How tactless can MPs and the Royals get by showing up for photo opportunities at foodbanks and food pantries? It seems that every day theres pictures in the press of them , i just dont understand token support , have the Royals offered a few jewels out of their vault to donate? 30p Lee Anderson MP running cooking courses maybe?
Anyway i thought today id scare readers away and mention the benefits system, but then i looked at the government website and found out that its so complex that its no wonder that those who qualify have no idea what they should be getting . The Government likes to perpetrate the myth that these payments are so generous that everybody is trying to scrounge them , so how come billions remain unclaimed sat in government coffers ? Then theres the great Housing Benefit scandal , whereby they set the levels for payment so low and havent raised them for years . Many people have to fork out most of the benefits in top up which leaves them with nothing to live on . I noticed the other day that we had a statement and theyre increasing our top up this year and we are in a Council property . Ho hum . We will manage . Just shant buy any Weetabix ...lol
I have noticed that theres lots of trying to be useful people jumping on the bandwagon offering cooking lessons and helpful hints , im tickled by those who say shop cheaper brands when if your at the foodbank youve been doing that for a long while . Or the cooking gurus who never factor the cost of actually cooking stuff these days , once again youre hardly going to be shopping for A rated appliances if youre skint . A sandwich and a bag of crisps may be as good as its getting for a lot of people . In most families its the grownups who are doing without and necking Poundshop vitamins, as ive said in the past oranges are our measure of if we can afford fruit and veg and it isnt an orange each, so i grow what i can , ive still got a ton of leeks and fruit in the freezer for crumbles and my infamous ugly baking . Its been a tad interesting this winter till the DWP sorted their mess out, but we are fine till they convert us to Universal Credit sometime this year. im sure i will find a few informative posts out of that debacle
I'm waiting with bated breath to see what they are going to do about me now. I already know that I am going to have to wait at least 6 weeks for them to adjust everything. Good job I have been saving while Tom was alive just for this scenario. Heaven knows what happens if you have no back up. We are all just a number and nobody really cares.
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its like a mystery tour with all the tricky little changes they make to benefits and pensions
DeleteI think this is the only house with condensation on the windows around here - I wrap up warm but the wallpaper is growing mould - At the moment expenses are being met with savings - I buy less and less but I worry about when there is nothing left x
ReplyDeletethe mould comes out of our walls because its a prefab
DeleteWe've just come to the end of a fixed energy price. Our payments have now trebled in cost. How someone on benefits can afford to pay that is beyond my understanding. Thank goodness we have savings but rich Rishi needs to at least allow people to eat and stay warm. People with gardens really must start growing at least some veg now.
ReplyDeleteHubby will get a British Pension next year, as he has paid into it, despite us living in Canada. Saw the forms he has to fill out 26 pages long, we will be another year older by the time we get it all filled out....LOL The UK is going through a lot at the moment and most of it not good......just my opinion!
ReplyDeleteAre you sure he doesnt fall foul of them raising the age to 67 , i fall foul of this as i should have been able to retire this year and now have to wait till 67 despite having already paid in the maximum amount
Deleteno it's 66 we have checked.
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