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Old 21st January 2008, 14:10   #1 (permalink)
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As an experienced money/welfare adviser I would like to underline to all who seek benefits advice to be very careful when seeking such advice from an open, self-help, public forum. Your situation is unique and, unless you are an expert or benefits veteran, you will not even know what details to post in order to receive a correct advice. Therefore you are risking relying on misleading information which you may accept to your detriment.

Similarly, please do not advise about posters' entitlement from knowledge based on your own circumstances. Your goodwill should be restricted to suggestions about possible entitlement to benefits, for example that poster may be entitled to Housing Benefit, but never "£300 per week, if you have children" or "nothing, because you are a student" etc.
Benefit rules are very complex and are always applied to this singular, particular, individual claimant. There are very few benefits which pay out equal amount no matter what your circumstances, for example Child Benefit.

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bump- sorry for this nuisance but until this is made into a prominent sticky, I am afraid I will be bumping it on from time to time
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should put the petition up as a sticky joa i too have been diagnosed for FIBROMYALGIA AND ME,BUT i am thinking that the underlying illness was vascular problems that went undiagnosed in 1998 but was at last discovered through more meaningfull tests that it was vascular problems,i now have my claim for compensation going through because of maladministration ,i went to every welfare rights sight you could imagine,not one could help so i went through the proccess of reading looking year in year out for information i could nt get the dwp atos origion reports even through the Freedom of Information Act REQUEST ,then six moths ago i decided that enough was enough and wrote to my mp even he was initially refused any information from the DWP well that made me look even harder ,in the end i wrote to the INFORMATION COMMISSIONER AND THE INDEPENDANT CASE EXAMINER,now the DWP would like for me to withdraw my complaints......but it was the principle and my anger at the DWP/ATOS REPORTS that were false and i have no intention of withdrawing my complaint ,the DWP want to discuss compensation this friday ,so i will find out then what they have to offer as i distrust them so much and i have also demanded that i receive the ATOS ORIGION REPORTS ,all five EMP reports,as i am claiming back to 2003,it was the shame the loss of credibility amongst familly and freinds no amount of compensation can make this feeling go away..i am not sure whaat to expect at this meeting but my MP will be with me he has also forwarded his own complaint in conjuction with mine to ICE and the Parlimentary Omsbudsman,have you any ide3a what i can expect at this meeting
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