Report neighbour committing benefit fraud

[Goldengoose1977]

Hi, I believe a neighbour is committing benefit fraud. She has a teenaged son that has been taken out from school due to 'ADHD' because he can't sit still in class.(Does however sit all day on his console). She is claiming DLA for him and also carers allowance. She does not need to give him any extra attention at all, He can dress, feed and wash himself like as well as any other teenaged boy. She also works 3 days a week so isn't at home all day anyway, So how can she be claiming to be a carer when she does nowt extra? Haven't decided whether to report or not, interested in other people's views on this. Thanks

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Give the mother a break! You don’t know her commitments to her son. Having a child with ADHD cannot be easy.
Why would you do this? It’s really non of anyone’s business what others do.
Be thankful for your own self and family and be a, “Mrs do as you would be done by”. Not an interfering busybody.

Try harder.

I would suggest you get a life and mind your own business.

HTH

Why do you care?

No, find a hobby and stop poking your nose into business that is not yours. Jesus Christ.

How do you know what he can and can't do in his own house?! Stop being so bitter and nosy. Their loss won't be your gain.

You sound really unpleasant.

Wow.

Go ahead and waste everyone's time ! You do realise that she would of had to provide evidence of his needs in the form of medical and other professional reports ? Do you really thing that they are going to take notice of a nosey neighbour that thinks they know better ?

Okay assuming this is real. My DS is 23, he can wash and dress himself but needs prompting. He also has learning disabilities. He is autistic and has ADHD. . He absolutely LOVES gaming as it’s his safe link with friends. They rarely meet face to face and if they do they need various parents/carers to bring them.

if your neighbour is working three days a week it’s unlikely she gets carers allowance unless she earns under whatever the pitiful amount it is carers can claim.

chances are your neighbour is doing nothing wrong.

If you report, they won’t care because the more ‘clients’ the public sector have on ‘benefits’ the safer their jobs…

I think it's unfair that someone should be getting over £600 a month for DLA and carers allowance by exaggerating her son's condition. I have to work 5/6 days a week to make ends meet, meanwhile she has had 2 foreign holidays this year. For the avoidance of doubt she isn't a single mum, she has a husband to share the parenting responsibilities who is also working (cash in hand i.e not paying tax, not contributing anything etc). This isn't conjecture, I know all this for a fact as she has openly boasted to me about how much she gets and how she doesn't do anything extra to warrant a carers allowance

On MN seemingly nobody is allowed to dispute a persons right to claim benefits as even if they are telling porkies to get the money. MN see it as a victimless crime as though money just grows on tress and we should all be at it….

So you think it's acceptable to exaggerate your own child's condition in order to get handouts? As I said in previous reply my statements aren't conjecture they are from her own mouth. The reason he doesn't go to school is because 'He ain't going if his mates ain't there'. Her words not mine

How do you know all of this?

Always with the foreign holidays.

Do you think if their DLA gets stopped you'll somehow get more?

You have precisely zero knowledge of what goes on in their home, keep your nose out, the threshold for getting DLA is pretty high and has to be evidenced.

She has taken delight in informing me and her other neighbour on numerous occasions. Hence the need to only work 3 days a week

A friend who words in DWP fraud prevention told me that because 80% of the reports they get are total and utter fairy stories made up by trouble makers, they struggle to deal with the 20% that is real.

If people just minded their own fucking business, they could actually do their job.

Some people won't be happy till it costs the country more in fraud prevention that in benefits paid.

She told you she is committing fraud? Or she told you of her sons diagnosis and benefits award?

Say that in a group of SEND parents and you'd get your arse handed to you on a plate. Stop being so judgy, you're utterly, utterly clueless.

The Venn diagram between people claiming benefits fraudulently, and telling their neighbours all about it must be a circle.

My DD19 has mild SEN and as any SEN parent will tell you, it’s incredibly tough. His mum has probably bust a gut trying to get him into school or provide other things for him to do that aren’t gaming. She’s not likely to have support because other kids don’t want to play with the SEN kid, marriages don’t last when SEN kids are involved and well, you’re her neighbour. She probably can’t work full time because he needs her.

And before you say it, I’m not on benefits because I’ve got a high paid job and could buy-in support and I’ve just moved heaven and earth to get her into part-time work, so I don’t have an axe to grind here but I strongly suspect that any support she does get required a lot of evidence and doesn’t fully meet their needs.

Why not offer to help him with job hunting or teach him gardening or cooking?

In response to your 'think you'll get more' comment, I do not claim.any benefits whatsoever. I work for every penny I get.

And I do have first hand knowledge, As I've said previously she has boasted about it many times

I think you should keep out of it

you don’t know all the facts - you can work with carers allowance

just let the DWP manage it as is their job not yours