Mooloo's New Home, New Year and New Start part 3

Jo4

Glad you got a good nights sleep. Hopefully you will get another good nights sleep tonight so you can enjoy biggest of Mooloos birthday and DGD2 Christening.

I became an auntie again yesterday as my sister had a baby girl, the first born into the family in over 11 years! :j

Savvy_sewing

Jo4 wrote: »

Glad you got a good nights sleep. Hopefully you will get another good nights sleep tonight so you can enjoy biggest of Mooloos birthday and DGD2 Christening.

I became an auntie again yesterday as my sister had a baby girl, the first born into the family in over 11 years! :j

Congrats to your sister. Hope they are both well.
I am aiming for another earlyish night tonight.
AS you say, busy weekend ahead, and my ATOS medical on Monday. Just received a letter from the council about my claim and having to renew for Attendance allowance etc. (then the money I get would be reduced accordingly of course). Right time to cook the tea.

Savvy_sewing

Well I was in bed at 8pm but DGD didnt settle until after 9.30, so she was in and out. I had to get up a couple of times to put her back to bed.
I woke a few times, but was back to sleep as soon as I had been to the loo. Which is quite a result.
I am still feeling quite tired today. But I havent exactly been in a rush.
The washing is on. Dispite the ecover stuff being absolute rubbish, I had a 14.99 carton of it, so it has to be used. I have rubbed it into the stains on top of the usual dose. Lets hope it works. The hot chocolate is out of DGD's bedroom as she goes to bed with it in her sippy cup thing. Except for some reason its getting old I suppose and is leaking.
So getting her out of using a cup is the next thing. Having a small drink before bed.
I need to go to the Post office as I ran out of time helping Twin1 yesterday.
DS is unwell, so he was going to stop at twin1's as where he lives at the moment, he has no peace, family of about 7 living in the house, and he sleeps on the sofa.
I think he is coming to realise that he doesnt really like it there, and that the Dad is drinking all his board away.
I hope he will start to see some sense soon. Even if it doesn mean he has to come back home for a little while until we can save up for a deposit. Its a pity that the people that Run the little houses that Twin1 is in, will not help him.
I wonder if I can have a word with them, there will be 4 of the little houses empty when Twin1 moves out.
Right I really should be getting my shower and getting ready to go out.
BF is coming over this weekend, for the Christening etc. So we will see if his attitude is changing after being informed of the way I feel, and his telling me how he feels on Wednesday.
Have a good day all.

Savvy_sewing

This mornings post has just brought a letter from the DWP sayng that the government are trying to change the rules for the ESA, and that if they are successful my benefit will stop immediately the act goes through parliament. Which will be in April.
It doesnt say what other benefits I may be entitled to if this is the case, but it is looking pretty ominous.
How can I go back to work? Who would employ me for a start?
Oh am so worried now. Even if I pass the ESA tests on Monday, It may still be taken away from me in April. The new rules will be that you can only claim esa for 12 months.
EEK I have been on it for 3 years or so.
If I wasnt worried before, I dam well am now.

Molly41

I think it means that although Contributions ESA will end you will still be entitled to Means Tested ESA as you have no other form of income and dont have a partner. Try not to worry x

Savvy_sewing

The paperwork is very ambiguous. I am trying to read through the paperwork at the moment.
DGD is havieng a hissy fit as I turned the TV off. Stressful.
Hopefully she will calm down now. I took the camera out and turned it on to video her. told her I would put it on the internet for everyone to see her! She shut up and went up to her room to calm down.!!
Looks like my BF will be here soon for Lunch. Wonder if I can relax a bit and worry about he ESA later.

Eager_Elephant

I can confirm that that Molly is correct!!!

ESA(C) will only be payable for 12 months from April 2012 so if you have been on it at least one year at that point it will stop.

They will then reassess you for ESA(income related) which of course you will get but it will take into account your working tax credit so if that is more than £67.50 per week then you won't get any but if you only get 1p of ESA(IR) it gives you full housing benefit and full council tax benefit (less any non-dep deductions if DS moves back)

Any questions give me a shout

Savvy_sewing

Thanks EE,
It all sounds so very complicated to me.
When the guardiahship is through, then I would no longer be classed as self employed so the Tax Credits would stop.
Then I will loose the £103. I just started to get.
Although I will then be able to get the Child Benefit for DGD, £20.30 and the child credits of £59? or something like that.
Which would then change the claim for housing benefit and Council tax benefits once more.
If I loose the ESA as well, we will be back at rock bottom and I will certainly not be able to help the rest of the family anymore thats for sure.
Oh well, I will be getting the same as everyone else the government say we can live on. So I will not be the only one in the myre. But I am not looking forward to it, as it will mean no car anymore and definitely No holidays.!
So I will not be giving DGD the standard of living she is currently getting access to thats for sure.
I just need a miracle to be better and be able to go to work and not need help from the government! Oh to turn back the clock a few years.!

gizmo111

Mooloo wrote: »

Thanks EE,
It all sounds so very complicated to me.
When the guardiahship is through, then I would no longer be classed as self employed so the Tax Credits would stop.
Then I will loose the £103. I just started to get.
Although I will then be able to get the Child Benefit for DGD, £20.30 and the child credits of £59? or something like that.
Which would then change the claim for housing benefit and Council tax benefits once more.
If I loose the ESA as well, we will be back at rock bottom and I will certainly not be able to help the rest of the family anymore thats for sure.
Oh well, I will be getting the same as everyone else the government say we can live on. So I will not be the only one in the myre. But I am not looking forward to it, as it will mean no car anymore and definitely No holidays.!
So I will not be giving DGD the standard of living she is currently getting access to thats for sure.
I just need a miracle to be better and be able to go to work and not need help from the government! Oh to turn back the clock a few years.!

Not sure about your oher benefits but the local authority must pay the fosteringallowance less CTC and CB - so you should get around £40 a week from them. What is happeneing with this?

Savvy_sewing

Oh Gizmo, nothing seems to be happening about it.
I have filled in more forms as the old ones had expired its taking them so long.
My solicitor wrote to them back in July again, and they still hadnt replied to her at the end of september. Nobody seems to be the one to sign the authority for payment. They were awaiting some sort of Code, last I heard. Before that it was arguing who's pocket it was coming out of, as we ahve changed social workers so many times.
I really am at the end of my tether with them.
We are only weeks away from the next LAC reveiw now as well.
Useless is not a strong enough word to call them really.
They cannot even remember to send me a complaints form, and thats over 6 months now as well. Infact I cannot remember which bit it was I wanted to complain about now!!
I may have a couple of nice actual workers, but those above them are just pen pushing idiots as far as I can see.! I do know there are pressures on all the authoritites, and they have once again taken away my SOA as such, and so the original guaranteed figures will be changed now as so much time has passed, and so I have no idea howmuch they are now willing to allocate. Last year it was £113.84 a week for the next 2 years. But now, as I am currently getting a higher disability element to WTC that may not be the case. We will just have to see.
I think that I will need to go in and see the solicitor soon, and talk about this with her. (even my solicitor has left the firm and a second one been allocated).

My ESA medical is today. I am dreading it.
If I am seen fit for work, I will have to go back to all those Jobcentre interviews etc, and also have my income drop once more.
Will I ever actually know what I will have to live on in the course of a year, or is it always destined to fluctuate so much. Talking of what to live off of, I need to pay some rent. Just keep forgetting that I dont get my Council Tax or most of my Rent on benefits anymore, so will need to pay those bills soo.
Better look at the bank account balances before I spend anymore money helping the kids.!