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double wammy on housing benefit
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terryj | Report | 30 Mar 2013 16:10 |
after the bedroom tax the torys have now stopped legal aid for Debt Problems or Benefits Problems (except for a few cases involving the Upper Tribunal). |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 30 Mar 2013 16:48 |
Good. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 30 Mar 2013 16:59 |
So, if the benefits agency screws up your benefit - not an uncommon occurence - you're stuffed. |
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terryj | Report | 30 Mar 2013 17:01 |
hope your life doesnt go belly up and you find yourself in the position to need help |
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Chrissie | Report | 30 Mar 2013 17:09 |
As usual he worse off are getting hit as the government and the media keep all the attention on benefit claimants and benefit cheats and on immigrants and off of the bankers, the super rich and themselves |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 30 Mar 2013 17:13 |
i am not against the bedroom tax |
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GinN | Report | 30 Mar 2013 17:21 |
I think you've got a point there, Joy. There can't be too many 1 bedroomed council properties around, so it does seem unfair to tax those who show they are willing to downsize. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 30 Mar 2013 17:54 |
I agree with the reduction in benefits for people in social housing "if they refuse" to move to a more suitable property but only when their is a more suitable property available |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 30 Mar 2013 17:58 |
...but they can still lie and get it back... |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 30 Mar 2013 17:58 |
For private landlords it is not a paying proposition to build 1 bed flats except conversions in Greater London. Just look at, say, Leeds if you doubt this. |
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Chrissie | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:01 |
Well written, Rollo |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:01 |
technically its not a tax but a benefit cut |
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Muffyxx | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:03 |
Try working all your life to buy a house.........then have to go into residential care and the whole job lot ends up being given to the government.....when someone without the house gets the same residential care without paying a penny. |
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Mersey | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:23 |
I could not agree more with what Muffy says!! |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:25 |
Just a thought, My daughter had to rent a house "Private rented" and when she was made redundant so had to receive benefits her housing benefit would not cover the rent and she had to pay the shortfall out of her benefits, it was around £60 per month, She was told that housing benefit was set according to her needs and she was in a 3 bed house but only needed a two bed roomed house, That was 7 years ago so whats changed? |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:32 |
The perception of how the cake is cut is far removed from reality. |
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terryj | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:38 |
the housing ass my wife works for have no 1 and 2 bedroom properties available |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:41 |
Excellent post Rollo, my opinion is that this governments plan is to take us back to when Marquess of Salisbury was Prime Minister and Queen Victoria was on the throne :-| |
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KittytheLearnerCook | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:41 |
And if you are unemployed with a mortgage to pay, you get no housing benefit at all! |
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GinaS | Report | 30 Mar 2013 18:42 |
Why not scrap the Social payments altogether - then everyone pay for there own health schemes, schooling, University's etc., and bailouts to Industry and Commerce, lets us go back to the good old days of the 1800 and early 1900's. |
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