To ask if you can claim benefits in the uk by doing this?

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reqder · 25/05/2024 14:27

Can you request to go part time and then claim as you’re now on a reduced income? Surely that makes no sense as people could choose to do that as and when they felt like it? I am from the uk but lived in Finland since I was 11… we are moving back again next year and I am currently a stay at home parent!

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taxguru · 25/05/2024 14:44

Yes, no problem in arranging your financing/income to be low enough to get benefits - lots of people do exactly that.

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reqder · 25/05/2024 14:42

Ok thank you

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LIZS · 25/05/2024 14:42

Any savings?

Portakalkedi · 25/05/2024 14:41

Possibly, but we all know our benefit system is open to abuse and seems to reward those who want to work little or not at all.

Needmorelego · 25/05/2024 14:40

@reqder on that wage I doubt it.
My husband earns similar. I am a SAHM.
We don't get benefits because he "earns to much".
I could get a part time job but I wouldn't be able to claim benefits to "top mine up" to the full time equivalent.

AllEars112232 · 25/05/2024 14:40

Personally, I’d stay in Finland. The U.K. is falling apart.

LIZS · 25/05/2024 14:39

On 33k plus a pt wage, probably not, also you may need to be resident for a period before becoming eligible.

StormingNorman · 25/05/2024 14:38

Bit rich to not pay tax here and then ask for benefits before you even arrive.

LIZS · 25/05/2024 14:38

Depends on household income and age of children,

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reqder · 25/05/2024 14:37

@IncognitoUsername equivalent of 33,000 pounds

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IncognitoUsername · 25/05/2024 14:33

How much does your partner earn? If you are a low income family then you can claim certain benefits.

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