Need some urgent advice about Benefits and Money

RAS

Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »

If she works 35 miles away that means she is driving 70 miles per day - probably costing 20 pence per mile in petrol = £14 in petrol per day. How many days per week does she work? If she works 4 days per week then her petrol expenses per month are going to be close to £250 on average. If she could find a job closer to home she would save a small fortune in petrol.

Your calculation of £130 per month for travel expenses seems woefully inadequate if she does a 70 mile round trip to and from work every day - unless she drives a super fuel efficient car.

Given the rest of the situation, when does the rental contract end?

I would be very seriously considering moving closer to work. Check out the LHA for properties within 5 miles of work.

Dunroamin

CuriouslyGeorge wrote: »

Without the car my partner would not be able to travel to work as the train costs more and buses are no good as she starts work at 5am in the morning when she works.

But running a car costs more than just the petrol she uses to get to work. You'd save the cost of insurance, tax, MOT, servicing etc and if you sold it you'd have some money to use for a deposit to enable you to move closer to the place she works.

Sometimes you really need to think laterally.