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Originally Posted by Taf
Yes, my son's money stops after 4 weeks (dated from the date of their letter, not the date we got it of course). Ditto free car tax, so I'll have to put a SORN on the car rather than pay for all of February instead of the last week only. And the Carers Allowance stops too of course. £8 too much in private pensions means no Income Support, full rent and poll tax. So we lose £62.10 in Carers Allowance but have to pay £392 in rent and poll tax per month. A £700+ pa hole in our finances all told.  |
It's ridiculous and the whole system ISA mess. Advice agencies have been overwhelmed with requests for help, I hope you go on to appeal and get it sorted out.
Yesterdays Victoria Derbyshire show had an item on this- the DWP response was to say that everything was fine and that customer satisfaction was 93%!
It won't get any better as the limit to two children for most people starts in April, as do the cuts to Widowed Parents Allowance:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08d8h91
It's at about 1:07 if anyone wants further details.