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Savings on income support-how much?
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What I was questioning was how he intended to:
If with such monitoring, he made sure that the savings never exceeded £6000, he could only do it by spending it or hiding it.
In which case the 'spending' could be seen as deprivation as it is clearly being done to max his benefits or 'hiding' which is clearly illegal.
If he's spending a lump sum he's received then sure but not from just stopping saving after his savings reach that level and then just spending all his income each month like most people do anyway, instead of being frugal.
Or if he prefers there's a gold vending machine thread in the Arms (might have been DT) that he could make use of lol. That you could criticise certainly."Life is what you make of it, whoever got anywhere without some passion and ambition?0 -
jetta_wales wrote: »If he's spending a lump sum he's received then sure but not from just stopping saving after his savings reach that level and then just spending all his income each month like most people do anyway, instead of being frugal.
Or if he prefers there's a gold vending machine thread in the Arms (might have been DT) that he could make use of lol. That you could criticise certainly.
I agree, but it was just the way the poster made the comment that upset me.
And not everybody spends what comes in. Most people do save out of their income even if it is benefit income. I thought that that was what the current government and the one before it has been trying to encourage us to do for our retirement.0 -
Or alternatively, the OP will ensure that their brother withdraws anything left each fortnight in cash to give the OP to save on their behalf :think:I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair0 -
If there's a dark cast to made of a post, you can be sure posters hereabouts will pounce on it. What a miserable view of the world and everybody's motives some people have.
People with mental health issues, especially those serious enough to warrant high level DLA, are often bad money managers. They may neglect themselves and not spend what they should. They may hoard. Perhaps the OP just wants to ensure her brother manages his money ok - including ensuring he doesn't stockpile money he should be spending to keep himself fully maintained and comfortable thus falling foul of benefits rules.0 -
iamana1ias wrote: »Or alternatively, the OP will ensure that their brother withdraws anything left each fortnight in cash to give the OP to save on their behalf :think:
Which is clearly fraud if it was done with the intention of not losing benefits!0 -
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OMG! Stop reading between the lines and read what the OP wrote. If the OP's brother had £5,999.99 in savings and chose to p!ss all his benefit money up the wall after that there is nothing illegal in it.What I was questioning was how he intended to:
If with such monitoring, he made sure that the savings never exceeded £6000, he could only do it by spending it or hiding it.
In which case the 'spending' could be seen as deprivation as it is clearly being done to max his benefits or 'hiding' which is clearly illegal.
Deprevation indeed :rotfl:"Hiding" money again where the hell did you pick that up from. Best chose another forum to scaremonger on, you're not doing a very good job here.*SIGH*
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He has a few thousand pounds savings in his account but I'm worried in case they stop his benefits, could anyone tell me what is the allowed limit on savings?just wanted to know for future reference so I could monitor his account and make sure he stays under the limit
Which bit of this sounded like concern that he wasn't meeting his care needs?
The OP is only interested in benefit maximisation, by any means.I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair0 -
iamana1ias wrote: »Which bit of this sounded like concern that he wasn't meeting his care needs?
The OP is only interested in benefit maximisation, by any means.
Jog on!
Is there a two for one deal on wild assumptions today or something?"Life is what you make of it, whoever got anywhere without some passion and ambition?0 -
jetta_wales wrote: »Jog on!
Is there a two for one deal on wild assumptions today or something?
No, just rose tinted specs it seems.I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair0
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