How long after spending inheritance can I claim benefits again?

[Bunnyhunni6]

Hello, after buying my new house I’m left with around £60k to spend on what is needed work wise… I had to come off benefits when I inherited. But after my money has been spent I will need to claim again.. how long do I need to wait to be able to claim? Thank you

I think you lost all sympathy (and credibility) with your racist rant.

Either your husband is supporting you, in which case - work or don’t work - it’s your own family’s business. If he’s not supporting you, you should be getting a job like every other family in a similar position and not claiming benefits.

Immigration is totally irrelevant to your post and, as a previous poster said, your mask did slip and it was very ugly.

This 🫣

That's interesting to me, as the OP isn't currently claiming benefits. So if I (currently working) was to spend say £4k on a holiday and £15k on a new bathroom this year, and was subsequently made redundant perhaps six months into 2027, I wouldn't be able to claim anything for two years?

This isn't correct. The OP said "I had to come off benefits when I inherited."

True colours showing now.

And then contradicted herself by saying she is having to move and leave her job behind: I’m moving to a completely new area to be nearer my mother after my father dying. So unfortunately that means leaving my job behind. Works will be just to modernise it.

Because they can ask to see you bank account statements as part of the claim.

You are required to tell them as soon as your financial situation changes and that includes inheritances, you could be in a lot of trouble if you don't tell and they will likely find out if it went through probate and if you bought a house with the proceeds. You can of course lie about it all like the good citizen you are, but it may come back to bite you. Why did you come off benefits if it wasn't because you declared the inheritance?

5 bedrooms by the sounds of it if there is a bedroom for op& DH, one each for the DC and a spare one for her DM.

Why is everything 'I' until it comes to suddenly your partner holding things down? Does he live with you? Are the children his? Does he pay child support? Or are you strategically separate to get benefits in the first place?

I don't think any of this is true. Looks like the OP just fancies winding people up, for whatever reason that may be.

And their dad/dads isn’t in the picture…

Benefits Britain is in full swing.

And then there is the rest of us, never inherited anything, working our bums off, paying huge taxes to to pay into the benefits pot with no future date on when a mortgage deposit will ever be enough to even own a house. State of this country really. 😩

It’s as though none of this is true..

Asylum seekers get £49.18 a week so if you think you're cheaper to subsidise than a migrant, you should be able to last 23.5 years on £60k. If you want to "make the house your own", perhaps do what everyone else does and work to earn the money.

Get. A. Job.
Be a grown up.
Stop being racist.
Don't expect others to fund your life.

I don't have even £1k let alone £60k yet I'm entitled to no benefits. Why on earth would you be entitled to benefits?!

what are you asking us for? contact the relevent agencies for the definitive assessment, judgement, decision and don’t forget to come back here to tell
us how you fared, as we are all agog

she isn’t, she knows, we know

Moaning about immigration while trying to spead money so you can go back to claiming more benefits . Suppose them same immigrants are stealing your jobs . You sound like a right Chevy scrounger .

Ok so you hold racist views as well as being a benefits scrounger. It’s nice that I as a taxpayer am effectively funding your new bathroom. Would you like me to send you a cheque you poor thing?

Because DWP and HMRC are closely linked with data sharing.

Why did your mum not move to be near you if you and a job and 3 kids?

That’s correct
iSA pension and savings account all report any Interest to HMRC

who in turn report to DWP if that person is claiming benefits
easy to check via NI number

@Bunnyhunni6 I am cringing at the people responding to this thread saying it's a wind up.

£60k is nothing in the grand scheme of things. That's only 3 years of expenses on the equivalent of a minimum wage job. How is that a massive sum of money?

And I have absolutely no doubt that the people crying about this thread saying it's a windup are the same people who earn colossal salaries of £80k, or £100k, or more, who supposedly can't make ends meet because every month all of their money evaporates due to a car they have on one of those stupid "PCP" things and also because they eat out frequently and need to buy new clothes regularly.

Ahh thank you. I wasn’t sure. I’m just so worried about getting there and not securing a job. I know when I was on benefits before I had a job already so didn’t need to look for work but I’m sure the job centre helped place people in work or interviews.

My mum lives in a nicer area which is a lot cheaper then where I am currently. So it makes sense to sell up and be nearer to her. After loosing a parent it made me feel like I want to be closer to her.