he can claim them if he lived with u.., (this is dependent on one member of the family living in the household getting child benefit for the child, not on whether he's the biological father) but I believe as the caregiver u'd get the money. I would assume u claim them as a partnership/family, it wouldn't be him on his own claiming working tax credit. Obviously whether he'd be able to successfully claim tax credits will be dependant on how much he earns. However I suspect that its probably too early days in the relationship yet to safely think of him moving in, as its the first time u've gone into the finances of the situation.., so be careful.

Unfortunately being on benefits does kindof force decisions like this too early on in a relationship so a relationship can't naturally develop as it should. If benefits do come round and question you as to how long he stays.., the fact that he has an address of his own and is no relation to your child will help 'prove' that you are not breaking claiming rules.

[sara3]

the reason you're not living together full time is circumstantial. what about army wives/long distant lorry drivers wives, etc.. do you think they can all claim to be single when their partners are working away?

there are no "3 days is okay, 4 days aren't" rules. same for Income Support. have you not seen the ad campaign running on the TV?

[Schlomo78]

That's uncalled for Docspock, and precisely the reason I stopped using AB. I am also a lone parent, and on benefits after the unfortunate breakdown of my relationship with my 3 yr old's father. Yes, I AM 'living off the State', but I have also worked and paid tax and N.I before this point, and after I have raised my son, sent him off to school and returned to work, I will continue to do so. Your prejudice annoys and disgusts me, Melgor is simply asking a valid question and looking for answers, not looking to have people abuse her for her lifestyle.

And for your information, I'm not writing this whilst chainsmoking, drinking Special Brew and watching Jeremy Kyle whilst my 12 children under the age of 6 run around in dirty nappies, swearing, and I book my third holiday this year. *shakes head sadly*