Warning! Big benefit payments shake-up: frequency and pay-day will change for most

jacnorm

My husband had no warning that his benefit payments were to change and now he is no longer paid every two weeks on a thursday he is paid weekly on a wednesday and he has not lost or had to wait for any money.

richard9991

jac/norm wrote: »

My husband had no warning that his benefit payments were to change and now he is no longer paid every two weeks on a thursday he is paid weekly on a wednesday and he has not lost or had to wait for any money.

which benefit is he claiming if it not a working age benefit then it may well be weekly

jacnorm

He is 54yrs and gets IB and DLA

simple_living

Zara33 wrote: »

nope i can't see where on the list christmas presents are covered by a budgeting loan

as you are knowledgable I must ask you, then, where does the money come from, out of the assessed weekly benefit, for extras?..come on, I am dying to know...and I am only interested if you have been through what some of us have...as that is the only way in which you will be able to address complicated detail

the callousness on here, from some, is breathtaking

I can tell that some do not have kids...

I do not agree with the lady who seems to have one child, who at 12, was so 'unmaterialistic' [using her words] to not care about that [apparently!!...she may be shocked, as time goes on, to realise, though, what this can do, if some kids are made to feel so different to other kids].

MY kids!* are going to keep getting presents at Christmas...as I did...making happy memories which got me through hard times when older..
AND IN NO WAY!!!! HAS MADE ME MATERIALISTIC

you judgmental people really need to take a second look at things

*giving is what it's about

simple_living

KimYeovil wrote: »

Yes you can. Budget - you should have more than . And disciplining yourself to have savings as well is even more beneficial.

Cut your cloth yadda yadda.

savings out of benefits???

do you even live on this planet?

please tell me your own experience of living on disablement benefit, with kids, fighting illness/pain, and budgeting

instead of your trolling pontificating

you have kids to provide for/look after??? right??
or just you???

simple_living

shellsuit wrote: »

Of course you could do that, but not everyone does do they?

I've just spoken to OH and he said when he lived on his own, he shopped weekly, didn't buy 'cupboard' items really and if he did, it was just for that time period until he had the cash to shop again.

exactly

I just don't get the judgemental posts as in 'you should be doing this/why haven't you done that?'

Everyones circumstances are different, we all live in different ways and lead different lives.

quite
I really don't 'get it' either...
why some feel they have to do this...
it must make them feel better about themselves, somehow

It's a shame that there will be people who will struggle until the benefit changes are put into place properly, but patronising them about what they should or shouldn't be doing, isn't going to help them at all.

amen to that

I_luv_cats

I think because women can get Pension Credit / Bus Pass and Winter Fuel Allowance @ 60 years old that a man can get these too. (Pension Credit if applicable on own circumstances)

BUT this Pension Credit will change in the future as womens retirement age increases over time. (Don't know if fuel/bus will be affected too)

simple_living

bestpud wrote: »

Why do people feel think they must lie down and let the state pick them up again and again?

have you got healing powers?
would be interested to know

many on this thread have humbly admitted they, or their loved ones, are disabled...it's not just a case of being temporarily 'between jobs'

it is gobsmacking that so many glibly ride roughshod over this!!!!

I worked very hard for years...I still work very hard, in other ways, within the house...who the heck are you to make this nasty generalising statement?

seven-day-weekend

We have lived on Incapacity benefit, with illness and a child , so DO have experience.

My husband had a massive nervous breakdown and had to quit his job. He was the main wage earner too. All we had coming in was his IB and my lttle wage from being a lollipop lady. Still had a mortgage to pay (no help in those days).

We got rid of our car, got a lodger and gave our son an IOU.(we DID give him an IOU for Christmas, for his big present -he got it in the January sales because it was a lot cheaper. He had small presents from us at Christmas, and those from other people. Needs must).

He's 29 now. Doesn't seem to have done him much harm.

bestpud

simple_living wrote: »

have you got healing powers?
would be interested to know

many on this thread have humbly admitted they, or their loved ones, are disabled...it's not just a case of being temporarily 'between jobs'

it is gobsmacking that so many glibly ride roughshod over this!!!!

I worked very hard for years...I still work very hard, in other ways, within the house...who the heck are you to make this nasty generalising statement?

I have lived on disability benefits and survived on basic income support (pre New Labour ad their generosity!) for a good time before that. Our children went without in those early days and so did we.

I am not going to go into my life or medical history but I had a serious mental illness and I still do to some extent - it took me over 10 years to get to a point where I could function normally. Now I manage it when I can and seek help asap when I can't.

Now I am a single parent and I still struggle with mental health issues but I do my best and I am seeing a counsellor and finally dealing with the underlying problem, which is now 30 years old and still affecting me badly.

Like I said, I am not going to go into my life history, or even begin to describe how I struggle sometimes, but suffice to say you are entirely wrong when you suggest I have no idea of illness, disability, or hard times.

I know people can survive on benefits because I have and I do.

Please don't assume we all sit in ivory towers.