How to force incompetent council to pay interim payment?!?

Autumn86

I made a housing benefit claim for my girlfriend 1 and half months ago now when she moved into my flat.

I am a full-time mature student, and so due to this she is not entitled to claim JSA.
She is full entitled to housing benefit though.

We made the claim at the start of February, had to wait ages to get letters from student finance and landlord confirming tenancy and my income from grant money,
but finally received them all and submitted them to the council on Friday 28th February.


Its now been exactly 14days since that date, but I have received no payment or letters from the council even,
and when I phoned them up today to ask what the delay is the woman just started asking me to confirm about if my girlfriend was claiming JSA (I explained she's not entitled to due to me being a fulltime student), and then asked ''why doesn't she work'' (which is none of her business!!).
And she then said ''She has signed to confirm that all the documents are there, and has made the 'Assessment Officer aware' of that.

That is not good enough though as its been 14days now, and so by law I am entitled to an Interim Payment right now.
(http://edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk/node/4)


And so I am going to go down to the council office in about an hour and request immediate payment of an Interim Payment, quoting the benefit regulation if necessary.

However if the idiots at the council still refuse to make the payment what other legal steps can I take to force them to make the payment asap??


Thanks

Bantex_2

I suppose one of you actually doing some work is too much to ask?

Autumn86

Unless you are going to actually answer my question please just go away and don't post in this thread.

I am merely claim exactly what I am entitled to,
not break the law or commit fraud,
just claim what I am legally entitled to.

Bantex_2

Autumn86 wrote: »

Unless you are going to actually answer my question please just go away and don't post in this thread.

I am merely claim exactly what I am entitled to,
not break the law or commit fraud,
just claim what I am legally entitled to.

"Entitled" should be banned from the language.

I appears that actually working is not on either of your agendas then. Rather just moan about the people giving you the handouts.

p00hsticks

Autumn86 wrote: »

I am merely claim exactly what I am entitled to,
not break the law or commit fraud,
just claim what I am legally entitled to.

I thought that full time students were not entitled to housing benefit ? (unless there are special circumstances, which you donlt mention here)

I suggest that it's your girlfriend who goes 'down to the council office in about an hour and request immediate payment of an Interim Payment, quoting the benefit regulation if necessary.' as it appears that she's the one who's entitled, not you.

Autumn86

Bantex wrote: »

"Entitled" should be banned from the language.

I appears that actually working is not on either of your agendas then. Rather just moan about the people giving you the handouts.

Martin Lewis clearly states that he and this website of his is a proud supporter of helping people MAXIMISE THEIR BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT, and to claim everything they are legally entitled to. :T


And so if you don't agree with that then I suggest you get off his website.

Autumn86

p00hsticks wrote: »

I thought that full time students were not entitled to housing benefit ? (unless there are special circumstances, which you donlt mention here)

I suggest that it's your girlfriend who goes 'down to the council office in about an hour and request immediate payment of an Interim Payment, quoting the benefit regulation if necessary.' as it appears that she's the one who's entitled, not you.

Im not entitled to the payment in my name, it will be in her name.
We live together though at the same property.

And so we will both be going to the council together.
But as I am a lot more confident and clued-up about the benefits system than she is I will do the speaking.

Bantex_2

Go on, give us a clue as to why you think you and your girlfriend should not work and pay your way in life? (Assuming you are physically able to.)

Autumn86

I am not here to discuss the morality of getting our monthly income from grants and benefits.

You may choose to work, good for you mate.
You want to discuss benefits morality, go to the discussion forum.


I am here asking the specific question about what legal steps/forms I need to fill in if the council staff try refusing to make the interim payment before next Monday.

Bantex_2

Autumn86 wrote: »

I am not here to discuss the morality of getting our monthly income from grants and benefits.

You may choose to work, good for you mate.
You want to discuss benefits morality, go to the discussion forum.


I am here asking the specific question about what legal steps/forms I need to fill in if the council staff try refusing to make the interim payment before next Monday.

Bearing in mind some of your previous posts where you have said you are not prepared to do mundane, boring jobs, why do you expect people to help you leech off the people that do?
Parasites are not generally liked.

heartbreak_star

OP also appears to condone fraud...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/52977139#Comment_52977139

and does/used to make a fair bit from gambling...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3818225=

Agree with one of the posters in the top thread OP, if you stopped having such an attitude you might get somewhere.

HBS x