Not too sure this is in the right forum, I can't seem to find the right one, so if I am in the wrong please let me know where I can start the thread properly.
Currently I'm in a bit of a bad situation, I had been claiming income support for the past couple of years as I have a child under 5, about 5 months ago I had a partner move in, I genuinely didn't know I wasn't entitled to income support anymore as I wasn't aware my new partner would be expected to take on the whole house and kids financially as I'm currently without work.
Anyway, I had a call from a compliance officer a few weeks ago stating that they had a case against me, I tried to down play it for some reason I was just panicking on the phone, i even lied and tried to make out he lived with his parents still, not maliciously I was just pretty shaken as the words fraud etc were being used and I wasn't even aware of what the call was going to be about, anyway after he told me about all the evidence they had (photos of the cars my partner has driven over the period of time we've been together). At the end of the call he gave me a couple of options, he said he was on my side and one of the options was to declare to him that my partner had moved in that day and he said the case would be dropped, I took that option and that was that, they didn't come for any over payments. It was just like I had declared him on the date of the call and that was that.
But in the meantime, my new partner and me weren't getting along too well anyway even before the call, it was just one of those things. Since my money being stopped and us having financial strain on top of us beginning to drift apart anyway I am 100% certain our relationship is not going to last out the next month, if not week. We're hardly on speaking terms now.
Now I'm concerned, obviously when we part ways he's going back to his parents and I will be alone with my children again leaving me no option but to claim income support again. I have no qualifications that would enable me to find a job that would cover child care costs and living costs so i'll be back in that boat. My concern is when I apply again what will happen with regards to what has happened prior? Will there be notes on my case on the system of what happened, will that hinder my future claim at all?
Or, because I took the option of declaring him (nothing came of it after that call) will it all be straight forward as normal as it wasn't taken to court?
I just want to know what to expect, I will have little to no income when he leaves with two young children and I'm worried.