No IT consultant takes PAYE do they
Since IR35, many do I'm afraid.
DWP driving me insane
- Thread starter Rilot
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Since IR35, many do I'm afraid.
I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way but if you were earning that much, don't you have any savings? I know thats not the point of the thread but still you are causing yourself a lot of hassle when you are not well for the sake of small amounts of money.
Get well soon.
sid
Soldato
I concur, what a ridiculous state of affairs. At the end of the day though you end up realising that much of your NI is never for you and despite actually working and by the sounds of it working hard you not get much more than someone who has never had a job and been on benefits for 15 years instead.
NI should be a reciprocal thing, you should get out something based on what you put in. Makes sense, it feels more like communism when you're out of work than democracy.
NI should be a reciprocal thing, you should get out something based on what you put in. Makes sense, it feels more like communism when you're out of work than democracy.
If I were you I would pit one Government Department against another.
Eh?
The Information Commissioners Office found at
http://www.ico.gov.uk/
Under the Data Protection Act the DWP have a legal obligation to ensure that their databases are accurate.
I would make a complaint to the ICO and see what happens
Eh?
The Information Commissioners Office found at
http://www.ico.gov.uk/
Under the Data Protection Act the DWP have a legal obligation to ensure that their databases are accurate.
I would make a complaint to the ICO and see what happens
Unfortunately, a personal matter a while ago cleaned me out. I don't want to go in to it here though.
Soldato
Could it be that because of the public backlash over how easy it is to claim benefits if you can't be arsed to work (though this is clearly not the case for the OP) the system has become tied up with red tape?
Hope it works out for you in the end anyway.
Hope it works out for you in the end anyway.
Yeah, DWP are utterly useless.
Makes me want to claim all my money back, then never go to them for anything.
it is as if they are trying to make it as hard for people to get money as possible, so people give up and they don't have to pay out so much.
Makes me want to claim all my money back, then never go to them for anything.
it is as if they are trying to make it as hard for people to get money as possible, so people give up and they don't have to pay out so much.
Soldato
It's always been a lengthy and arduous process but it only hurts those that have lost a job and could use benefits asap, rather than those who have never had one and waiting a few months isn't as perilous.
Tbh, if you have worked x amount of time or contributed y amount of money you should be able to get money straight away (i wont go into how mmuch or for how long) because for example if you have worked for 5 years and paid into NI, there is no way that they could tell you that you do not deserve support over someone who has never worked, regardless of why your job ended or even if you are looking for/able to work, at least for a limited amount of time.
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Couldn't agree more that the whole process is a farse.
I never intended to claim once as I've always worked, however I had to try on one occasion due to returning from working in France for a year and a half, to help support myself while looking for work back in the UK again.
Had to fill in reams of paperwork to then be told at the end of the process that I wasn't eligible to claim anything.
Apparently this was because I'd been working abroad for a year and a half and as a result paid no NI contributions during that time.
Nice to know how the 10 years of NI contributions I'd made before leaving to work abroad counted for absolutely nothing, yet if you've never lifted a finger in your life they'll throw money at you, it's pathetic.
Found a good job soon after, lucky for me, but makes you realise how bad genuine people get treated, people who have contributed in the past and are not work shy.
/grumble
I never intended to claim once as I've always worked, however I had to try on one occasion due to returning from working in France for a year and a half, to help support myself while looking for work back in the UK again.
Had to fill in reams of paperwork to then be told at the end of the process that I wasn't eligible to claim anything.
Apparently this was because I'd been working abroad for a year and a half and as a result paid no NI contributions during that time.
Nice to know how the 10 years of NI contributions I'd made before leaving to work abroad counted for absolutely nothing, yet if you've never lifted a finger in your life they'll throw money at you, it's pathetic.
Found a good job soon after, lucky for me, but makes you realise how bad genuine people get treated, people who have contributed in the past and are not work shy.
/grumble
Got the call back.
It seems that the actual claims database is incorrect but the main one is fine... or something like that.
However, it's still got to go to a board as my wife is Finnish and has not paid any NI and apparantly I did a joint claim. Because of this, it is unlikely I will be awarded any benefits.... even though this is what I was told to do by the DWP themselves.
I now have to wait for it to be rejected, and then apply as an individual (which I was told I shouldn't do by the person I initially talked to when I started this faff).
When I asked the woman who called me back what I was supposed to do in the mean time for money, she said "thankyouverymuch, goodbye" and put the phone down. All while I was in mid sentance.
Nice.
It seems that everyone at the DWP seems to think that everyone else understands exactly how this works. I have no frikkin idea how it works having never claimed any benefits of any kind ever in my life.
I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall.
It seems that the actual claims database is incorrect but the main one is fine... or something like that.
However, it's still got to go to a board as my wife is Finnish and has not paid any NI and apparantly I did a joint claim. Because of this, it is unlikely I will be awarded any benefits.... even though this is what I was told to do by the DWP themselves.
I now have to wait for it to be rejected, and then apply as an individual (which I was told I shouldn't do by the person I initially talked to when I started this faff).
When I asked the woman who called me back what I was supposed to do in the mean time for money, she said "thankyouverymuch, goodbye" and put the phone down. All while I was in mid sentance.
Nice.
It seems that everyone at the DWP seems to think that everyone else understands exactly how this works. I have no frikkin idea how it works having never claimed any benefits of any kind ever in my life.
I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall.