savings and wtc

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hi, i have recently been awarded Ј140000 from the cica for criminal injuries compensation this includes Ј2300 for private health care in order to overcome my illness resulting from incidents.
My problem, i work 16 hours and get working tax credit and child tax credit as well as housing and council tax benifit. i am a single parent with 5 children of which 3 i claim tax credits for.
I have been told so many diferent things and dont know what to do. i was told i will now have to live off the money paid by the cica and lose my benifits etc,
Please could you advise me on this ie, do i have to declare the money or just any interest, (as i saw on another foru on here)

Best answers:

• Welcome to the forums Galaxy Dog
  The CAB aim to respond to queries within two working days. As it is now the weekend, this means that you are unlikely to get any reply from a CAB representative until sometime next week.
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