Getting into work

If you are entitled to claim working tax credit you will avoid the overall benefit cap limit.

To be eligible for working tax credit you need to work as follows:

You are not responsible for children
You must be aged at least:	Hours to be worked each week
25	at least 30 hours
16 with a disability	at least 16 hours
60	at least 16 hours
You are responsible for children
16, single	at least 30 hours
16, in a couple	Jointly at least 24 hours a week – one of you must be working at least 16 hours a week

If your joint working hours are less than 24 a week, you can still get working tax credit if one of the following applies:

One of you is aged 60 or over and working at least 16 hours a week.
One of you is disabled and working at least 16 hours a week.
One of you works at least 16 hours a week and the other person is entitled to carer's allowance - even if they don't get any payments because they receive other benefits instead.
One of you works at least 16 hours a week, and the other person is 'incapacitated', an in-patient in hospital, or in prison (serving a custodial sentence, or remanded in custody awaiting trial or sentence).

Ealing’s unemployed residents can find help getting back into work at work clubs and also Job Centres:

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