Should I report my cousin's benefit fraud?

This.

This x 100!

I always down play my disabilities to others.

The whole point is most people want to make people like your dh's life more bearable and not give it to those who defraud the system.

With regards to reporting him i couldn't say, it's completely ops call, however I do agree it's unfair some people have to jump through hoops to get awarded pip

Well he needs to provide evidence, you don't just tell them you can't do things and get PIP. Since he is so open about it all, why don't you ask him how he evidenced his claim?

ddont expet him to be found out or stopped-i reporte someone who use to brag about all the benefits they were on and bragging about how they put it on about mh an nothing happene no proof

Oh come on.
Who would be jealous of someone with such poor mental health that they need to claim PIP?

That is a ridiculous claim.

Why would op lie about it being a cousin?

You weren't there at my job interview

No way would I report. It may be found out anyway, but you don't want it on your conscience that the trigger was caused by you.
Realistically it doesn't matter, its a drop in the ocean of overall government spending. And given the suicide attempt it sounds like he likely would qualify if we had a better set up welfare system, or if we had a better society and health care system he wouldn't be in the state he is in.

PIP and getting a job are not connected. PIP is to cover some of the cost of the disability (eg wheelchair, adapted vehicle, etc) and has nothing to do with whether I jot you are working. It’s incapacity benefit (or whatever they call it now) that is if you are unable to work due to disability or long term illness.

I was just wondering if your advice was to ignore him let him carry on claiming without reporting him because if you read your original comment it sounds like you think it’s ok for him to do what he’s doing just because he isn’t rolling in it

Oh and lot of the "medical evidence" for mental health claims in particular is based on self reported symptoms. If you tell your gp you have all the symptoms of depression or anxiety, they are probably going to affirm that. So its perfectly possible to exaggerate.

You should lose your job.

I work for a bank. If I knew somebody was defrauding the bank and I didn't report it, it would show a lack of integrity and I would be deemed unsuitable for employment.

The thing is, PIP is almost impossible to obtain if you don't maximise every little thing. He may be boasting about it but really he should be outraged that it's so difficult to get.

Is he neurodivergent and not realising that so many people are against the welfare state? It probably doesn't occur to him that people would be vile enough to report a person who obviously has very serious mental health problems. I think you'd be extremely mean to report him when really you know nothing of his day to day struggles. You are only seeing a very small slice of his life.

And if you spend time on here you posted knowing full well that you would receive validation and then you could report him with a clear conscience. (So do try to be a bit more self aware.) So I'm here to say shame on you for even thinking it.

Yes, report

But that doesn’t make it ok to do just because thousands of others are. Imagine how much better our country would be if we only gave money to those that genuinely need it and not the thousands fraudulently claiming

So stop reporting then, and do something else with your time, something beneficial. If there was any wrongdoing going on, it would have been dealt with. So the fact that nothing has changed, should tell you all you need to know.

@Purplebunnie

I work in the counter compliance and fraud department at DWP. You may have a moral obligation to report but you will not lose your job if you don't. This is a ridiculous thing to claim will happen.

OP has said he gets higher rate for everything, so actually will be entitled to a car. He will have to give up his mobility payment for this.

Worked in fraud department at local council and absolutely would have lost my job if hadn't reported anyone I knew. Fortunately I was never in that position

@theressomanytinafeysicouldbe - When you apply for PIP people tell you to describe your worst day. This is NOT true at all. You are asked categorically what you can do on good days and bad days, and asked how many good days/bad days in a week/month etc.

I wouldn't bother to be honest, it sounds to me like he's quite unwell and would struggle quite a lot to find and stay in work. He might not really need PIP but he definitely doesn't sound stable.

I work for the DWP and this is literally not true. No one is going to lose their job because they didn't report! How reckless of you to say this!

PIP is not means tested and some people who are awarded it work. The money helps them to continue working.

Funny how people never want to discuss why people in full time jobs have to claim UC because their earnings don't cover the basic costs of living, and why employers don't pay enough for people with disabilities to cover their costs either.

Funny how nobody thinks the system needs a complete overhaul because end stage capitalism is out of control and the gap between rich and poor is widening exponentially.

Funny how nobody wants to discuss why councils will pay thousands a week to dodgy landlords providing sub standard temporary accommodation rather than subsidise permanent housing that would cost say a thousand a month. Funny how no-one wrings their hands about the money shuffling between various public and private agencies in the "poverty" industries, which pays for management and admin and makes little real difference to the clients of said agencies.

Funny how it's becoming such brazen sport to demonise the feckless poor who do what they do to survive, while tax dodges and brown envelopes and back scratching to appease "shareholders" is given a free pass.

So very, very funny.