many thanks for your quick and kind response i will do that , hopefully i can keep a roof over my head ,thanks again.

read this with keen interest ,after winning three appeals went for atos medical in oct 2011 and was awarded 0 points as usual my problem is the dss wont pay me any money as iv not submitted sick note to cover the whole period from change to lower rate pending appeal,i suffer from agrophobia and dont visit the doctor unless absolutely neccessary when i did finally get there my old doctor had left the practice and the new one with the greatest reluctance said she woul not backdate the note as she had not seen me before and gave me a note to cover one month instead of two which the dss wont accept have phoned them over 6 times but they wont budge have had no money since 2nd nov 2011 when i asked the doctor why she would not backdate the note she said it was a legal document and she would be liable if there were any questions raised , i did the usual routine at the start asking the dss to reconsider normally you can count on filling the form in and recieving the knock back within ten days took them nearly three months this time and they also failed to send me the doctors report from the assessment,so there it is at the end of my rope here cant pay the bills christmas was the worst in history dont know what happens to housing benefit entitlement but can guess can only sympathise with those in same boat and applaud the people who have taken these people on and won, thanks for reading.

i had this problem with npower ao switched to eon in jan last year all was well until this last month ,they have just informed me that they want to increase my monthly direct debit from £24 to£118 when id stopped laughing and realised they were serious i contacted them and inquired as to why this was they say im using £91 a month ??? i live in a one bed flat have not had the heating on all year dare not put it on now ,granted its all electric but my consumtion is the same maybe even less as iv not had my heating on,anyways they wont budge so im getting a little concerned iv submitted meter readings but heard nothing back it is a block of flats low storey with the meter cupboards downstairs,advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated,thanks.