benefit fraud?

ceecee1

When you say that he is your ex-partner are you actually married ?
This would make a difference as to how the DWP/LA would look at things.

The definition of living together is sllightly different if you are married - they look at whether or not you are maintaining a common household. And from what you say, you are.

fishybusiness

Well, I hope it works out for you.

If your ex pays towards his upkeep, of course the council should know - it is after all income to 'your part of the house'.

If you can get that straight, and you and he agree the terms and payments, surely it is a sublet?

Hopefully the council will err on the lenient side and you can get on with your life again.

rogerblack

ceecee1 wrote: »

When you say that he is your ex-partner are you actually married ?
This would make a difference as to how the DWP/LA would look at things.

See the above guidance I posted earlier.
It's evidence, it's not determinative. If there is other evidence that that relationship has broken down irretrievably, then that evidence may outweigh it.

You can be sharing a house with an ex partner, and still be married to them, and not be 'living together as husband and wife' in terms of the law.

Shelldean

Haven't read the whole thread - sorry, but my experiance is you will lose all single parent benefits etc.

Back in Summer 1999, I had three children by by ex twins born 1995 youngest born 1998 plus DD from another relationship.
After youngest was born, I was suffering severe PND, was under hosp and doctors etc etc.
i wasn't coping so Ex moved in to give me some time to sort my head out etc. He slept in youngest room on a matteress on the floor.
We ate meal together and he took me shopping ( he drives and I dont) we occassionally took all kids to the park.
In early augus we was visited by benefits agency and basically told that as we lived as family we needed to claim as a family.
I explained I was under doctors etc etc and even getting help from Social services ( twins going to childminders one afternoon) how I was struggling etc. Nothing. As we did things together as family like shopping and eating meals together, our sleeping arrangements didn't matter, we were classed as a family.

All single parent benefits stopped striaght away, and we were placed into a joint claim.
We had no plans to get back together ex was there purely to help with the kids.

In our case it had a postive effect as we sorted ourselves out, we did end up back together and actually married in 2002.

Shelldean

Kim.hill2010 wrote: »

no because were not a couple! its like having a lodger? they could willing come and look round the house and see, but obv not.

they actually visited my home and still wasn't interested in our sleeping arrangements.

princessdon

So your ex lives in your home. Pays bills at that address for the house, takes you shopping but you are not together? Does he sleep in his own room do you have a tennancy agreement does he pay child. Support?

Pollycat

raven83 wrote: »

I've not read the whole thread, but if I am honest it doesn't look good.

I have read the whole thread and I think it looks pretty bad.

Chrissiew wrote: »

My daughter was in the exact same position as you with her ex, it was his flat and they just didn't get on any more, he moved out and she stayed there with the kids and claimed IS and child tax credit, he carried on paying the rent so she didn't claim HB, he decided that he had enough of living on sofas so just moved back in, there was nothing she could do as it was private rented and his name only was on the agreement.

Is it the exact same position as the OP, though?

I can't see where the OP details what benefits she gets so we don't know if she's paying rent or getting HB.
In your daughter's case she wasn't claiming HB.

MrsE_2

FBaby wrote: »

Also I assume you are only entitled to a two bedroom where do your children sleep if you both have a room?

Good point.

[Deleted User]

Kim.hill2010 wrote: »

130.

he pays 100 for food a month, hes saving the rest for his own house.

the amount of tax he pays really he isnt living on the gov lol.

Further up the thread you said he can't afford to pay rent suggesting low wage, now your saying he pays loads of tax and NI?? So that's not a low wage. He is living with you so he can save his wages to buy a house!!!! Nice one! Benefits are for needy people not greedy people! I don't know much about benefit fraud as I've never been committed it myself but I'm pretty sure going by your reasons and holes in your story you will have to pay back any housing benefit, council tax benefit and income support you have wrongly received whilst your partner lived with you.

Pollycat

Deleted_User wrote: »

Further up the thread you said he can't afford to pay rent suggesting low wage, now your saying he pays loads of tax and NI?? So that's not a low wage.

That's another example of inconsistencies in the OP's posts.

I don't know if she is not expressing herself that well when posting or if she is changing her story as she goes along.

Either way, I think she will have a hard time at her interview under caution.