Hello again,
I'm wondering about some advice. Yeah, I do know they have an advice line but its an 0845 number and I want to research first.
Our family was supported by my husband getting some sort of benefit for being unable to work. He has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and is Bi Polar. However he has now been told he is inelligible for this benefit and has to sign on for JSA. As you get nothing while the appeal goes on he's going for JSA but we've still nothing come through.
Apart from that issue, we have a 16 year old daughter for whom we get nothing. No benefit and no child benefit as she dropped out of college. She's been told that she is eligible for nothing as she is at home and my husband has been told that she would have to claim not him because of her age ... do they really want us to chuck her out 'cos we can't afford to keep her?
And this bit I guess really belongs in the general grouses section. My son is in hospital and between us we have to make at least six trips there a week and we should be able to claim the money for this back. However, we have oyster cards with no way of proving our journeys so no way of claiming back. Still, I'm hoping to grab a social worker next Wednesday and see if anything can be sorted. He;s been in since the end of January and probably will be there for at least another 2/3 months. I believe we don't get his benefit stopped as he comes home at weekends and longer at Easter and half term. I have a generous overdraft from my working days and am nearly at its limit .... worry worry worry
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