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housing and ct benefit

help please, in mid january my rent allowance goes down to 55quid a week, this is a problem as its roughly 90 quid a week, and i am rapidly running out of savings, im on nil income as i got sacked from my job and have been activally seeking work ever since, what do i do about this???

who should i contact to see about benifits getting sorted?

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  • SomeBozo
    SomeBozo Posts: 1,195 Forumite
    Can you get some bar work? Its the Christmas season and I know the big pubs in my local town are struggling to get people!

    Bozo
  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    What about moving smewhere cheaper? If this is the LHA for your area there should be places at that rent available.
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