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B'nut - (if you are still with us) any chance you could let us know what is was that made you make your posting that started off this thread? I know you've told us that you think there is a hacker but what is it/was it that made you think that?
I don't know about pass words B'nut but sometimes it is quite easy to figure out who people are who post here even when they change their posting names......
You are not seriously suggesting that that Queen and her family are in any way defenceless, poor and downtrodden are you? Many others have also had their lives planned out for them pretty much since birth - those at the other end of the socio-economic food chain. She could always have abdicated and become a private citizen, she had that choice, and even then she would have had enjoyed a life of ...
You are presupposing that there is cheaper,smaller, accommodation available to which people can relocate. And it's all very well saying that they should move to cheaper parts of the county but what if they work (people who are on hb do work you know) and this cheaper part of the county is miles from their job? What do they do? Give up their job? Then what? Are there enough social housing units ...
Anyone else catch the live interview in Dawlish with Peter Large and the recorded bit showing the handing in of petitions earlier on in the morning to Rosalind Prowse at TDC's offices in Newton Abbot. Putting to oneside for the moment what the interview and petition were about, the backdrop of The Brook to the Peter Large interview really did show Dawlish in a good light. I was sat watching the ...
Just to be clear. I am not talking about the 26k per year max for claiming benefits of any and all kinds. That is indeed part of the Welfare Reform Bill and is the aspect of it that has gained the most publicity. What I am talking about is another, less well known, aspect off the W.R. Bill which is concerned specifically with social tenants and the financial consequences for them if they are ...
I am not missing the point of the proposed cut in HB at all. It is because I am getting it (as in understanding it) that I am drawing people's (and especially social housing tenants') attention to it. Just how far from where people presently live are they supposed to move to in order to find that smaller accommodation? I am not talking about London or other urban areas I am talking about the ...
This link should give you more info on the 'Bedroom Tax'. http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/social-sector-housing-under-occupation-wr2011-ia.pdf It is from the Department of Work and Pensions website. I know it is dated February 2011 but as far as I can ascertain what was being proposed then is still being proposed to happen wef 1.4.2013
I know social rents are much lower than private rents and that housing benefit is paid direct to the housing association. As I understand it, currently what happens is that when the council work out the housing benefit which the landlord (housing association or council) receives, the starting point is the actual rent set by the housing association, the actual amount paid is then calculated taking ...
How the HB is paid is not the point. The point is that if social housing tenants are deemed to be underoccupying their properties then their HB will be cut back as I have explained above. So.......they either cut back on other things to make up the shortfall (and if they are on HB I imagine there is not much cash to spare in the first instance), or they go into rent arrears. The social ...
