Help!! Ex soldier told he's not entitled to benefits. WHATTTT!!!!!!

Person_one

mardigrasgirl wrote: »

He is 43. Thanks for not judging..

I don't really understand what you're after. He's received very generous treatment and is much better off than others in a similar position. How do you think the poster is judging him?

mardigrasgirl

d123 wrote: »

What was his tax free lump sum and resettlement grant when he left?

I dont know what his lump sum and resettlement grant was.

cockaleekee

mardigrasgirl wrote: »

I dont know what his lump sum and resettlement grant was.

I think the problem here is that you don't have a full picture of his circumstances. Your thread title is very emotive, and if he was receiving/ had received nothing from the state I would agree with you - we should look after our ex servicemen. However, the reality is that he would have left with a very healthy payout and he receives considerably more than other people in his position as an unemployed civilian.

I hope he finds employment soon, and that he finds the information about help with mortgage interest helpful.

paddedjohn

He is getting a very generous pension and had a very generous payout for doing a job he wanted to do, no one forced him to join up and put his life on the line but im glad he did and im glad he is being looked after but threads like this dont help his situation. He is in a better position financially than a lot of other people who have also worked for 25 years.

patman99

Why jump down the OP's throat about the fact her B-in-L spent his lump sum on a car and furniture?.

The guy had a job, so purchased a reliable car to travel to/from work. The job seems to have only lasted a year, so having become unexpectedly unemployed, he finds himself struggling to keep a roof above his head.
I doubt after a year, the DWP would call it asset deprivation. After all, if they can go back that far, what's to stop them going back to the day you left school and count that deposit you put on a house as 'deprivation of assets'.

Yes, the guy gets a pension from the MoD, but as this counts towards his Tax allowance, he will be paying 20% on all of his earnings unlike us.

cockaleekee

patman99 wrote: »

Why jump down the OP's throat about the fact her B-in-L spent his lump sum on a car and furniture?.

The guy had a job, so purchased a reliable car to travel to/from work. The job seems to have only lasted a year, so having become unexpectedly unemployed, he finds himself struggling to keep a roof above his head.
I doubt after a year, the DWP would call it asset deprivation. After all, if they can go back that far, what's to stop them going back to the day you left school and count that deposit you put on a house as 'deprivation of assets'.

Yes, the guy gets a pension from the MoD, but as this counts towards his Tax allowance, he will be paying 20% on all of his earnings unlike us.

Please point out where anyone has "jumped down" the OP's throat? It has been suggested that the car might be sold to provide him with some income, and that there *may* be a deprivation of capital issue - both seem valid comments to me?

mardigrasgirl

Person_one wrote: »

I don't really understand what you're after. He's received very generous treatment and is much better off than others in a similar position. How do you think the poster is judging him?

Going back to my first post, all I wanted to know was what he could be entitled to. Although I dont have all of his personal information it is difficult for users to give me an accurate response ie his lump sum. I did not open this thread to discuss others in a similar position.

System

It may be worth him checking the tax code he has against his pension. Xafinity, the people who handle MoD pensions, assume that you will have another job and your pension is given the tax code of BR unless you advise them differently

gingerdad

sorry why would someone earning a pension of 9k get benefits?

cockaleekee

mardigrasgirl wrote: »

Going back to my first post, all I wanted to know was what he could be entitled to. Although I dont have all of his personal information it is difficult for users to give me an accurate response ie his lump sum. I did not open this thread to discuss others in a similar position.

I have given you the information you asked for, and even gone into detail as to how he should set up his claim. You've not thanked or acknowledged this information once