JSA & Holiday Abroad ?

RajaStyle

Ok Quick question, If you have a holiday you booked & paid for while working 6 months before becoming redundant ... and you decide to still take it than lose money in cancellation fees and get stress release. I know you lose 2 weeks JSA but do you also lose council tax & housing benefit ? even though you have no income for this period ?

Do they take the view your going on holiday so you have to pay full council tax & rent for the 2 weeks while away ?

Thanks in advance ...

sexandthecity

I think you are allowed two weeks holiday whilst on JSA but I am not sure that it can be abroad as in theory you have to be ready to start week immediately in both cases. I would imagine if you lose your JSA you would lose the other stuff too.

I would just enjoy the holiday I was made redundant in March this year and would have jumped at the chance JSA or no JSA I needed a break

Oldernotwiser

RajaStyle wrote: »

Ok Quick question, If you have a holiday you booked & paid for while working 6 months before becoming redundant ... and you decide to still take it than lose money in cancellation fees and get stress release. I know you lose 2 weeks JSA but do you also lose council tax & housing benefit ? even though you have no income for this period ?

Do they take the view your going on holiday so you have to pay full council tax & rent for the 2 weeks while away ?

Thanks in advance ...

You can claim LHA?HB and CTB even when you're working so I'm fairly sure that you don't lose it if you're away on holiday.

terryw

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

You can claim LHA?HB and CTB even when you're working so I'm fairly sure that you don't lose it if you're away on holiday.

Yep, these benefits are purely means-tested. If you have no income, then that's it. Check with the CT people to be on the safe side and be prepared for a bit of form-filling as the JSA are likely to inform the CT people of the break in the claim.

Raja, I know that you have no intention of not disclosing this trip abroad to the JSA people but another contributor had suggested this and this is why the board guide has stepped in.

For the benefit of anyone else reading this thread, UK airports have recently posted up large posters warning "benefit fraudster" (as they call them) of the risks involved in going abroad.

It would be a simple matter for the JSA people to cross-check names and DOBs with the information held by the border people from scanned passports.

sexandthecity

alwaysonthego wrote: »

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I dont understand

terryw

sexandthecity wrote: »

I dont understand

See the post above:

Raja, I know that you have no intention of not disclosing this trip abroad to the JSA people but another contributor had suggested this and this is why the board guide has stepped in.

sexandthecity

I wasnt suggesting he didnt declare it, i meant even if it meant he had to live without JSA it would be worth the holiday, not that he should go and not say anything.

I am quite offended that people thought I was suggesting he should do that when I was clearly wishing him a good holiday even if it meant he had to go without his benefit for two weeks, as being someone who has recently lost their job myself, I would be prepared to go without JSA for two weeks and declare it because losing your job is incredibly stressful

alwaysonthego_2

sexandthecity wrote: »

I wasnt suggesting he didnt declare it, i meant even if it meant he had to live without JSA it would be worth the holiday, not that he should go and not say anything.

I am quite offended that people thought I was suggesting he should do that when I was clearly wishing him a good holiday even if it meant he had to go without his benefit for two weeks, as being someone who has recently lost their job myself, I would be prepared to go without JSA for two weeks and declare it because losing your job is incredibly stressful

Hi sexandcity, your post was not deleted, it was a message after your's.

Your post was very welcome on here

sexandthecity

Thank you

terryw

sexandthecity wrote: »

Thank you

I absolutely endorse the board guide's post above. It was someone else who suggested chicanery (boy, I am pleased with that one!) and nothing at all was intended to you or your fine post offering superlative advice.

bw

terryw

sexandthecity

terryw wrote: »

I absolutely endorse the board guide's post above. It was someone else who suggested chicanery (boy, I am pleased with that one!) and nothing at all was intended to you or your fine post offering superlative advice.

bw

terryw

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:chicanery - awesome!