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alwaysonthego_2

shelley_crow wrote: »

I don't think this decision is right (apart from obviously being unfair), my OH lost his job in January after the company he worked for went into liquidation. I am a student social worker on a bursary similar (but probably less) than your wife and my OH has been awarded JSA.

Have you appealed the decision?

He would have been claiming cont based JSA which totally disregards any savings or household income. The op was self employed and therefore paid class 2 NI conts which means he is not eligible for it. He could claim income based JSA but because of his wife's bursary he is only entitled to a small amount.

The op could get help with ctb, ctc and mortgage assistance after 13 weeks.

Op you need to speak to your mortgage provider and let them know the situation. They may allow you to take an payment holiday break or change it to an interest only mortgage. You need to keep paying it even if you can't manage the full amount, something is better than nothing.

pfpf

roofer1uk wrote: »

So I have to live on 120 quid bursary, feed two kids, pay mortgage and bills?
great country we live in!

roofer1uk wrote: »

Self Employed. No savings and one child aged 6.

i'm afraid i can't offer any constructive help but i am interested to know where child 2 is.

catmiaow

Try being single with no children, you are left in the gutters!!

Marcheline

Hi OP, if your wife is at University, get her to go along to the Student Services Centre as the Uni will have an Access to Learning Fund (this is for students in financial hardship) Once you apply they may award you some money to tide you over for a while (I was single with no dependents in my final year and was awarded £400, so it's worth doing and it doesn't need to be paid back) Even if she's not at Uni doing her course it would be worthwhile her speaking to someone at her place of education to see if they can offer extra assistance.

roofer1uk

pfpf wrote: »

i'm afraid i can't offer any constructive help but i am interested to know where child 2 is.

Child 2 is 17 and working full time so I can't claim for him. Got a job interview on Wed with local council as a Building maintenence worker. Hope I get it so i can get out of this system that only looks after our underclass:mad:


Thanks for all the support and advice:T

bunny999

Agree with you about the underclass. Good luck with the job.

onlyforboards_2

bunny999 wrote: »

Agree with you about the underclass. Good luck with the job.

If being a part of this protected underclass is so great why doesn't everyone quit moaning about them, lose thier jobs and homes and live off benefits?

simplysound_2

if everyone did it no one would be contributing, and there would be no money. I personally hate having to pay for 'job seekers' - specifically those that have been 'seeking' work for years...

onlyforboards_2

simplysound wrote: »

if everyone did it no one would be contributing, and there would be no money. I personally hate having to pay for 'job seekers' - specifically those that have been 'seeking' work for years...

Well there will be a lot of people with your attitude finding out how difficult is it to find a job pretty soon. They will then soon realise that they have been paying for their own benefit all those years and will be grateful for it!

I have lived in areas of high unemployment since the eighties, I'm not sure people believe they exist but they do and there is about to be more of them!

Being unemployed is hell.
Anyone who decides to live that way for the rest of their lives has no idea how good life could be, there is nothing for those of us who do work to feel envious of.

simplysound_2

some people will find that i am sure, but most will look to get back into work as soon as possible, and granted that will be hard in current times and therefor may take some time - in these cases the benefit is warrented. But i do not feel as thongh people should be able to claim job seekers for more than say 6 months unless in exceptional circumstances. Also i believe that job seekers should be required to do community service as a part of their benefit - maybe an hour a week after they have been claiming for a month, increasing for each further month they claim... Then it makes it less - money for nothing