Mum soon will be claiming universal credit while be receiving 150k from sale of house in a month time

[Jellypinkbean44]

Hi all will keep this short, my mum has put in for universal credits even though she had 20k in savings and told me she will be receiving £350 pounds a month very soon from universal credits. She has recently sold her property, and will be receiving £150k in a month or so after all the deductions etc.She has signed a declaration to say she will report any changes in circumstances, she told me she would keep quiet and take the money.Would I be unreasonable to report her.

No

You’d report your own mother!! Fuck me sideways.

Still if it makes you feel good OP, crack on.

However, I suspect it won’t be necessary, they will find out.

Yes, you are being unreasonable. She's your mum. You don't need to agree with what she's doing, but do not report her as your relationship may never recover.

You’d report your own mother!! Fuck me sideways.

Yep.

I think there's more context to this story then this isolated incident for you to want to report your mum. I may be flamed for saying this, but benefit fraud causes far less economic loss than large companies who tax avoid (under £2 billion compared to over £5), and I've never joined the bandwagon blaming benefit claimants for austerity. But I digress.

That said, if your mother has I think over £16k in savings, she needs to declare this. Will she not do this?

aposterhasnoname l haven't reported her yet but if gets flagged up maybe no point in doing it.It's wrong to claim whilst having a lot of money and not declaring it.

Unless there is a back story I wouldnt be reporting my own mother BUT benefits are meant to be a safety net not a lifestyle choice. There are caps in place for a reason. Your mother is committing fraud:

Capital over £6,000 but less than £16,000. This will affect how much Universal Credit you can get. For each £250 (or any part of £250) you have over £6,000, your Universal Credit will reduce by £4.35 in each assessment period. For example, if you have savings of £6,200 your Universal Credit will reduce by £4.35.

Wadingthroughshit I have told her not put in a claim, but clearly she didn't want to listen, my brother said they will find out

They will find out, by looking at her bank statements.

You could save her a fraud conviction by pointing this out to her.

She will be found out, and she will have to repay anything she received incorrectly. Maybe advise her of that.

IAmTheChosenOne thankyou for your info.

Jemima232 and MelanieCheeks I will sit her down and have a word with her

My mum did this and got caught. I didn't even know she was doing it until she rang me for advice! To be totally honest with you she didn't get much of a punishment, a conditional discharge, which is no punishment at all. In my mum's case it has turned out to be the tip of the iceberg in terms of dishonesty. Turns out the money she had was from her parents estate which was supposed to be shared between her, me and my sister. But, as my GP lived abroad, we didn't know about it. She was pleading poverty to us when she had tens of thousands in the bank!

So she wants to claim UC whilst having the equivalent of 25 years' worth of this benefits in savings.

I usually tell people who want to rat to the DWP to -fuck off and mind their own business- pay no attention, but this is CFery on a different level.

How very dare she.

I would not report her. It's not something I could do.

However she will probably get caught!

I'd advise her not to do this as you have said.

Thanks everyone will not report her as others had said they will know.

I wouldn't report her but I'd tell her I think it's disgusting. She will get caught anyway.

I don’t know how people can sleep at night doing stuff like this - I’d be terrified of getting caught. My sister has recently finished paying of a weekly debt for being overpaid working families tax credit years ago (it was when there was a big debacle about the government office making mistakes, overpaying people and then demanding the money back). She did nothing wrong but still had to pay it all back and she’s the hardest working most honest person I know.

wow, a good little servant of the state aren't you, reporting your own mother...

They do check up on people. They will want to see a copy of her bank statement and will check on people randomly. They did it to me before Christmas and even though it was all above board I felt I had gone through the wringer! They asked the same questions different ways.I ended up not knowing if I was Herbert or Sherbert!
Still it is good that they do check.

Nearlythere1 as others had said on here, I won't be doing it she will get find out

Do they ask for bank statements as standard? They don’t for tax credits.

As someone else has said, I would warn her the second that she gets the cheque to tell them- she will be in trouble if not.

As for reporting your own mum- FFS. Nothing else to say.

Presumably she needs to live somewhere. Is she buying another property or renting? If buying, she won't have the cash for long. When she made her application, she must have declared that she owned a property and what the approximate value was.

Your first thought being to report your own Mother eh?
That's cold.