Redundancy

[Gin96]

My husband is being made redundant in June, I work part time and earn £14000 pa, would I be entitled to anything, tax credits, child benefit, (one child 13) and how would I find out?

There's a website called 'entitled to'. Mind you, generally you can't have decent savings to get benefits. I I'd expect you'll get child benefit, though, as it's available if you earn under 50-60k. However, if your husband finds another job soon and goes over the threshold for the year then you'll need to pay it back.

Your DH should be entitled to contributions based job seekers allowance from Universal credit. He needs to apply the day after he is made redundant.
He will need to attend the job centre once a week until he finds a new job.
On his first appointment he will need to provide his identification, last pay slip, PER etc, CV

And do you have to pay it back, hopefully when he gets a new job?

It depends if you rent or have a mortgage
It depends if you have children
He needs to provide income, expenses & they work out how much you will receive
Redundancy money is not taken into account for a certain amount of weeks

He/both of you need to attend the universal credit interview

Thank you that’s most helpful

I got jsa and it wasn't linked to savings or dh income but it was only £73 per week.

Didn't need to pay it back

Contribution based JSA is now called 'new style' JSA and you apply online but not through universal credit. You could apply for universal credit on top of that, but you would both then have to attend an interview at the JC etc as thats a joint income benefit whereas new style JSA is individual and based on NI record.

I recommend trying one of the benefit calculators like entitled to or turn 2 us. There is also lots of benefit information on the Citizens Advice website.

You've been given confusing advice here. Your dh will be able to claim new style JSA if he has paid enough NI contributions over the past few years. New style JSA is not part of Universal credit. Claiming UC will depend on your income, rent etc, but claiming New style JSA is non means tested and just dependent on NI contributions. It may be possible to claim them both but the JSA would be deducted pound for pound from the UC. UC will top up your household income if for example you had a high rent.

I was made redundant, I got £73 a week, but was lucky to find a new job quickly