Housing benefit question

[pinkystinky]

Are you actually allowed to have any savings whilst claiming?? Im not talking mega bucks here, just would like to save £5-£10 per month, so when can move to a cheaper house.(in their interest really, as we wont have to use housing benefit!!)

I think you are allowed up to 2000 pounds.

this is from my council's website

If you have savings between £3000 and £16000 we have to add £1 a week to the income
we use to work out your benefit for each £250 (or part of £250) of savings over £3000.
For example, if you have £3001 we will add £1 a week.

dont tell em, like you say thatd pocket money to them