help!! made redundant whilst on maternity leave!

[joronnie]

hi all, i havent done this before...
i am currently on maternity leave and was due to go back to work on 5th feb. the whole company were called into a meeting on 19th december to tell us the company had gone into liquidation (merry xmas eh!!). what i am wondering is, what money am i entitled to from the government? i currently get child benefit and working tax credits... but now im not working the tax credits will not be vaild to me???
help!
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you will get what they call a run on of working tax credits for 4 weeks from the date your employment ends. I'm unsure of what you would be entitled to after that it depends on the rest of your circumstances.

ah thats great, thank you. was worried id owe hmrc money!!!

Hi Joronnie,

We're moving this thread to Money Matters because we think it'll get more of a response there.

this happrnrd to me in 2008, I went to the job centre and claimed JSA approx £65 pw. You can clain for up to 6 months if your partner is working but I found another pt podt quite quickly.