£2000 tax free paid to disabled people before 2020 to get back to work?
hi can anyone remember a few years back pre 2020 when disabled were offered 2,000 tax free paid over the year to go back to work ? Was well before 2020 . Can anyone remember what it was called having no luck Ty
On google
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I'm not sure I've heard about this before. I've just edited your title so it explains what you're looking for and hopefully someone else will know 😊
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ty x
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There was a return to work bonus of £40 a week (£2000 a year), but that was about 20 years ago.
Lone parents offered £40 a week back to work bonus | Social exclusion | The Guardian
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yea that’s the one I just thought
It was for disabled . X
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actually it’s not the one I’m thinking of it’s same money etc. this was about maybe 8 yr ago x
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OverlyAnxious - from your link - the difference between then and now 😳
Lone parents and people claiming incapacity benefit will be paid a £40-a-week return to work bonus as part of a package to boost employment, Gordon Brown announced this afternoon.
The chancellor said an extra £30m would also be spent on the new deal for disabled people as part of the government's drive to encourage more people back to work.
He told MPs: "In the coming decades as populations age and the dependency ratio grows, the most successful economies will be those who encourage the maximum number of people of working age into the labour force.
Revealing the details of the changes he said the current work credit scheme was being extended to apply to 250,000 lone parents. They will each be offered a £40-a-week return to work bonus for a year, totalling £2,000.
At the same time the government's pathway to work scheme, offering £40 a week to people on incapacity benefit to help them back into the workplace, was also being extended to cover a third of the country with the rest of the UK set to follow so that it becomes a national scheme.
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Ty so much you little detective lol they must of done it later
On too .
Ty x
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No never heard of that
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It was something from quite some time ago Catherine!
On a different note, I'd like to point out this scheme that the government has set up since the 1st November. If you receive any of the following benefits:
Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Universal Credit and Support for Mortgage Interest.
If your area has, recorded or forecasted, an average temperature of zero degrees Celsius or below for seven consecutive days a £25 top up will be paid. This will run until 31 March 2025.
Now, this of course doesn't seem like much given the price of energy these days, but I just want everyone to know it's available. Every little can help at least.
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That's the usual Cold weather payment that starts from 1st Nov and runs until 31st March, every year. You don't need to apply, you'll automatically receive it if you qualify. It's not available for those living in Scotland.
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Never heard of it, judging by the comments above, it seems something from Gordon Brown era, I was a school kid then!
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