starlight,
I have no advice for you. We may have ..no we definatly have dissagreed on many things on here... but having been in a simular sitation, I know just how hard it is, and doubly so at the moment. I wish you every luck in a search for suitable employment, and simply would say, keep head up high, and don't let the system drag you down.
Hey Stars,
I never at any point said I was perfect or a careers advisor either. I am successful as is my family and hopefully my daughter will be in the future. My gripe here is that instead of being able to pass on the maximum inheritance to her to ensure the best start in life and a debt free university education, some believe its ok I am taxed to give aid to people I have never met and have no sense of responsibility for.
Just a couple of points from your post though:
You stayed in a business sector that you knew was in decline for a decade? and presumably during that decade you were being paid in full and could have if you chose to, taken steps to ensure your future elsewhere and with a larger less likely to fold company?
See where i'm going with this again .... now the opportunity is gone and its every body else's fault including your ex boss and his new kitchen!
J
Page last updated at 20:26 CET, Thursday, 21 February 2013
'Bedroom tax' rules re-examined
The government argues that the changes will lead to fairer allocation of social housing
Welfare secretary Iain Duncan Smith has instructed officials to "look again" at how the bedroom tax will affect disabled people, the BBC has been told.
Under the plans, social housing tenants' benefits will reduce if their home has one or more spare bedrooms.
But charities have told the government that couples who could not share a bedroom because of a disability would be unfairly penalised.
Mr Duncan Smith said he understood the concerns.
He said he had has "already issued an instruction" to officials at the Department of Work and Pensions saying, "let's look at this again".
On Thursday the chief executives of seven charities - Carers UK, MS Society, Mencap, Macmillan Cancer Support, Disability Rights UK, Carers Trust and Contact a Family - wrote an open letter to Chancellor George Osborne and Mr Duncan Smith.
In it they expressed their concerns about the impact of the new policy on disabled people and families caring for disabled family members.
'Simply wrong'
Heléna Herklots, chief executive of Carers UK said the changes would hit families for whom an extra bedroom was essential.
"If you care full-time for a severely ill or disabled partner, their condition may mean a separate room for you to sleep is vital. Disabled children often cannot share with their brothers or sisters," she said.
"Hitting carers and disabled people with extra costs for this essential accommodation, or forcing them to move is simply wrong."
The charity said government figures showed the tax would affect 420,000 people. It said its analysis showed extra funding from government to provide "discretionary payments" to families hit by the policy would only protect 10% of the disabled people affected.
BBC Home Editor Mark Easton said Mr Duncan Smith recognised that one obstacle to changing the rules was how to identify people who might qualify for exemption.
However if a solution was found it might be in place before the charge is introduced in April, our correspondent reports.
Under the government's so-called "size criteria", families will be assessed for the number of bedrooms they actually need.
The change affects council tenants, and those renting from housing associations, of working age who receive housing benefit.
It does not affect claimants who rent in the private sector.
Tenants in social housing will have their benefit reduced by 14% if they have a spare bedroom or 25% if they have two or more extra rooms.
BBC © 2013
Every single borough up and down the land have an insignificant amount of small holdings. In other words 1 and 2 bed roomed properties are very scarce. So when a family with a 3 bed roomed property only need two bed rooms and they are told they will have to stump up extra money from their benefits to pay for that spare room,or are to be told to move to a smaller property. Where exactly are these smaller properties?
All this new tax will do is take even yet more money away from the very people who need it the most. These people will have no choices available to them,as in moving as there simply are not enough properties to go around. So these people already struggling financially on benefits will as from April have to make further cut backs to their heating or their food bill, to pay for the bed room tax that has been imposed on them.
Why is it always the poorest in society that get hammered the most?
It does seem manifestly unfair to reduce the benefit of someone who has an extra room or rooms, is willing to move, but the council has nothing to offer?
Is this really the case?
I think a big point being missed in a lot of these debates on the internet is the use of the term 'benefits'. This is going to affect people who are working hard too. It isn't just the unemployed who receive housing benefit and occupy social housing. People who are working their backsides off on low wages rely on the housing benefit top ups/working tax credit/child tax credit. These are all classed as 'benefits'. I think the bedroom tax is ridiculous. The families that make the headlines in the scum papers that everyone sees as representative of unemployed wouldn't be affected anyway.. and the daily mail type 'dole dosser' is all media hype designed to turn us against each other so we fail to see the big picture. I strongly suggest looking up the facts on how much things like benefit fraud actually cost this country compared to government errors and tax avoidance. *HINT* you won't find the real figures in the daily rags!!
Not all on long term benefits are lazy scum bags but look and its easier to find those these days. I thankfully wont be affected by the bedroom tax but if you are in rented council owed accommodation.. can you really complain if the house owner decides if you have empty rooms to pay up?
Itd be interesting to find a comparable house to a council one and compare the monthly rental fees.
The ones that are lazy scumbags aren't a drain on the tax payer .. they are a drain on our country. Im currently working in real poor areas in the world and trust me .. if your online with a pc and have free money every week too .. your not even close to poor ... just needy it seems.
J
Yes flower, I'd like to know that too.
It will be most enlightening, if not entertaining as there's no 6 nations on this weekend....
But I do take issue with your suggestion 'straight from the horses (sic) mouth'
You, more than anyone on here, know just how intelligent horses are....
