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  1. PPS In my opinion get someone else to fill in the form for you saying that you are too depressed to do this yourself.
  2. PS If you do feel good on the day you have the assessment, if you have to be assessed at all, just bloody act the part as if it were a bad day. It is your right to have DLA and you deserve it!
  3. Hi skonk Have you sent your form off yet? I have a friend who is a welfare advisor and could ask her if she would help you over the phone fill in the form. I get so bloody angry with all these people who play God and on their opinions determine how we live. Please let me know and if you have sent the form off I wish you all the best. Keep us posted?
  4. OK thanks The Godmother, what a good idea to ask them to meet with me at the solicitors office, I never thought of that. I must say xxxxx attitude was completely different to the way she has been in the past, hahahaha she even offered to come to my home. I said to her haven't you heard that I am not returning to my address and as from the 5th Feb I will be in B and B somewhere in Leyton, Tower Hamlets or Dagenham? Miles away from where I live now. I really do think that at last things are going to be sorted. I have been fobbed off for years and it does show that getting the Ombudsman involved they have to take notice. It is great and I am feeling good tonight. Cheers x
  5. Hi All Octavia called me today at 17.30 which took me by surprise as after receiving a letter from them refusing me a management transfer I did write back asking them to contact me again and to go through my solicitor. I would of liked to have posted the letter from them here and my respomce but unfortunately I cannot copy and paste it so will just have to tell you about the call. xxxxx called me and asked if I would go in next week and see her and xxxxx, they are both in the accounts dept. Over a year ago I asked xxxxx if I could go in for an hour each week to sort out my arrears and she refused this offer from me as she said she could not commit herself to that. I reminded her of this conversation and she did remember it. I said that there was no point in me going into see her if none of the paperwork was going to be available and that I had continually asked housing benefit to supply a copy of payments going back to the year 1998 but they had always refused on the grounds that in 2000 the system changed and was not recoverable. I told xxxxx that I was going to SAR them and Octavia as by law they had to supply this information. I informed her that many errors had been made and that application forms had been lost and none of this was down to me. I had supplied all the information needed time and time again but nobody had ever bothered to get back to me. Only now that I have a good solicitor, an MP and the Ombudsman, have they contacted me. She then said to me that when Westminster changed over in 2000 that a lot of paperwork had been lost and also she was always having problems with forms going missing. This is exactly what I wanted to hear and I have never had any doubt in my mind that this happened to me and my paperwork. I think this is a very important point, a bit of a break through really and need to know your opinion. I suggested that she speak to Mr xxxxx, if he still worked at Westminster housing benefit as his name had appeared on various letters through out this time and in fact he was the one who wrote and said that my case was still being investigated in 2005 when they contradicted themselves and said they had not heard from me. I asked her to please get housing benefit to send me all the relevant paperwork and she must send me rent accounts going back to 1998. She said she could only go back six years but would speak to xxxxx. I insisted that this paperwork was necessary in order to see where mistakes were made and without this it would be pointless me attending any meeting. I need you to advise me what to do as I am not sure if to go to any meeting with them or leave it to my solicitor. Although this is not urgent as will take some time to receive the paperwork and statements, if I ever get them at all, just don't want to jeopardise anything at this stage. Thanks so much
  6. surprise How lovely that your daughter is willing to help in this way. Have you read my post? hahahaha. No just kidding I am getting there with it all but would be nice to know if Westminster council are known to cause a lot of problems. If by any chance you could please ask your daughter this one question I would be very grateful.
  7. NP silverfox We all need help and support and this is the place to come. I appreciate everyone so much for their concern and care. Take care all, have a good day and keep posting. BFN
  8. Belville Somebody helped me with my letter so am posting it here for you. Hopefully you can adapt this to suit your case. I would strongly suggest that you Subject Access Request the Council yes. Use the standard temp letter,but in the body of this I would also add the following; As you are no doubt aware,I have ongoing issues and complaints with XXXXXXCouncil.It will be my intention to use any information that you hold on me,as part or wholly,to escalate further my complaints in support.This will include,but not be limited to; The local Government Ombudsman. My local MP. Action through the County Courts, under the Civil Procedure rules small claims action. That should wake a few up-it may even be sent to the Councils legal department. Make sure that your request is specific. That means asking for everything that you want to see. ie; Copies of all your communications between you and them. Screenshots of telephone logs between you and them. Statements of your payments and account between XXXX and XXXX Details of any manually intervened tasks. Dont forget recorded...and keep a copy. Since this is a government body I would add the following on the bottom. I xxxxxxx hereby give my permission,as applicant for this request,for XXXXXX Council and its representitives/employees,to process this application. Should you require from myself additional information to satisfy your responsibilities to supply me with this request,then please contact me at the above address. I remind you of the requirement to furnish me with this information within 40 days. Signed......... Date............
  9. Morning Belville I have been alerted by silverfox, to read this post. Firstly I am so sorry about your husband and it is great that you do have a wonderful sense of humour which I hope lasts while dealing with the council. They can grind you down, hope that you will drop your case and it will be a full time job fighting them but you MUST. I have had an on going claim since 2001 where I went to court for nearly 3000.00. To cut a very long story short I paid this off by 2004 and then had another 2015.00 slapped on as an over payment. To date I am still trying to resolve this and although this has worn me out and I want to give in, I can't. I just won't let those b.....ds win. I imagined that if and when I won I could sue for hundreds of thousands but I realise now reading so many other stories on here that I will be lucky if I get my money back! I have a brilliant solicitor now and you could probably find one too on legal aid, also I got my local MP involved. I have three MPs, two were useless but the labour one is great. You have had some good advice here from silverfox and as he has so kindly said he is willing to help you as are others on here. I would start the Subject Access Request today and do not delay this. Good luck and keep us posted.
  10. Hi All I have got some good news but not great news. I have refused to return back to my old address and have been living with my daughter all this time. Three visits later to the Housing Options Homeless Section I was told yesterday that they will agree for me to go and rent a one bedroom property under the Direct Lettings Scheme or the Rent Deposit Scheme. I thought this was great as the LHA for my area is 370.00 a week for a one bed and have been scanning the local estate agents all night dreaming of living in a place I once only dreamt about. This morning consulted my solicitor, (who has turned out to be an absolute diamond), only to be advised that this offer would only be temporary, six months to maybe one year and then I would probably have to start all over again. I have now had to refuse this offer and hope that they come up with another place with assured tenancy. Ombudsman have contacted my HA but not sure as to what is happening with the housing benefit. Will keep you posted and once again thanks for all the support.
  11. Hi All I have just received this from my MP and am posting it here in case this information is new. Karen Buck MP Regent’s Park & Kensington North Constituency Tel. 020 8968 7999 Fax. 020 8960 0150 I am writing to let you know that you may be eligible for a tax rebate of between £520.00 to £1,040.00 if you have a child born between 6th April 1986 and 5th April 2003 and have not already claimed it. There are vast numbers of people who have failed to claim their rebate because of a lack of publicity from the Inland Revenue. However, you must send in your claim form in by the 31st January 2009 DEADLINE. Calling All Parents! Are You Entitled To Up To £1,040 In Unclaimed Children’s Tax Allowance for 2002/3? There are many parents eligible for a non-means tested tax credit but they've failed to claim their money. The Children’s Tax Allowance means that parents could be in for a tax rebate of between £520.00 to £1,040 if they have a child born between 6th April 1986 and 5th April 2003 and have not already claimed it. However, the claim form must in before the 31st January 2009 deadline. It’s easy to claim. Click this link for more information or simply call your tax office and ask them to check whether you have already received this allowance or not. You will need your National Insurance Number. People are eligible to claim an allowance of £520 if: You have a child born between 6th April 1986 and 5th April 2003 AND The child lived with you for all or part of that year AND You worked and paid tax for all or part of that year AND You or your partner earned over £6,000 in the 2002/03 Tax Year. You are eligible for an allowance of £1,040 if; You can answer yes to the four questions above, and One of your children was born between 6th April 2002 and 5th April 2003 Here is the link to the HMRC Form which you can fill in and send to your local Tax Office before the deadline at the end of this month. The BBC have reported that thousands of parents are needlessly paying claims management firms to reclaim this tax-allowance, even though they easily could do it themselves. I hope this information is useful.
  12. Hi pickled princess I do not know the law but it is my understanding that you would not be able to stay and take on the tenany and arrears. I have a feeling you must have proof that you have been in the same accomodation for at least two years and need to be on the tenancy agreement. have you been paying official rent and are the HA aware that you are living there. There is no harm in approaching the HA to find out and would also depend on the size on the property. If it is a two bed and you are a single person I would'nt think you have a chance in hell as the shortage is so great. Just out of interest how has your sister been able to move to another place with outstanding rent arrears?
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