Working families £18k worse off than benefits claimants after budget

The removal of two child benefit cap will give each of these families an additional £5k per year.

Now imagine the kind of pay rise you need to get the amount in your net pay, if you are a productive member of society.

But if you choose to have children you cannot afford, then it’s just handed to your for free.

There are families out there who are paying into this madness who will have less to spend on their children so they can pay for other people’s irresponsible life choices.

I don't know how others manage it but as soon as DH has hours that drop him below the required AET, he is called it for an appointment and pestered to work more hours or find a new job with more hours.

This tends to only happen in January with him because he works in hospitality and after the Christmas rush, his work goes really quiet but then picks up again.

He absolutely does not get away with working 16 hours per week, next week he'll be working 50 hours and tonight he wasn't home from work until about an hour ago.

Yeah the token 16 hours so they can claim max benefits. Thats a joke.

Went so well when Liz truss did her budget. I must have missed the part where RR crashed the markets (spoiler alert they reacted quite well)

Lots of minimisation and attempts to divert discourse after you've read some left wing stories.

See how you are part of the polarisation and not actually above it?

Plenty of families on UC are also working families.

Hmm...partly agree

I think a higher wealth tax would be reasonable. But yes, over-taxing moderate and middle earners is not the way to go.

It’s not using your house to tick a box saying they are meeting a requirement. It’s not how it works

They have converted the property to a lifetime home and won’t pay to convert it back
because
thats a waste of money
and you won’t be there forever so it is available for others after you

It's the same attitude by planners to owners of listed buildings …we are just looking after the asset for the future

I get that, but I think using our house to fulfil that requirement is cheating the system somewhat. None of us are disabled, and we've lived here 6 years now, so it's not like we might up and leave, and the house could be re-let to a disabled family.

Surely the point of having x number of adapted homes is to house x number of disabled people.

I get that, but I think using our house to fulfil that requirement is cheating the system somewhat. None of us are disabled, and we've lived here 6 years now, so it's not like we might up and leave, and the house could be re-let to a disabled family.

Surely the point of having x number of adapted homes is to house x number of disabled people.

Your HA are correct in that requirement

Its basically what used to be called a lifetime home

Yes, the house was previously let to a disabled man who had it adapted for his needs, but it is a three-bedroom family house with a reasonably sized garden, so I don't understand why we need to keep the adaptations, but according to the HA, they need ever so many adapted properties, so we're not allowed to touch the wetroom.

Yes, the house was previously let to a disabled man who had it adapted for his needs, but it is a three-bedroom family house with a reasonably sized garden, so I don't understand why we need to keep the adaptations, but according to the HA, they need ever so many adapted properties, so we're not allowed to touch the wetroom.

Assume you’ve checked the outlet for hair clogging it up

( apologies if I’m teaching you to suck eggs )

Guessing that wet room might be to accommodate disabled people

We removed the vinyl wallpaper weeks ago. We're currently trying to redecorate, and this is how we are finding all these issues. The mold was all behind a built-in wardrobe we ripped out (with permission).

I say trying to because every time we find an issue, we have to stop and wait months for the HA to come and fix it. Currently, DD's room has no wallpaper/paint because we are waiting for the mold to be fixed, the work in the hall has been halted because we noticed the wall (internal stud wall) is being held up only by the wallpaper, and we don't want to risk it falling down and having to wait months for it to be repaired while we're still waiting on dozens of other repairs.

The kitchen is half-painted, but we had to stop because of a leak, which caused the ceiling to bow. The ceiling cannot be fixed until the wet room leak is fixed, but that needs approval from a manager, and he is not very eager to approve it.

The living room is also half decorated because we had to stop when we noticed damp on that wall.

My room has no curtains because that wall is also damp, and no matter how strong the wall plugs I use are, the curtain pole just falls off because the wall is literally crumbling away.

I'm 100% sure we will find more issues as we go on. Half of these I would pay for/do myself, but I'm not allowed. The bathroom, for example, I hate the wetroom, I've always hated the wetroom. I would happily rip the lot out and pay for a new bathroom to be fitted, but I can't.

We currently have a wet room leak too. In our case, it's an issue with the draining after a shower.

I don't think it will be sorted any time soon but so far, we seem to be avoiding any damp. I'm definitely concerned about it happening though.

We removed the vinyl wallpaper weeks ago. We're currently trying to redecorate, and this is how we are finding all these issues. The mold was all behind a built-in wardrobe we ripped out (with permission).

I say trying to because every time we find an issue, we have to stop and wait months for the HA to come and fix it. Currently, DD's room has no wallpaper/paint because we are waiting for the mold to be fixed, the work in the hall has been halted because we noticed the wall (internal stud wall) is being held up only by the wallpaper, and we don't want to risk it falling down and having to wait months for it to be repaired while we're still waiting on dozens of other repairs.

The kitchen is half-painted, but we had to stop because of a leak, which caused the ceiling to bow. The ceiling cannot be fixed until the wet room leak is fixed, but that needs approval from a manager, and he is not very eager to approve it.

The living room is also half decorated because we had to stop when we noticed damp on that wall.

My room has no curtains because that wall is also damp, and no matter how strong the wall plugs I use are, the curtain pole just falls off because the wall is literally crumbling away.

I'm 100% sure we will find more issues as we go on. Half of these I would pay for/do myself, but I'm not allowed. The bathroom, for example, I hate the wetroom, I've always hated the wetroom. I would happily rip the lot out and pay for a new bathroom to be fitted, but I can't.

We removed the vinyl wallpaper weeks ago. We're currently trying to redecorate, and this is how we are finding all these issues. The mold was all behind a built-in wardrobe we ripped out (with permission).

I say trying to because every time we find an issue, we have to stop and wait months for the HA to come and fix it. Currently, DD's room has no wallpaper/paint because we are waiting for the mold to be fixed, the work in the hall has been halted because we noticed the wall (internal stud wall) is being held up only by the wallpaper, and we don't want to risk it falling down and having to wait months for it to be repaired while we're still waiting on dozens of other repairs.

The kitchen is half-painted, but we had to stop because of a leak, which caused the ceiling to bow. The ceiling cannot be fixed until the wet room leak is fixed, but that needs approval from a manager, and he is not very eager to approve it.

The living room is also half decorated because we had to stop when we noticed damp on that wall.

My room has no curtains because that wall is also damp, and no matter how strong the wall plugs I use are, the curtain pole just falls off because the wall is literally crumbling away.

I'm 100% sure we will find more issues as we go on. Half of these I would pay for/do myself, but I'm not allowed. The bathroom, for example, I hate the wetroom, I've always hated the wetroom. I would happily rip the lot out and pay for a new bathroom to be fitted, but I can't.

You can’t just redecorate with anti fungal
It doesnt get rid of the problem

Ventilation
Remove all mould
Check leaks re down pipes and for dpm
Dry out walls completely preferably naturally ( so not in winter)
Redecorate with breathable materials ( so no glue based paints and no wallpaper)
Ventilate all rooms throughout the year

Your vinyl wallpaper is trapping moisture
All cavities have moisture within them

The technician said there was nothing wrong with the guttering or the roof. The surveyor disagreed and said the roof above the lintel needs to be replaced, all the plaster needs stripping back to bare brick and redoing, he has no clue why the plasterers said it was caused by water coming through the single brick wall and getting stuck under the vinyl wallpaper because it is a cavity wall and the cavity wall insulation and damp coursing needs redoing. He is also very unimpressed at the state of the bathroom and that it has not been fixed yet, despite being reported over a month ago, ditto the state of the kitchen ceiling. He has promised to take personal responsibility for all the repairs needed.

He seemed like a decent bloke, but I've heard all this before, so I'm not holding my breath. Usually, I have to lose my temper and start threatening legal action before they actually fix things (HA house).

She is, it just comes back! We’ve redecorated with anti-fungal paint, and it’s back within a month. She’s constantly scrubbing but the walls never dry out. The flat needs repointing, water is getting in every time it rains. The landlord refuses to do it. She can’t rock the boat too much because she’s scared of getting an eviction notice. If she ended up homeless she’d have to go into temporary accommodation in another city, she’d lose her job and the kids wouldn’t be able to stay in their schools. It’s just an awful position for renters these days.