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savingbabs

pattylabelle wrote: »

I am a cravendale winner:D

OOOhh off to check emails

m4rtin

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

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Has anyone had the free Cushelle coupons yet?

Nope :(:(:(:(:(

m4rtin

pattylabelle wrote: »

I am a cravendale winner:D

I noticed from the T&C's that T are not included in the places to use them but I had never seen the 1 litre in T anyway. Last week saw them in special offer shelf as new product so used cravendale moc without realising :eek::eek: Hope they get their money back, don't want to affect coupon policy

pattylabelle

I am not up to scratch on the housing benefit thing at all but I cannot wait to see the mess which results from the child benefit changes. A lot of these policies are thought through by privileged public schoolboys you see:D

Sairbear

pattylabelle wrote: »

I worked for them for years and they are barstewards when the slightest thing goes wrong. One might say that this is fair enough but a slight little thing happened outside my control and they refused to pay me. I did not need the money anyway and never worked for them again even though they kept ringing me up offering me work and asking me to do last minute favours:eek::eek:

Thanks for the warning patty I'll keep an extra close eye on them!
How many assignments did you used to get from them? I seem to miss out on most

Shortfatscotsbloke

rebeccalb wrote: »

This article says it applies to those in social housing only, i.e. those in privately rented houses will be unaffected

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/25/spare-bedroom-tax-contradiction-impossibility

People who rent privately have already been subject to these rules for donkeys years, it is just that the rules are now being brought up to date for those in council and housing association properties.

pattylabelle

m4rtin wrote: »

I noticed from the T&C's that T are not included in the places to use them but I had never seen the 1 litre in T anyway. Last week saw them in special offer shelf as new product so used cravendale moc without realising :eek::eek: Hope they get their money back, don't want to affect coupon policy

Hope it's not keeping you awake:D

princessmelody2009

Nannylala wrote: »

Morning:)
It is a bitter sweet day for me today ,25th jnuary 1964 was the day I married :happyhearmy late DH :Awhen he was a handsome young Sailor.It was a cold foggy day but as we stood at the altar saying our vows the winter sunshine shone down on us through the stained glass windows.It was one off thhappiest days of my life and I have such a lot of happy memories for which I am very thankful.It is special days like this that are always the most difficult to get through so thankyou for letting me share this with you all Nannylala:T

Big hugs Nannylala, I'm sure his smile shone down on you today x

SpiralingDown

mimi1234 wrote: »

FALSE. It's not just council properties, it is aimed at ANYONE who receives HOUSING BENEFIT. So you can live in a council house or a private rented property. If you have bedrooms that are not used, you will pay. Simple.

It's unfair that this lady friend of yours is having to pay extra. If I were her, I would complain to the local council. Why she was allocated a 3 bedroomed property is crazy. Kids of the same sex under 18 are expected to share a bedroom (this is a rule set by the government which all councils should follow), so this lady should only ever have had a 2 bedroomed property: 1 room for her and partner/husband and 1 room for the 2 girls.

The reason many are given a 3 bedroom instead of a 2 is down to what they write in their initial application form. I know a lot of people put down various reason why partners can't sleep in the same bedroom or put another adult on the form who 'moves out' just after they move into the property.
Over here a lot of people, mostly pensioners living in 3 bed properties, are being told to put in a transfer form and told which areas are in high demand to put on the form because if they do this they don't have to pay the extra, they can claim that it's the housing executive/association's fault for not rehousing them in a suitable property. This advice was given by a housing executive officer.
My younger cousin thought that by putting down that her and her DH can't sleep in the same room she'd be given a 3 bed but when I read out bits from my forms she realised she wouldn't, she's not happy she wants her boys to have their own room and doesn't understand why they have to adults before they will be allowed this.

I also agree that the problem arose because of sell offs and no new stock.
My great aunt waited almost 10 years to get a bungalow and gave them hell over the fact that she had a 3 bed house when a family could have had it, her housing officer told her this was their problem as they didn't account for the ageing population so sold off too many 1 bed properties and never replaced them.
It's all these bright ideas from people out of touch with the normal everyday people in the country that causes the problems, makes me :mad:

pattylabelle

Sairbear wrote: »

Thanks for the warning patty I'll keep an extra close eye on them!
How many assignments did you used to get from them? I seem to miss out on most

approx 3 a month....I did the sadas too:D