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Benefit Cap
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MissMoneypenny wrote: »If you look at all the "Don't cap my benefits" type programmes on tv, the benefit cap is for those able bodied who don't work enough hours per week for Working Tax Credits.
Except that it also affects ESA WRAG claimants who are not necessarily able to work.0 -
Except that it also affects ESA WRAG claimants who are not necessarily able to work.
One of the many problems with the current system we all know the benefits system is a lottery.Two people can have the same conditions with equal severity yet one may be placed in WRAG the other in SUPPORT group.
Far too often HCP's do not have the relevant knowledge or expertise of a persons condition to carryout a WCA competently.Hence why there are so many appeals won.
The vast majority of benefits are paid in pensions and to working families. The press and Government have succeeded in convincing the ignorant that everyone claiming out of work benefits lives the life of an MP and are just as dishonest.
The truth is very much different for most people.0 -
The vast majority of benefits are paid in pensions and to working families. The press and Government have succeeded in convincing the ignorant that everyone claiming out of work benefits lives the life of an MP and are just as dishonest.
Pensions are soon only going to be paid to those who have enough NI contributions in their own right. No more claiming a state pension through a partner's contributions.
Tax Credits were a really bad mistake for the country and are a massive burden to the welfare state and a poverty trap for claimants. Often those in some work, get more beneift money paid to them than those who don't work. It's a crazy scheme and one the country can't afford, hence why they are one of the income based benefits being replaced by Universal Credit.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
Pensioners that have not paid in enough will be able to claim means tested benefit up to the appropriate amount (subject to other income and savings).
Any pensioner that has paid in will get a flat rate, regardless of wealth, but can also claim means tested top ups, if appropriate.
As far as Universal Credit goes there are reports, via a computer employment journal, that the DWP are headhunting for yet another IT manager to try and sort the increasing chaos out:
http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/2747-is-dwp-looking-for-yet-another-new-chief-for-universal-credit
If it does ever get going, it suggests it will help non working families (overall) more than working ones, although there are exceptions.
The cost will be comparable to Tax Credits, and maybe cost more for a while (and, of course, all the delays have whacked many millions onto the bill already).
It has been 'red-flagged' by the Cabinet Office because of cost, and may never end up bring what it was intended to be.
http://www.ifs.org.uk/bns/bn116.pdf
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10079716/Major-Coalition-projects-like-aircraft-carriers-welfare-reforms-and-broadband-roll-out-questioned-by-official-Whitehall-report.html
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You can tell a lot about a woman by her hands..........for instance, if they are placed around your throat, she's probably slightly upset.
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Pensioners that have not paid in enough will be able to claim means tested benefit up to the appropriate amount (subject to other income and savings).
Benefits that will be subject to the annual welfare cap and subject to any welfare changes i.e. who can claim them.Any pensioner that has paid in will get a flat rate, regardless of wealth, but can also claim means tested top ups, if appropriate.
That flat rate state pension will mean they are over the level to claim means tested benefits.
The UK is finally moving towards rewarding those who contributes to the UK, as other western countries do in their countries. The aim being to lose the "Benefits Britain" and "Soft Touch Britain" titles that other countries see us as.As far as Universal Credit goes
Don't pin your hopes on the welfare reforms not going ahead. The ever growing welfare bill is something the country can't afford. All parties have voted in favour of all the welfare reforms put before parliament; the most recent being the annual Welfare Bill cap. It's when, not if.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
MissMoneypenny wrote: »Benefits that will be subject to the annual welfare cap and subject to any welfare changes i.e. who can claim them.
That flat rate state pension will mean they are over the level to claim means tested benefits.
So how would someone like myself survive if I receive £113.10 per week which is the amount HRMC say I will get.My current rent is higher than that and I have 19 years until I retire. Of course people will qualify for means tested benefits or we will be starving on the streets.MissMoneypenny wrote: »The UK is finally moving towards rewarding those who contributes to the UK, as other western countries do in their countries. The aim being to lose the "Benefits Britain" and "Soft Touch Britain" titles that other countries see us as.
Do you read the Daily Mail by any chance? Do you know contribution based benefits are taxed? everyone pays tax in some form or another.The majority of people claiming out of work benefits have paid into the system for years. The press and Government are brainwashing people using a few bad examples.MissMoneypenny wrote: »Don't pin your hopes on the welfare reforms not going ahead. The ever growing welfare bill is something the country can't afford. All parties have voted in favour of all the welfare reforms put before parliament; the most recent being the annual Welfare Bill cap. It's when, not if.
The bill is increasing because people are living longer and many workers wages are frozen so they cannot survive and have to claim benefits.47 % of the total UK benefit budget is paid on pensions that's over £74bn only roughly 5% is paid to people claiming JSA.
Most people claiming benefits are working so they are contributing to the system.
Official errors within the DWP,local councils and so forth are nearly £1bn per year.So more training is evidently needed.
Universal credit so far has been a farce and IDM is a moronic compulsive liar who could not tell the truth if his life depended on it.0 -
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I think Miss Moneypenny means the flat rate of srp will be one benefit for pensioners which will take you out of iS etc. If course you will still get housing costs.
I think anyone who knows anything about the benefit system agrees it's over complex and needs reforming. The need for reform is obvious. Just what to is the difficult thing. UC is a great idea in principal but rubbish in practice0
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