Benefits changes from next year

seven-day-weekend

People already in work manage to look for other jobs. You do it in your time, rather than the employer's. So someone doing volunteering should be able to do the same.

The internet is open evenings and weekends, and your telephone doesn't suddenly stop working during your lunch hour.

SarEl

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

....nor should it be on the Benefits board as it is discussing Benefits policy. It should be on Discussion Time.

Hopefully a Board Guide will move it.

There seems to be a lot of this going on though - and the threads don't seem to get moved by anyone.

skintandscared_2

gay_guy wrote: »

2) Housing Benefit - I read somewhere that people under 25 will get they housing benefit cut, is this true? and also they will need to pay part rent if they got a spare bedroom that they don't use (This doesn't apply to me as I am 26 and I only live in a 1 bedroom flat)

I believe that if you are under 35 you are only entitled to the rate for shared accommodation, not a 1 bed flat of your own.

shocky_2

I hope you manage to get a job soon, good luck. You can't expect to live a decent existence on government handouts.

The expectation is that under-25s will live with their parents rather than claim HB. This makes sense - when I was in my early 20s working and studying I couldn't afford to move out, so don't see why people who aren't working should be able to.

dandelionclock30

youngsolicitor wrote: »

I hope you manage to get a job soon, good luck. You can't expect to live a decent existence on government handouts.

The expectation is that under-25s will live with their parents rather than claim HB. This makes sense - when I was in my early 20s working and studying I couldn't afford to move out, so don't see why people who aren't working should be able to.

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Very narrow minded and bigoted view.Just because you stayed at home all other under 25s who are not working should to.
Peoples circumstances are all different, maybe they cant stay at home because their parents want them out and wont allow them to stay anymore.Or maybe they have been brought up by family members like grandparents who have passed on.Or maybe they have come out of prison and are estranged from their families. Lots of reasons why people cant stay with their families until they are 25.
You have to look at the bigger picture, not just because you didnt do something others shouldnt.
What do you say if someone comes in for legal advice, do you say that to them.You shouldnt do XYZ because I didnt?.

jobbingmusician

I am moving to the benefits board as every so often there are folk on there who don't know about the forthcoming changes.

It is true that from next year those on JSA will be expected to contribute to their CT. How much depends on your local council. (My own belief is that both of these changes are pants I am fully employed BTW)

seven-day-weekend

jobbingmusician wrote: »

I am moving to the benefits board as every so often there are folk on there who don't know about the forthcoming changes.

It is true that from next year those on JSA will be expected to contribute to their CT. How much depends on your local council. (My own belief is that both of these changes are pants I am fully employed BTW)

It should be on Discussion Time as it is discussing Benefits Policy! Read Martin's note on the Benefits Board

paddedjohn

SarEl wrote: »

There seems to be a lot of this going on though - and the threads don't seem to get moved by anyone.

Indeed and it's quite often the mods who start these threads in the first place.

shocky_2

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

Very narrow minded and bigoted view.Just because you stayed at home all other under 25s who are not working should to.
Peoples circumstances are all different, maybe they cant stay at home because their parents want them out and wont allow them to stay anymore.Or maybe they have been brought up by family members like grandparents who have passed on.Or maybe they have come out of prison and are estranged from their families. Lots of reasons why people cant stay with their families until they are 25.
You have to look at the bigger picture, not just because you didnt do something others shouldnt.
What do you say if someone comes in for legal advice, do you say that to them.You shouldnt do XYZ because I didnt?.

I don't think anyone has a problem with people who genuinely have to move out. That's different to moving out because you want to. There are hundreds of thousands of working young people in this country that live with their parents because they can't afford to move out. I hope you can understand why people get frustrated when they have to pay for others to get something they can't afford for themselves.

For information on the changes, see this link:

"Currently, if you are under 25 and renting in the private sector, you are probably only entitled to local housing allowance (LHA) at the same rate as someone renting a single room in a shared house, even if you live in self-contained accommodation.
From January 2012, this rule – the ‘shared accommodation rate’ – will also apply to people aged up to 35 years. If you are aged under 35, you are likely to see a cut to your LHA payment and may no longer be able to afford your current property as a result."

Russe11

Why are people still going on about this benefits cap, there is no cap and there never will be...

theoretically there will be a cap at £500 per a week, but because there are so many exclusions it never will apply to those with high welfare payments.

To begin with its only for new claimants so its another year before it will then be rolled out.

Even then anyone who the Cap applies to would never ever get to reach 26k in benefits.

If your a single parent (working partime say 900 a month)with kids and the critriea means you need a 3 bed house, then in london the benefits will be near £40k.

If you can't get to a job earning £60k a year, why bother working when they can just breed?