Should I ask my DS and his girlfriend for money

If they are a couple would they not get the joint rate of £497

or two singles at £316

unless he gets other benefit's on top that leaves him with £116 a month

£80 a week seems a lot as both not working - equally they need to find jobs

your council tax will go up and not a single residency any more

I think it will be tricky having the 3 of you all in the house if none of you work

No it's not but there are dwp compliance officers who deal with these kind of situations. If he was pulled into a compliance interview you wouldn't be told the outcome anyway - I assume they are also over loaded due to the number of reports they get about people

I am not talking about him trumping anything. His attitude is disgusting and this country lets him, and others, get away with it.

I have reported him numerous times but nothing happens. If someone claims they can't work because they can't leave their house and then they go out every day thats not difficult to find out is it?

My neighbour shares just about every aspect of his life with DH. Not with me because I don't give him the time of day.

He told DH that he was going to give up work 4 years ago. Then when he could not manage on JSA he told him he was going to the GP because of such bad anxiety that he could not leave home. DH actually laughed and said "you are always leaving the house".

He tells him that he has to go to court for non payment of council tax, that his landlord is sending him threatening texts because he owes rent, he has car parking fines he has not paid. Nothing is out of bounds for him!

My brother is bipolar. The only medication that has succeeded in keeping it under control is a depot injection of strong antipsychotic medication. It turns him into a slurring zombie for the first couple of weeks, then he has a week or so of being relatively ok before he starts to become manic, delusional and a risk, at least to himself, and possibly to others (although more due to recklessness than malice).

I'd love to know what job the "get back to work" crowd think he could do, or what employer would accept him working for a max of one week in four.

He's 60 now. He last worked when he was about 25.

No it doesn't. There are people who try and claim Pip and lcwra who get turned down multiple times. There are people with terminal illnesses who have been told they don't qualify for pip. Your neighbour doesn't trump these peoples experiences

My TRUE story about my neighbour just shows how easy it is to claim benefits when there is absolutely nothing wrong with you.

He is not going to be the only person across the country doing this is he? It's absolutely disgusting

I really don't think I want to answer your post if that's OK. You made it personal - and I don't have to respond to that.

I honestly don't know anything about my current neighbours lives. At all. I don't know what benefits they are on - unless they've told me themselves

The only neighbours who I previously knew anything about were drug dealers - they were notorious and they've made the press on multiple occasions. That's about it.

report him to the DWP then

Lime - you do seem to think this thread is all about you seeing your responses. How come we are turning into a national of anxious people who seemingly jump on the benefits bandwagon.

Why do you think the benefits bill for working age people is spiralling. Who do you think is going to pay for all of this? The very rich are leaving in droves, 30% of income tax is paid by 1% of tax payers. How much is right - 40%, 50%?

There's a shortage of work coaches due to funding constraints. I know that one of my previous work coaches was overloaded - due to his case load. They don't have the staff to support everyone who needs it

It amazes me that so many people share details of their benefits and health issues with their neighbours.

The only time my neighbours have known about my health problems have been when I had an arm in plaster and when I was on crutches following knee surgery.

YABU for allowing it.

Sounds like the NMW needs to be higher!

Benefits should be the amount someone needs to life off in a basic way in circumstances where they can’t work.

NMW should be a decent whack above that in terms of setting the hourly rate - which should also remove the need for so many UC “top ups” - and that puts the bill onto private companies where it belongs, rather than on the taxpayer.

Cheers.

I don't know anyone who is defrauding the system. I know plenty of people who are struggling though

You’ve been responding to my posts so of course I’ll come back on it, that’s how a discussion forum works and yes you absolutely are acting as if this is all about you. I see it all over your posts to multiple people.

I hope you pointed out to him that it is none of their business what you spend your money on……..
but its not Her money, its the bloody tax payers……

Being on benefit like UC entities you to a credit towards the state pension.

I don’t. I barely know anyone on benefits (maybe some on top up UC), let alone anyone defrauding the system.

It sounds as I suspected that for the concept of work coaches to do any good (and it doesn’t sound an awful idea in theory) there would need to be more of them.

But I guess they also need to be working together with other professionals for alot of people - mental health professionals for example - and that’s a whole additional
story.

I’m sure they are the most helpful where people want to work, and are able to other than one specific circumstance- like being at home with a small child (and that coming to and end, as you’ve suggested) or if they’re just poor at organisation skills but otherwise fine to work or whatever.

I am sure most people are capable of wanting to work, but for many there is probably such a complex web of reasons why they get stuck not working that even the system probably gives up and just sticks them on benefits.

Not really sure what the answer is!

No I'm not. Hth. If you don't like my posts - you don't need to respond to them.

Without fail we all know someone who is on benefits who doesnt see much difference between the benefits they claim and a NMW role. So they skive off the tax payer for years whilst also doing cash in hand roles. Arent they clever they think. No, they wont have a state pension but they will get pension credit and the difference is laughable.

You’re acting as if it is. HTH.