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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit
I agree with this 100 %
When you get any form of benefit award you get a sheet of paper stating "the minimum amount of money you need to live on" this figure has come from the government . So the council benefit cuts come on top of this so what you get in effect is the minimum amount of money you need minus the cash you lose to the council making the money you get less than what the government say you need. These figures have stayed the same ie not increase for inflation they have not been dropped by the government so people are now getting less than the government say they need
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No ,it's what some of the correspondence says ,it depends on the benefit and the actual wording is (and it is very important)
"The law states this is the minimum amount you need to live on" .The wording is important because the law changes every year when inflation is taken into account .In all cases and all benefits the money is given and the recipient is free to dispose of it how they see fit if they choose to have a few cans once a week then that is up to them but that is not included in what the law says you need to live on .Simply put what the law says you need to live on is exactly what you get
JSA wording is different because by law the claimant has obligations it reads
"by income based job seekers allowance we mean the money you can get based on how much the law says you are allowed based on your means"
The devil is in the detail
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...xuD5kPx7QBTIEA
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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit
yes I can because that is not what IDS said. I would back him seeing how hard it is on JSA though as a compromise I know he could do it but it would still be a shock
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LOL no you can't and you know you can't .you have completely back tracked on your reply to Chris .
You know perfectly well that IDS or anyone would be able to live on the same money that bloke has because thousands do it every single day and they will continue to do it ,not easily i accept ,but they will do it