No Job, No Stamps - can he still claim anything?

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Hiya... i have posted a while ago, but some progress has been made, and i really need some more advice.

Basic overview is my mother is starting divorce proceedings on my father. They live in a council house, my mother works, pays all the bills, buys food etc, while my dad doesnt work and contributes nothing. They have lived overseas for many years, and since being back in the UK, he has not contributed at all, nor paid any NI etc. My father is refusing to leave the house, and my mother cannot afford to leave, as she would loose council housing and could not afford private housing.

My mother has been told by solicitors that in order to divorce my dad while he is still living in the house, she needs to live a totally separate life from him, ie no cooking, cleaning, seperate rooms etc for him, which she is totally fine with, only problem is that she is not allowed to privide food for him either, so, he would starve. Is there anything he can claim from the government that will provide him with money to buy food?

Thanks

anyone?

sorry, to be clear, he's not been claiming any sort of allowance for the past few years at all (job seekers, IB etc)

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Nope he has not claimed a thing

Why can't he get a job?

Why should the state pay for his lazy arse?

He won't starve. He'll get hungry enough to do something about it.

Tell her to get a fridge in her room and put her food in there with a lock on teh door.

how does your mother see the future - will he be 'lodging' there forever? If they are both under the same roof it is harder to prove that they have not been living together, obviously, and it is possible the divorce could be refused.

Do you know whether your mother has spoken to the council? usually if a tenancy is in joint names and the tenants split up, they agree to rehouse one of the tenants - sometimes both. They may agree to rehouse in the same house, ie grant a new tenancy in the sole name of one tenant.

Expat I think it was you that helped me the last time I posted...thanks for coming back.

You answered your own question, he cant get a job as he is a lazy arse!!

So he cant claim money from anywhere? My mums only option is to either let him starve or keep feeding him?

iheart, she has been to council and solicitors and all of them, and it seems she cannot kick him out as they are married, she cannot leave as she will make herself homeless, she cannot get an injunction to make him leave, and the council wont rehouse her while she already has a house. He wont budge if he doesnt have to, and it seems the only route forward is a divorce, but to divorce while still living together, she has to proove that they are living seperate lives. The tennancy is only in her name.

Why can't she get an occupation order? It's not just granted in cases of domestic violence, it's used in cases like your mums as well.

No wonder she wants rid of him!

Thanks will look into an occupation order.

Yeah i just wish she had done it sooner when she was younger.