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**chocolate_frog** · 06-04-2011, 20:25

Say I leave the Armed Forces with a £80k pay out and £6.5k pension.

If you don't get a job straight away... can I claim anything?

**celticguy** · 06-04-2011, 20:27

To claim benefits, you need to be working less than 16 hours a week (which you would be) and have less than 16k savings (which i suspect you'll have more than)

**Ancient_Mariner** · 06-04-2011, 20:28

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Say I leave the Armed Forces with a £80k pay out and £6.5k pension.

If you don't get a job straight away... can I claim anything?

I don't think you can claim benefits if you've got more than £6k to your name. Whet will be along in a moment to offer his services as a consultant.

You don't want to go to the dole office. You'll feel naked without a Pit Bull.

**steven seagull** · 06-04-2011, 20:31

Job seekers allowance contributions based.

Bout £65.45 per wk for 182 days. It changes next week by a matter of a couple of quid.

You will be entitled to it because its not means tested like JSA income based which is what AM is describing above. Basically you get you NI contributions back for six months on conts based JSA.

**exbleep** · 06-04-2011, 20:33

Yes, JSA contribution based. Taxable. Only good thing is that your NI is paid for you.

**Tremaine** · 06-04-2011, 20:34

Originally Posted by Ancient_Mariner

I don't think you can claim benefits if you've got more than £6k to your name. Whet will be along in a moment to offer his services as a consultant.

You don't want to go to the dole office. You'll feel naked without a Pit Bull.

No consultant here and I'm no expert, but I'm aware of this calculator which worked pretty well for me.

**red_devil** · 06-04-2011, 20:35

Originally Posted by celticguy

To claim benefits, you need to be working less than 16 hours a week (which you would be) and have less than 16k savings (which i suspect you'll have more than)

Do what millions of immigrants do, bank it abroad.

**revmodes** · 06-04-2011, 20:36

If you are in possession of a passport from romania, somalia or the outer fringes of the nile delta, then you will be quids in mate, as it stands you are probably entitled to an interview with an 18year old yoof, who will spend hours going through bullshit paperwork, and then register you as a malingering anti government activist , on the grounds that you failed to take the employment offered as a trainee job centre yoof on minimum wage. You will be entitled i believe to have your NI contributions paid if unemployed, don't quote me though, having luckily never been unemployed, unemployable by anyone else yes!!!

**Moodybitch** · 06-04-2011, 20:37

Why if you have 80k would you want to sponge off the state?

**steven seagull** · 06-04-2011, 20:39

Originally Posted by red_devil

Do what millions of immigrants do, bank it abroad.

On a contributions based benefits it doesn't work. They'll know you've been made redundant so will want to know where its gone and ask you to provide evidence. Besides, its still capital available to you so still wouldn't be able to claim.