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[jack1966]

whats the point of even trying to get a job when csa will take £70 per week from any wages that are paid when the jobs i get are an average pay of £220 to take home ? by taking this amount (yes there are arrears - £2770) , i cant afford to work, ex doesnt work so wont even get anything but the £10, talk about a poverty trap.

hey 'every child matters' ? whats that all about as i have 2 children with my now wife, csa will take half the child benefit and child tax credit from them also,

ex wife is bitter and twisted but i will not elaborate on her problems, i see my children whom i love very very very much they are my world from my first marriage about once a month and give them everything i can (which doesn't amount to much) due to circumstances said, but at least they know i love them.

csa dont make me laugh, they have caused more problems than solutions.

oh p.s. before you ask about arrears, well you know how good the csa are with there maths, and how devious ex;s are denying they've had any other moneys (i wont say anymore on that) twisted though she maybe i dont want her in trouble. just for my kids sake, so tell me is it worth working a full week for £150, when rent alone is £90, what would you do, i know im waffling but this is all wrong.

forced out of employment by one agency and chased by another to work

[AwakeNow]

Originally Posted by jack1966

whats the point of even trying to get a job when csa will take £70 per week from any wages that are paid when the jobs i get are an average pay of £220 to take home ? by taking this amount (yes there are arrears - £2770) , i cant afford to work, ex doesnt work so wont even get anything but the £10, talk about a poverty trap.

hey 'every child matters' ? whats that all about as i have 2 children with my now wife, csa will take half the child benefit and child tax credit from them also,

ex wife is bitter and twisted but i will not elaborate on her problems, i see my children whom i love very very very much they are my world from my first marriage about once a month and give them everything i can (which doesn't amount to much) due to circumstances said, but at least they know i love them.

csa dont make me laugh, they have caused more problems than solutions.

oh p.s. before you ask about arrears, well you know how good the csa are with there maths, and how devious ex;s are denying they've had any other moneys (i wont say anymore on that) twisted though she maybe i dont want her in trouble. just for my kids sake, so tell me is it worth working a full week for £150, when rent alone is £90, what would you do, i know im waffling but this is all wrong.

forced out of employment by one agency and chased by another to work

Hi ya,

My opinion and nothing more, if you can work then yes you should. I don't mean the first job that comes along though, I mean a job where you would find satisfaction and hopefully be able to evolve. This might include training and/or skills which would be provided for by the new goverment plans to get people on benefits and in low income jobs into work that would lessen child poverty.

I would advise you to contact the C.A.B. in regards to paying what you are able to afford to the Child Support Agency, have them look at your current finances to see if there is any leeway in making smaller payments and for the arrears to be checked to see if they are correct.

Regards,

Awakenow

[millyali]

What a situation. I see it from the twisted ex view, i have been told my ex can pay me £2.50 a week last october !!
I have never seen a penny i work 24-7 as afoster carer, he does very little, but he does see our child most weekends. I think its getting a job that is right for you !!
Personally you must be getting into a financial mess if you are trying to work and support 2 families. I would go onto benefits , get your rent paid i think the cap on housing benefit for a family is around £650 a month. And talk to your landlord 1st, telln them u want to go onto benefits, or contact your council, they will have a housing needs officer who might talk to the landlord for you, and explain that through housing benefit they can have the money paid direct to them, which garantees they get the rent.
The csa are ignoant, rude and have no idea what they are doing themselves !
i am still persuing my £2.50 a week, but as usual i can not get through or the latest is they take my mobile no, but they never ring back, i make calls and get cut of, it is apalling. I wish u lots of luck. All your children are lucky to have you !!

[JonniBravo]

Tried to inform CSA that I was working telephoned them everyday at work could'nt get through, when I did they said they would send me a letter posted my forms payslips no reply then even took to faxing the information. For that year I was not asked to pay anything as they accepted they were at fault.

The next job I got I filled in the forms and returned them this time they were qucik to responed and all seemed good until it came to setting up an account to pay the money into. They failed to give me an assesment and would not give me a interim asessment because the children were to two different mothers. It took them 8 months to reply with a payment plan by which time I was already £2000 in debt with them(both parents on benefit all this money was for the treasurer). When I thought my nightmare was over they could not give me an account to pay the money into which took a further 3 months. I now owe them £3000 and I was buying my children cloths and taking them on trips during this time.

They then decieded it would be a really good idea to take over £400 out of my wage one month without my permission leaving me with no money to pay my bills that month and putting further in debt. They then stated even though it was just hours after they have taken the money from my account and they appreciated they had overstep the mark the money was alreay in the treasurers pocket and I could not have any of it back, it would not happen again!!!! One women from the Irish CSA told me it was my fault that I had the children and I should be made to pay more!!!!!

I am so happy the CSA has been disbanded, lets hope there successors will be far better.