I'll try to keep this brief but sorry if i rumble on i really am stunned and rather f*cked off.
After winning my dwp tribunal before christmas i got all my back pay and regular money but knew something would bite me in the arse.
Well double whammy, On Friday i attended a work focused interview where i was told that on the 26th February 2013 i would lose all my benefits because my wife works.
My first question was (how do the government think a family can survive when they take £432 a month off them?
Embarrasingly she replied, well the government say that if you have a partner that works there are other benefits you can claim so the first thing you should do is get your wife to ring working families tax credits tell them that on the 26th your money will stop.
So sarcastically i said, oh so they'll pay what the dwp have taken from me will they?
err no but they will help.
SOOOOOOO that phone call was made Friday lunch time and in the post today i get the decision £11 less per month.... Now it's only 11 English pounds but it's our 11 English f*cking pounds and you've already taken £432 off me so now we're down £443 each month.
I've had 5 weeks off the booze but f*ck me i could sink a few right now.... Child poverty my f*cking arse my poor kids won't have school uniform come September at this rate.
Rant over... Unless someone keeps me going.
but EVERY SINGLE PENNY and more besides gets spent on bills and cost of living. We have no real disposable income to speak of after we've paid everything and it pisses me off.
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