Jsa

redlady_1

I have just come back from having lunch with my friend. She is 53 and has been out of work for about 8 months. She is a secretary/admin lady. She told me that as she has now claimed JSA for 6 months she gets nothing else. She has her own house (which luckily she paid off) but apparently is not entitled to anything. Is this right? How is she meant to live or is it just tough?

HappyMJ

She probably has over £16,000 of assets excluding the property she lives in and it's contents.

redlady_1

She only has £500 left but she is married. He doesnt earn masses (Tescos I believe) and everything is all in her sole name anyway. I couldnt give her any advice as I have no idea about the benefit system.

Torry_Quine

redlady_1 wrote: »

She only has £500 left but she is married. He doesnt earn masses (Tescos I believe) and everything is all in her sole name anyway. I couldnt give her any advice as I have no idea about the benefit system.

After six months you can only get income based JSA which is based on household income and savings. As her husband works then she wouldn't be eligible.

Theanswer to the comment 'how is she meant to live' is surely as a couple they support each other.

Dognobs

They are more lucky than most as her house is paid off, Also she could ask her other half for a word at tesco as alot of recrutment in supermarkets is done this way.

dseventy

If her husband earns more than £105 a week, then she gets nothing as that what the government states a couple needs to live on.

As for the "how is she meant to live" question, she is married, married couples share things, from the bathroom, to holidays , to meals, to yes, incomes.

D70