Accused of benefit fraud!!

drwho2011

missmontana wrote: »

How can you make that assumption about his ex wife? none of her circumstances have been mentioned!!

True they aren't listed.

However I am aware of the average amount of state support provided to single parents.

Its also a fact that the majority of single parents will receive greater state support than those who aren't. Lets face it's not just IS that a lone parent will claim but likely CB/CTC (not to mention the childcare component), they will get a single person discount and maybe HB/LHA and possibly CTB.

The primary exceptions will single parents who are high earners and earn over the thresholds, but as they will be the sole earner they are less likely to.

So lets call it a statistical probability.
There are examples of lone parent households on this board who work 16hrs and yet are pulling in more in benefits than 2 parents working full time.

drwho2011

missmontana wrote: »

I'm beginning to think maybe the DWP should have very clear rules about what is classed as being partners/living together entails, with so many nights a week or percentages of time when not at work blah blah blah...

Unfortunately it wouldn't work as it leaves the system out for exploitation.

LTAHAW will have to be determined on the balance of probabilities for that reason.

drwho2011

uganda wrote: »

All that is a given, if her IS stops and if there is someone else moving in. Which I don't think they have, but that's a separate issue.

Her IS was stopped, thus it would be best for her to find out what about any possible effects to her HB/LHA sooner than later.

missmontana

You have a real problem with lone parents on benefits don't you Drwho?

onetomany

oh you got me worried now about keys hubby moving out next week and we agreed to have keys to each other propites so he can bring son home and i havent got to wait outside his do you think i will get done?

FBaby

onetomany wrote: »

oh you got me worried now about keys hubby moving out next week and we agreed to have keys to each other propites so he can bring son home and i havent got to wait outside his do you think i will get done?

Is he planning on spending all his waking hours with you? If not, then I don't think you have anything to worry about! The key business is only one small element amongst others. It is the accumulation of facts that will make more likely that he is considered as sharing the household.

Mara69

uganda wrote: »

if her IS stops.

It HAS stopped. The OP said this in her opening post. They have ceased her claim.

clearingout

FBaby wrote: »

But what would be acceptable then? At which point would it be obvious that the only reason the couple have different addresses is because they are better off financially this way?

I don't know what would be an 'acceptable' length of time to 'get to know' a person before declaring 'commitment'. We are all individuals with individual need, expectation, resources etc. I was pretty sure I'd marry my ex husband within a few weeks of knowing him - and look how that turned out?! We waited a decent amount of time, got to know each other as well as we could have, I think. I don't think that because I'm now a lone parent reliant on tax credits to get by, I should be forced to think in weeks/months/ years...in a new relationship. Isn't it still my right to think in terms of what is right for myself and my children? Or do I have to live a life below whatever official poverty line tax credits top me up to to be 'allowed' a new relationship?

FOX_HOUND

First of all I'd want to know what troublemaking snitch has been at work.

The nat king cole are obviously trying it on.

They'll do everything possible to get you off the register.

Appeal it. You've nothing to lose.

Put the onus on them to prove that you are living as man and wife. And don't listen to some of the hate mongers on here. They'll see you in the gutter for the sake of a few quid.

Cherry_Bomb

clearingout wrote: »

I don't know what would be an 'acceptable' length of time to 'get to know' a person before declaring 'commitment'. We are all individuals with individual need, expectation, resources etc. I was pretty sure I'd marry my ex husband within a few weeks of knowing him - and look how that turned out?! We waited a decent amount of time, got to know each other as well as we could have, I think. I don't think that because I'm now a lone parent reliant on tax credits to get by, I should be forced to think in weeks/months/ years...in a new relationship. Isn't it still my right to think in terms of what is right for myself and my children? Or do I have to live a life below whatever official poverty line tax credits top me up to to be 'allowed' a new relationship?

But surely the whole point is when you are supported as a single parent you should expect to have some restrictions when it comes to a relationship?

The OP and her OH have been together for 18 months. I seriously doubt in that entire time she hasn't made some sort of financial gain whether it's him buying the shopping one week therefore saving her a few quid or him giving her some money for a phone bill.