Benefits assistance

bigboybrother

loudmouth wrote: »

My MP is George Osbourne. Don't think I will have much luck with him somehow.

You would get about as much help from him as you would writing to the President of the USA!!!!

50Twuncle

bigboybrother wrote: »

of course everyone is entitled but it doesn't mean to say that as soon as you send a claim form off you get your MP involved!

There is a recognised system within the DWP to deal with problems, appeals, complaints etc.

Your MP would not be too happy if everytime you had a hiccup with your benefit claims, you dragged him/her into the matter. He/she would expect you to go through the normal channels first.

That would be true if DWP wasn't broken - I have gone through every way of trying to obtain correct information and treatment - including making a FOI request on data held by DWP on myself !!
DWP is NOT fit for purpose (much as HMRC) and needs scrapping and starting again - with decent management and common sense !!