No outgoings taken into consideration?

OldMotherTucker

Chrissiew wrote: »

Not even gonna respond to ^^^^ above this post idiot troll.

It's some of you who are obsessed with me having sky tv, read my posts, not once NOT ONCE have I said I'm not willing to get rid of it, what I've seen is, she expects us tax payers to pay for her sky, why not, she expects us tax payers to pay for her tv licence or gas and electricity bills, why the obsession with sky? I would also like to point out that my husband is also a tax payer, he's on medical suspension at the moment, gets basic wage but still pays tax and NI on that basic wage.

I am willing to upload and put on here the letter I received from the council which states what outgoings they will take into consideration and the reasons why, don't see why I have to though but some of you seem to know it all, know what the council do for each individual, have you ever considered the silly idea that councils look at each person differently? That there are some circumstances that they will do things differently? Nah course you haven't because you post on MSE, you are the experts.

I have been awarded a discretionary payment for 8 weeks untill my 2nd appeal is heard, very sorry if that upsets some of you, but maybe, just maybe, after looking at my claim and circumstances they feel I am entitled to it.

Now for the car, I put £15 of petrol in per week, my daughter, who is also my carer and named driver puts £10 in per week for me out of her carers allowance making £25 per week, should I have lied and said I put the whole lot in out of my money? Would that have been better? I make use of the car 4-5 times a week to get out, there are times I wake in the early hours in so much pain I need to go A&E for intravenous pain relief, I want to get there ASAP not wait around while a taxi is called and waited for then have to wait at the other end afterwards to wait for a taxi back again, my A&E is 12 miles away and would cost a lot in a taxi both ways.

Some of you have been really helpful, quite a lot have been sarcastic and labeled me a scrounger and telling me to get out to work, I can't work, my husband does work and it's down to his employer that he's on medical suspension just now because they won't accept a letter from his GP telling them he is fit and ready to work, they will not allow him back untill he has seen a OT provided by them.

Have you been referred to a pain management clinic? That is an intolerable amount of pain to be in - and, although needs must in those circumstances, it isn't the best use of NHS resources. Or easy for your daughter or OH.

How approachable is your GP? I am not telling you what you need to do but it might help to discuss with him a better form of pain management - the right combination of drugs taken in the right way could alleviate the need for such a traumatic midnight trek. To illustrate the point - I now take more drugs regularly throughout the day (13 usually but in this case 13 is my lucky number!) and they are less potent than the ones I used to be on and less harmful to my body. I also have a small supply of the 'big guns' perscribed by my doctor and approved by my specialist for use in extreme circumstances. It saves my family - who I suppose you could class as my carers - from the distress of seeing me in acute pain, having their rest disturbed etc

OldMotherTucker

Anubis wrote: »

The taxicard scheme only appears to be available in London - certainly not available where I live, so if you are not in a qualifying area you cannot use it.



Not true. Many people have capped packages that won't last two minutes when streaming media.

Downloads as opposed to streaming takes up less BB width - you just have to plan your viewing.

We haven't had 'TV' for years and my 3 teenagers manage fine. They plug their laptops into the old tv monitors - apart from youngest who downloads onto a stick which she then sticks into the side of her telly - bought from MrT using clubcard points.

Our BT infinity any time calls and International 'bundle' plus unlimited BB comes to £40 per month - even £6 per month to Netflix on top saves us money (but we are still on a free trial for that)

No TV license - no Sky subscription.

mazza111

Are all those downloads strictly legal though? Let's not go there with that one. As I've said, my telly is rarely on, but on the occasion I do watch it, £3 a week is not OTT.


To the OP. I'm sure you're trying to cut back on other things too, as we all do. I think you've got people's backs up with your original question, no outgoings taken into consideration? What's to stop me running up thousands of pounds worth of debt, and then expect the government to take this into consideration if I'm no longer able to work?


I'm glad you've got a discretionary payment sorted out in the interim. While you're getting it, it might be a good idea to take a good look at your finances as a whole. And get rid of what isn't needed. I back up most disabled people, but really think your initial question came across wrong and fired people up. The sky is not excessive, but because you want it taken into consideration for HB purposes, the taxpayer is paying for it down the line.

Think there's 3 types of people who post on these forums, the anti benefits ones, the ones on the fence and the pro benefits. I'm somewhere between the last 2. I think we may all need benefits at some time in our lives. Especially the disability benefits, where illness can strike at any time, we never know what's round the corner.

Still not received an answer if the mobility car CAN be handed back at any time, I was led to believe it was a 3 year contract unless the DLA is stopped for some reason.

OMT docs don't usually like referring, it costs their practice money. So they try to throw pills at things thinking it's the cheapest way to treat.

There has been a lot of good advice on this thread, which I'm going to follow some of myself.

Edit: Typo

Chrissiew

FBaby wrote: »

Funny how I assumed from the start that the car was used by a family member...it is often the case when there is reluctance to give it up. If you need to go til A&E urgently you can just call an ambulance. If you are so poorly you can't used public transport there's nhs patient transport.

So what you are saying now is a disabled driver cannot have a nominated driver who is a family member? The car is not used by a family member it's DRIVEN by a family member on my behalf because I cannot drive it, the car is at my address and is kept at my address, my daughter takes me shopping and if she needs something herself she will get it at the same time, she does not have use of the car if I don't need to be in it.

Chrissiew

OldMotherTucker wrote: »

Have you been referred to a pain management clinic? That is an intolerable amount of pain to be in - and, although needs must in those circumstances, it isn't the best use of NHS resources. Or easy for your daughter or OH.

How approachable is your GP? I am not telling you what you need to do but it might help to discuss with him a better form of pain management - the right combination of drugs taken in the right way could alleviate the need for such a traumatic midnight trek. To illustrate the point - I now take more drugs regularly throughout the day (13 usually but in this case 13 is my lucky number!) and they are less potent than the ones I used to be on and less harmful to my body. I also have a small supply of the 'big guns' perscribed by my doctor and approved by my specialist for use in extreme circumstances. It saves my family - who I suppose you could class as my carers - from the distress of seeing me in acute pain, having their rest disturbed etc

In the waiting list for pain clinic, you say it's not the best use of NHs resources, I agree and someone else is telling me to give up my car and phone an ambulance, that's an even bigger drain on the nhs

Chrissiew

My BT bill should have been paid yesterday, it was not paid so telephone and Internet will be cut off, my very nice neighbour has allowed me to connect using her service for no payment, so that's at least 2 savings made

zippy1969

OldMotherTucker wrote: »

apart from youngest who downloads onto a stick which she then sticks into the side of her telly - bought from MrT using clubcard points.

No TV license

If you have a TV...you are required to have a TV licence by law...regardless of how you use it. Effectively, it's because you have the capability and therefore the potential to watch TV programmes. Even if you only use the TV's USB capability...you still need a licence.

Even if you had a PVR...and no actual TV...you are still required to have a licence because the PVR contains a 'tuner' that can pick up regular TV...and record it.

Just a 'heads-up' as wouldn't want you to get caught out.

FBaby

Chrissiew wrote: »

So what you are saying now is a disabled driver cannot have a nominated driver who is a family member? The car is not used by a family member it's DRIVEN by a family member on my behalf because I cannot drive it, the car is at my address and is kept at my address, my daughter takes me shopping and if she needs something herself she will get it at the same time, she does not have use of the car if I don't need to be in it.

Does your daughter lives right next door to you then? Because I can't see the benefit of having to call her, her coming to you in her car if she has one (but then why couldn't she took you places in her own car), or by public transport somehow to take you to A&E in the early hours when you require it.

I make use of the car 4-5 times a week to get out, there are times I wake in the early hours in so much pain I need to go A&E for intravenous pain relief

Chrissiew

No my daughter lives about 2 mins up the road but my husband, who is also a named driver lives in the same house as me.

FBaby

So your husband doesn't have a car nor your DD, surely it is quite convenient that you have one that they can use even if you can't drive. I am not saying there's anything wrong with this as it is permitted, but surely that does contribute to the decision to keep the car rather than giving it up to use the money on other things. It might be for your benefit, but they are benefiting from it too which can't be totally neglected in terms of trade-off.