Advice Please - Second Job and Income Tax

My husband is a part-time cleaner - he works for a cleaning agency who
have contracts with various companies, and generally earns less than
£5000/year and so pays no tax.
Recently the agency he works for lost a contract to a rival company,
and so he is employed by the rival company for one job. he filled in a
new employee application as was given to him, and was told that no P45
was needed. On the form, he was asked if he had a second job to which
he answered yes
Since being paid, not only is he paying tax on his income £53/week,
but he is paying it at basic rate. He has tried to get this sorted but
has just been told to get in touch with his tax office - not sure what
good that would do.

What usually happens when people have second jobs which is what this
is now? How can the second company know whether to deduct tax from the
wage or not? Do we really have to wait until next April and then claim
it all back?
Also, if he gets extra work with one of the companies which takes him
slightly over the tax allowance, how is that dealt with with two
employers involved?

Basic questions, but never had to deal with this situation before!

Thanks for your advice..

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