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

tonycree

"so it's hardly crippling!"
this wazzox must have enough to live on then while on the dole...how come!?
my ole money only pays the electric/food and petrol...
i'm by my self so no other income...
and so the mortgage goes unpaid and so do the loans...
"so it's hardly crippling!":rotfl:

petermasih

tonycree wrote: »

"so it's hardly crippling!"
this wazzox must have enough to live on then while on the dole...how come!?
my ole money only pays the electric/food and petrol...
i'm by my self so no other income...
and so the mortgage goes unpaid and so do the loans...
"so it's hardly crippling!":rotfl:

Tonycree,
I hope you're getting (or going to get) help with mortgage interest while you're on the dole. It should now be available after 13 weeks on the dole.

tlise

I got a letter but what I am worried about is, I always thought they paid it in arrears anyway, so if they start messing about, are we going to lose a weeks payment? you know, like working a week in hand which means you get it at the end?

mandy2008

i got a letter last week and this week it has messed up my money, i also got told to apply for a loan if i was having any financial troubles, i got paid on a wed its now changed to a thur, my child benifit wasnt put in this week i got no income support last week or this week, i thougt people on disability allowance didnt change as i get dla also

Skeenfleent

tlise wrote: »

I got a letter but what I am worried about is, I always thought they paid it in arrears anyway, so if they start messing about, are we going to lose a weeks payment? you know, like working a week in hand which means you get it at the end?

One gets treated like a potential fraudster under this system - sort of like "we daren't give you the slightest benefit of the doubt nor pay in advance just in case you're ripping us off for a few quid and we have to recover it...but we don't care how you're supposed to budget."

Yeah, it's not like they give you money in advance - that way when they mess up YOU lose out instead of them, and have to wait (and wait, and wait when it's Merton bloody council misplacing data and taking three months just for a simple rent increase, all else remaining the same). End rant. Ahem.

Anyone know about the legality of charging the council for the interest on my large overdraft, given that they have targets to adhere to and even by the most generous appraisal, they missed them by months, not days or weeks in this case?
My landlord is rather annoyed, too... I haven't paid March's rent yet (that's happening tomorrow), let alone April's...

NASA_2

Paying benefit in arrears makes more sense than paying it in advance. In my opinion. Overpayments are expensive to recover so reducing them through things like this is a good idea. Some people will find it difficult but people who arent on benefits also have to deal with hardships - I dont see why benefit claimants should be a special case.

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ESA wrote: »

Paying benefit in arrears makes more sense than paying it in advance. In my opinion. Overpayments are expensive to recover so reducing them through things like this is a good idea. Some people will find it difficult but people who arent on benefits also have to deal with hardships - I dont see why benefit claimants should be a special case.

imho this is the govt in the guise of the dwp making things difficult for the sake of it,to force people who are on the bare minimum to borrow money just so the dwp can change its systems is draconian,and i dont for one minute see how it compares with those lucky enough to be able to work.

seven-day-weekend

Agree ESA. My son has a short-hours minimum wage job (as he is single he doesn't get benefits like tax credits), he does not have a huge amount to live on either.

NASA_2

woodbine wrote: »

imho this is the govt in the guise of the dwp making things difficult for the sake of it,to force people who are on the bare minimum to borrow money just so the dwp can change its systems is draconian,and i dont for one minute see how it compares with those lucky enough to be able to work.

Why would they make it difficult for the sake of it?

Its a sensible decision albeit an unpopular one. I dare say I will haveto endure incessant whining for a time due to it. From a practical standpoint it makes perfect sense though.

PaulS43

I just want to say the government can find lots of cash stuffed down the back of the settee for bailing out the banks.

Politicians can find literally tens of thousands of pounds each to cover their second home expenses.

Yet they can't find a tiny amount of money out of the country's funds to feed our poorest children for 3 weeks.

Don't sit and whinge about it. Get off your backside and GO AND VOTE!

The only way this will change is by enough of us casting our votes to get shot of the corrupt nose in trough cronies.

I would suggest everyone look at the Juryteam.org website. Mainstream politicians need to know that the rest of us have had enough of being fleeced. It doesn't matter who you vote for - just make sure you get involved and do so.

Evil prevails when good men do nothing. Be good GO AND VOTE