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TheDon · 24-10-2010, 17:29

Crisis loan you can get same day, but you have to show an urgent need, there's a fairly limited set of reasons they can be paid out.
Budgeting loans you have to apply for by post and they take a while to come through.

It's not that the system doesn't work for anyone, that JSA is paid in arrears means you'll never be more than 2 weeks from your last payment to your first pay cheque, but if you have high travel costs due to looking for a job outside your local area it can quickly turn against you. Which is my point, it's all very well saying get on the bus and look further afield, but you have to make sure the system can support all cases of that.

But then maybe the Tories big society involves having your mates bail you out so the system doesn't have to.

24-10-2010, 17:29	#93
TheDon Inactive Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,567	Re: Get on a bus and find a job Crisis loan you can get same day, but you have to show an urgent need, there's a fairly limited set of reasons they can be paid out. Budgeting loans you have to apply for by post and they take a while to come through. It's not that the system doesn't work for anyone, that JSA is paid in arrears means you'll never be more than 2 weeks from your last payment to your first pay cheque, but if you have high travel costs due to looking for a job outside your local area it can quickly turn against you. Which is my point, it's all very well saying get on the bus and look further afield, but you have to make sure the system can support all cases of that. But then maybe the Tories big society involves having your mates bail you out so the system doesn't have to.