Where do welfare rights go when they get evicted?

rogerblack

speedfreek1000 wrote: »

The cuts to council funded service (if you're lucky they exist at all in your area atm) is all ready in full swing and the bar to be able to access them started climbing so that it's near on impossible.

And of course, this is all prior to the upcoming new demand due to the introduction of fresh untried systems, and the worsening of old ones.
Upcoming or recent changes that will mean more people face problems that need advice:

The Bedroom Tax.
Universal credit benefit cap at £500/week.
Council tax localisation meaning the poorest may need to contribute.
Universal credit introduction with all its new complexities.
Mandatory online application for UC - and that impact.
The migration of millions to PIP.
New sanctions regime in place for JSA/ESA.
The new power of the DWP to ignore and delay appeals they do not consider are valid.
Recovery of overpayments made due to legitimate errors by claimants.
Fines due to errors made on forms, even if there is no financial impact.
Changes to ESA regulations, meaning many people with mixed mental and physical conditions may not qualify simply.
Tax credit phaseout.
Migration from ESA/IS/... to UC.
Localisation of the social fund.
I suspect I've probably missed some, but these are all on their own complex issues. In practice, some claimants will hit multiple of these at the same time.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Research report for PIP read the conclusion Para for a 'quickie overview'

satarical

speedfreek1000 wrote: »

2 years ago the fact I was on MRC DLA would have opened up a whole raft of useful council services now even if you have a HRC/HRM you'll have a hell of a time meeting the "protecting the most vulnerable in society" criteria.

Getting Social Services/OT involved is the way forward!

loobyloose

satarical wrote: »

Getting Social Services/OT involved is the way forward!

You're joking, they are busy taking them away now, before i would pass assessment for there help, now i don't, therefore, just as quick as that, had them taken away...

nastyparty will be happy when we have no one to help us, no one to turn too.

satarical

loobyloose wrote: »

You're joking, they are busy taking them away now, before i would pass assessment for there help, now i don't, therefore, just as quick as that, had them taken away...

nastyparty will be happy when we have no one to help us, no one to turn too.

huh?? Social Services are NOT being removed - they may be having a cut back, but they will still be there.

loobyloose

no they're not being removed, just so hard to have them to help in future as the goalposts been moved that much. Just happened to me.

satarical

loobyloose wrote: »

no they're not being removed, just so hard to have them to help in future as the goalposts been moved that much. Just happened to me.

You have a legal right to a self referral and be assessed.

It's a form V6.

Richie-from-the-Boro

rogerblack wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-21290752




Sigh.

- update
- they achieved their objective and got their sticky hands on the milti-mi££ion pound central town property footprint
- now their own people have no access to welfare rights and advice systems to help them

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

The Legal Aid was/is only £2bn hardly an enormous amount. I reckon that Legal Aid stories are subject to Government disinformation campaigns like Benefits because the little people would be able to hold their government to account through Judicial Review and cases.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Try it, even on benefits, try getting it now. Then try again getting it after April 2013.

It sickens me that the 'pincer' action by GOV (1) de-funding the very accessible purple hair social welfare benefit grannie advisor in CAB and simultaneously (2) neutralising the 'welfri' professional end of advice which, though a pittance of a payment per case at least existed via legal aid contracts issued to the CAB and others. Individuals who can barely fill out an ESA50 have no where to turn for help with the devastating impacts of welfare reform on their life. Its important to recognise that the embarrassing 45% of appeals the state loses .. .. .. rises to near 80% for 'represented' benefit appeals, and that's why they need to kill Legal Aid - if you take the wheels completely off the disabled cart - they will get no where.