Eviction Letters - being sent out due to benefit cap

System

clemmatis wrote: »

The Cap is set at the average income of working households. Of course some NHS staff, hard working or otherwise, will be paid less than that.

That is a myth.

The average income of a working household is £26,000 GROSS. This equates to a rough NET income of £22400. The benefit cap of £26000 equates to a gross income of £30,500 - well above the national average..

bloolagoon

!!!!!! wrote: »

That is a myth.

The average income of a working household is £26,000 GROSS. This equates to a rough NET income of £22400. The benefit cap of £26000 equates to a gross income of £30,500 - well above the national average..

Indeed and excludes council tax, school meals and some other benefits too.

clemmatis

Horseunderwater wrote: »

LRC & HRC will exist under PIP as will 2 rates of mobility - what is changing is that they are bringing in more accurate descriptors, which the claimant will need to be able to prove to DWP that they satisfy and that is where the problem lies. Especially the one for mobility and being able to walk 20 meters or less without severe pain/rest/breathlessness. Currently it is set at 50 meters or less.

LRC will NOT exist under PIP. DLA.has THREE care categories, PIP has TWO. Many on LRC will.lose DLA entirely. This has NOTHING to do with "more accurate descriptors". However according to my MP, who was an active member of the Commons Committee, some LRC DLA claimants will receive SRC PIP, = MRC DLA.. The others will lose DLA because LRC is being ABOLISHED.

clemmatis

!!!!!! wrote: »

That is a myth.

The average income of a working household is £26,000 GROSS. This equates to a rough NET income of £22400. The benefit cap of £26000 equates to a gross income of £30,500 - well above the national average..

Not that I disbelieve you: if it's a myth it's Iain Duncan Smith's myth. I took it from a statement of his explaining and justifying the Cap. Also I'd heard voters who support the Cap say it. I should though have checked.

I'm not that invested in this given that just 40,000 households are involved, still, it's best to get the figures right. Have you any more details?

System

It's something the government et al pedal. They hope that nobody notices that the average pay is GROSS but benefits are NET as there is no income tax taken off.

clemmatis

!!!!!! wrote: »

It's something the government et al pedal. They hope that nobody notices that the average pay is GROSS but benefits are NET as there is no income tax taken off.

Ah. Yes, I suppose they (the govt) would do exactly that, because of course they want to say the benefits cap
is equal to the average wage (not, as I said at first,
the "average income of working households").