New CSA Claim/IS Last 7 years...

Loopy_Girl

kelloggs36 wrote: »

I think I should now start having children by multiple fathers and live on income support - I would be so much better off than I am now!

Totally...I cannot actually beleive that they are bringing this rule in - where the jesus is the incentive to get out to work when the kids are old enough...and whatever happened to the raising it to £40pw clear before making it the full amount? That never came to fruition hence my dubiousness about this....

In the meantime though I am away to text Ashley Cole and see if he fancies a bit of how's your father!!!!!! Set up for life on that!!!!:rotfl::rotfl:

missmontana

Well this is another conflicting thing... I spoke to the CSA this morning, asking them if they'd made contact with the ex, had a few questions.
He said it was going to be £40 from April then the full amount in October.

Gingerbread have this to say...
Good news for single parents claiming Income Support or Jobseeker’s Allowance. From 12th April, you will be able to keep all of your benefit and all of your maintenance!

At the moment, Jobcentre Plus allows you to keep just £20 of any child maintenance each week, and any extra is deducted from your benefit. In future, all your child maintenance will be for you and your family, without affecting your benefit.

This makes child maintenance more worth having. Ring our Helpline if you want advice about this. And if you have previously been turned down for benefit because of your child maintenance, now is the time to make a fresh claim.

kelloggs36

I totally agree with Loopy - where on Earth is the incentive to get off your backside as a single parent and support yourself and children? I have been there and struggled, I don't understand why the Government are so against families; they seem hell bent on making all families single parent ones with schemes like this!!! This does nothing but to encourage !!!!lessness (I'm talking mothers here who can be manipulative and have as many children by as many different fathers as they like and rake in the cash). It is not right - it will increase the social security bill, and increase the numbers of single parents in one fell swoop. Absolute madness.

missmontana

Yup, I am tempted to find myself a nice rich man, get pregnant, then I will be able to get more child maintenance from him and not have to return to work come October... lol!

But you never know, it may well encourage men to "put something on the end of it" as Mr Kyle says!!

kelloggs36

I doubt it as it doesn't affect the fathers who should pay anyway as they are their children - it will just make the nasty mothers more vindictive and manipulative.

missmontana

Yes, but the men might think twice about risking the chance of a woman becoming pregnant by having unprotected intercourse in the first place... mainly for all those that aren't in a committed relationship should I add.

DX2

missmontana wrote: »

Yes, but the men might think twice about risking the chance of a woman becoming pregnant by having unprotected intercourse in the first place... mainly for all those that aren't in a committed relationship should I add.

The men/women that slap it about really aren't going to give a dam let's be honest.

missmontana

DX2 wrote: »

The men/women that slap it about really aren't going to give a dam let's be honest.

Thanks for that DX, I have a great image of men slapping it about now! :rotfl:

kelloggs36

missmontana wrote: »

Yes, but the men might think twice about risking the chance of a woman becoming pregnant by having unprotected intercourse in the first place... mainly for all those that aren't in a committed relationship should I add.

I would have thought that the horror stories of the CSA to date would have got through by now but alas they haven't made any difference - the law changes won't affect it in the slightest.

missmontana

Possibly not, but I guess anythings worth a try!