Yay! me too! we hate Italy yay! even the people! (joking) im moving back octoberish i hope, we went to the CAB in uk and they told us all our rights and things we would be entitled too, it's more than we originally thought, the only thing we're not sure about is the 6 month rule. That you have to be living in the UK for at least 26 weeks out of the last 52 to be eligible for certain things. It said sometimes some EU countries might count as Great Britain in certain cases. For example my husband claims incapacity benefit from the uk and took it with him, i.e he is allowed to claim it here in IT and therefore the 6 month rule may not apply. (Fingers crossed)
Look on directgov website or see if you can have a phone interview with the Citizens Advice Beureau. They were really helpful and realistic and explained everything. Unlike here!
Anyway income support, job seekers allowance, child benefit, even child tax credits i think you would be entitled to straight away, i asked the CAB about CTC because i havent paid any tax to the UK in the last 12 months he said we would be eligible anyway! I would say you might get stuck with the 6 month rule, but it is only 6 months.
In the past month i've had 3 panic attacks and been breathing through a paper bag! we are both soooooooooooooo stressed! what will happen in england in the space of a few months is what we've been waiting for here for the past 5 years, and still not successful!!!!!