Benefit investigation

Amie_007

The benefits system is there to support the people who need it, for whatever reason. What it is not there for is people for abuse the system through greed, which no one on this post I think, can be accused of. It sounds like the people who have posted on here, genuinly have had no choice to reley on the benefit system, and whats more that they obviously don't like having to reley on "the taxpayer" as you so kindley put it. I think that your comment, Dave was not nescessary on this post and offensive to the people that have posted about their unfortunate circumstances.

Amie_007

In fact, Dave, go to the vent board and look out for the thread The 40K family - don't know how to do links etc sorry.

I think that this is the type of family that you may have meant your comment about, not the people who have posted on this thread.

trafalgar_2

Amie_007 wrote:

In fact, Dave, go to the vent board and look out for the thread The 40K family - don't know how to do links etc sorry.

Hope this helps Amie:D

Click Here Daveboy

Amie_007

Thank You - I wish I knew how to do stuff like that

trafalgar_2

Amie_007 wrote:

Thank You - I wish I knew how to do stuff like that

Just under your name at the top right 'welcome amie',click 'private messages'

cc74

Thanks for the advice. As I don't know anyone around here I can't get someone to sit in with me. But if it's just queries it should be okay? I had a brief visit a couple of sundays ago, just asking me to confirm every detail was still the same, and actually they didn't know I was claiming for HB as I mentioned it. The sunday visit was 2 officers. I was very suspect about it being a sunday!

Oh i hate all this worrying. I did try to ring them on Friday but just voicemail and no-one got back to me.

Anyway any other thoughts are greatly appricateated, or experiences.

Apart from Dave and his negative comments, Thank you all sooooo much. I feel very lonely in this situation and you haven't made me feel like a scrounger. Life, if we could live it in hindsight, we'd all be rich.
x

Amie_007

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and if we had it, we woldn't end up making half the mistakes we make, but then life wouldn't be quite so interesting!

Many people are rich, they just don't realise it xxx

Fran

cc74 wrote:

Thanks for the advice. As I don't know anyone around here I can't get someone to sit in with me. But if it's just queries it should be okay? I had a brief visit a couple of sundays ago, just asking me to confirm every detail was still the same, and actually they didn't know I was claiming for HB as I mentioned it. The sunday visit was 2 officers. I was very suspect about it being a sunday!

Oh i hate all this worrying. I did try to ring them on Friday but just voicemail and no-one got back to me.

Anyway any other thoughts are greatly appricateated, or experiences.

Apart from Dave and his negative comments, Thank you all sooooo much. I feel very lonely in this situation and you haven't made me feel like a scrounger. Life, if we could live it in hindsight, we'd all be rich.
x

If you have a mortgage, it is not Housing Benefit you should be claiming as that is only if you are in rented accommodation. Perhaps you have said this to them and meant mortgage interest payments and that is what they're looking in to?

cc74

yeah maybe. Oh goodness knows.

MyUserNamesTaken

bokkie7975 wrote:

I have seen friend's letter and it is exactly as cc74 stated - 'matter has arisen which may affect your claim and we need to discuss this with you, please attend interview......,' blah, blah.
No allegation mentioned, no mention of getting legal advice.

If they are going to interview you under caution, the letter will say this. The letter will also advise you to seek the help of a solicitor or CAB.

As for others saying there is better communication between HB and DWP, I can only disagree, based on personal experience. They certainly don't work together in this part of the country, nor is there a one-stop office dealing with claims. I've been told by people I know who work for the DWP that liasing with the HB dept rarely happens.