can I get help with tex credits even though partner lives at home?

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he is abusive & violent but refuses to move out. I cannot move out as one of my children is severely disabled.

anyways, he also stopped all to my account (everything is payed out of my account: mortgage, utilities, nursery fees, council tax and he used to transfer me a good amount of money so all was covered). I only work part time (due ti disabled DS I will never be able to go fack full time) but after paying the nursery, I only have about £20/week left for me and the DC. I used up my savings but now I am at a point where I do not cope financially anymore. I started cutting back on my food to feed the kids but it is just not enough. DP does not buy food etc for us either.

would I be able to claim tax credits under these circumstances as a single earner? I do not know to do. :( :(

Get yourself to women's aid for advice. Or the CAB. There must be a way to get him out. Good luck x

If you're living as a couple you can only claim benefits as a couple. I think the bigger issue to resolve is how to get him out of your home and how you can live as an independent woman with your children. Have you spoken to anything like CAB, a solicitor or even Women's Refuge organisations? The last ones especially are very good at helping abused women in precisely these kind of situations.

It's hard to prove but you can sometimes claim benefits as a single person of you live with an ex partner. It must be an ex partner though. The test is not whether you have sex with him but rather if you run the household jointly, so to speak. For example do you share food cupboards and shopping bills? If you're merely living under the same roof for convenience you can make a claim
to benefits as a single person but be prepared to be challenged on the issue.
It sounds like you really need help honey, please do go and see CAB or phone a domestic violence helpline.

my dbro and his ex did this. They split up but neither could afford to move out so she claimed tax credits as a single person. He slept on the sofa. Not ideal but what else could they do i suppose?

Do you have documented evidence of his violence? Police reports, A&E attendance with injuries etc? Not doubting you for a minute but these all help prove your case.

Get advice asap & yes you can get Tc's, speak to the helpline asap.