Benefits and Traveling

zappster1966

Their post had everything to get the blood boiling ... on long term benefits, travelling around the country (while the rest of us are chained to work) & a new baby on the way. That I found annoying.

But the most annoying thing of all was the knowledge that they can take a year out, travel around the country to their hearts delight and there's little if anything that can be done about it. All they have to do is declare themselves as persons without an address (PWA) & their benefits remain the same as now, the only thing in place to curtail their activities is an occasional medical or job centre interview ... which can be conducted anywhere.

Isn't it that which grated so much ?

Mozz

If a person declares themselves PWA while on Income Support they lose all premiums and receive just the personal allowance of IS. By premiums I mean Disability Premium, Enhanced Disability Premium and Severe Disability Premium.

Oldernotwiser

zappster1966 wrote: »

But the most annoying thing of all was the knowledge that they can take a year out, travel around the country to their hearts delight and there's little if anything that can be done about it.

It's hardly taking a year OUT anyway, if you're not working!

krisskross

Mozz wrote: »

If a person declares themselves PWA while on Income Support they lose all premiums and receive just the personal allowance of IS. By premiums I mean Disability Premium, Enhanced Disability Premium and Severe Disability Premium.

I believe the original post said they were using an accomodation address, think it was a member of the family.

Mozz

Oh I see, I didn't read the original post I was just going by what Zappster1966 said. Thanks

OrkneyStar

KimYeovil wrote: »

And please do not alter the default typeface. That is very irritating.

Am I to understand that you are irritated by the font someone chooses ? Or was there more to it ? I did not see original post you see!
Thanks

zappster1966

Mozz wrote: »

If a person declares themselves PWA while on Income Support they lose all premiums and receive just the personal allowance of IS. By premiums I mean Disability Premium, Enhanced Disability Premium and Severe Disability Premium.

You are absolutely right. I'm an !!!!. I meant NFA.

Think I really should maintain my self imposed exile.

briona

OrkneyStar wrote: »

Am I to understand that you are irritated by the font someone chooses ? Or was there more to it ? I did not see original post you see!
Thanks

The original post was in Comic Sans, which to be fair is a pretty horrible font although perhaps not entirely deserving of the vitriol it received...

real1314

krisskross wrote: »

I believe the original post said they were using an accomodation address, think it was a member of the family.

If they were just using the address for correspondance, and were to be staying in a caravan rather than in actual buildings, then they would be classed as "without accomodation" and so would lose any premiums.

OrkneyStar

briona wrote: »

The original post was in Comic Sans, which to be fair is a pretty horrible font although perhaps not entirely deserving of the vitriol it received...

Wow!
As long as it's not huge or very bright the text style is irrelevant to me, I don't like it when the whole post is written like this or like this though lol!
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