just to let you all know had letter case closed. dreadful time i can get on with my life now. thanks all for your insight and kinds words x we are not all guilty x

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/benefits-tax-credits-minimum/254859-interview-under-caution-living.html#post2866404 sorry there is the link, i thought by clickin on my name you would get to it x am so glad things went well for you i just hope that mine does too !! they only saw my partner a few times over 2 surveillances 3 months apart !!! all explanations and evidence presented but not needed....apparantly we will see when the decision comes through, get on with your life now darlin and good luck to you xx

hi there as you can see by my thread i am going through the same thing...... however my boyfriend is not the partner to my children, i have electoral roll, letters from the last 6 years, statements from his parents on how much board he pays a statement form him....etc etc i had much more but they refused it at the interview. i am so upset after readin this, you poor thing !! from what i have read and advice from cab solicitor etc there is no way that they can make their decision on just surveillance and a allegation???? especially if there was pretty reasonable explanations for it all, if anyone can read my thread and offer advice id be grateful cuz its turning my life upside down , good luck to you darlin, i hope they see sense !

i really do hope so rae i feel like because im a memebr of staff i have treated worse. why would they follow me and my children to school when my alledged partner was no where in sight !! surley they would have to stay at the house to watch if he left etc etc??? its all so confusing i wish it would all just go away , my bf now wont come at all only once/twice and wont stay over, i desperatly need help due to my conditions and struggling to get it now !!! its awful !1

also they said that because the first allegation was just after i had claimed(bearing in mind we was not together then!!) that if an o/p was decided that it would go from the first allegation!! ?? surly if there was no evidence from the first to the 2nd then no fraud can be proved??? not that the evidence they have now is any more than circumstantial ?? and that i have done anyhting wrong !!! im so confused

well had the interview, found there had been 2 allegations 1 in june of last year (bearing in mind we had only just met then) and one in november, investigators claimed they didnt know who it was however they asked me for any possible names of people that may of done it. !! ?? they did surveillance on me in nov and jan described my partner as stocky thats the only descriptoin they gave he is 6ft 4 and well built but not stocky but i have loads of friends and relatives who would match that description !!!! they did have the tax match which i knew they would and i explained that and gave them the statement from my partner that was that...i explained about the bank and that i helped him when his account was shut down by miss management, they didnt want all the statments from the bank i had prepared and colour coded with incomings outgoings and direct debits etc and showing i gave him his money back. why?????? the surveillance is very sketchy, i explained about the car breaking i thought id said end of jan but they confused me, it was end of jan as i had a new car then, there was 4 days the car didnt move they tried to say he was on holiday from work maybe and i said no the car had broke like i first said !!!! i told them the truth that he was letting me use his car and that on the first period of surveillance he came to help me as i had just come out of hospital after five days admission i could not manage and that the second period was purly because of my health condition and to help me in a morning which has been ongoing for 6 months (had evidence of all admissions appointments and conditions but they didnt want them). they did not use surveillance on the back of my house (they did not disclose they did and been told because i said he left by that door they would of had to of mentioned it which is the exit he leaves cuz i only have 1 key for each door he leaves slightly after nme cuz of the times he is picked up or his bus or train arrves he drops the keys to my mum on his way into town as i only got 1 back door key (well they didnt say anything) everyone said if it was a iuc they would of had to of disclosed if they had, i saw no photographs or video, does this mean that it was just jotted down on a not pad ?? everyone is saying that if they had they would of had to of let me see it ? so i could defend it ??? also they were obviously watching the house for my partner coming in and out of the house they knew if he was in there but.... they followed me alone with my kids to school and then me to college in a morning .........why ?? if the issue is me livin with my partner then should they not watch the house to watch his movements ??? they also hung onto the first allegation for 5 months if no evidence was there it should of gone to compliance for home visit??? why hang onto it for that long.. at the end of the interview they didnt want any of the evidence i prepared no proof he had his money back, only 1 letter from his address, the statement from his mum and himself the sorn for his car to prove it was off road at end of jan, kept tellin me not to worry as i wanted them to have the whole lot of evidence to prove i was innocent !!! solicitor said that i did well and he thinks ill not hear anymore and that their dates were not consistant at all, i didnt notice this but he did, its caused massive stress and worry and now i got to wait for a dm to decide my life !!! if anyone got any answers to my questions i would be grateful x * would they have to disclose all evidence *why follow me to college when they thought partner was inside * should i have seen any vidoe photo evidence they had (they didnt say it was either they just said surveillance) *why hang onto allegation a normal customer would of had a visit from compliance

thanks rae , i hope your right xxxxx

still sat up and just gone through the whole of my bank statments from the day i claimed is in may to today highlighting all the supermarket, rent, bills etc there is absolutly no evidence of financial link, ive done a full breakdown of my incoe and expoenditure and my partner has emailed me the same for him showing where his money is going every month, he is currently setting up his own business with a partner and all his cash is mainly being ploughed into that !!! lol websites etc, think ive gathered far far far too much info but im not leaving anything to chance x

mikey yes when he claimed jsa he claimed from his own address and he is on the electoral roll at his own address, everything is in his home address even the payslips that got me here in the first place !!! found out however this morning that not only could i of claimed dla for both my children i can also claim it for myself, spoke to the solicitor this morning who said that they could still prosecute, even tho better of calculations show that if we did decide to move in together we would be at worst case senario £100 per week better off !! surly that would count as a mitigating circumstance ??

just done a calculation on what the income of the household would be if we claimed as a couple (which i hasten to add i havnt done as i never thought about it ) and we would be almost £600 better off !! while that still dosnt make me want him to move in surly this would suggest no wrong doing ???? !!!!

thanks everyone, another 6 days to go still tho just want it over with, read lots of things, been told lots of things and still very confused. as for disclousure i wasnt aware i could get it until the solicitor asked for it a few mins before my interview starts, been back to the docs and they have put me on stronger meds, unfortunatly at present i have very active hyperthyroidism, fybromyalgia and being tested on and injected with hormones for other stuff, and still recovering froma recent operation, im 36 and feel dreadful, the help my boyfriend and family were giving me has stopped because they are all scared of getting me into trouble, i havnt seen my boyfriend at all for a while i keep in contact via phone but he is devastated that his caring for me has got me in this mess, i dropped a kettle full of boiling water this morning and also knocked a frying pan of hot oil onto the floor thank god my children were in the living room, all this i cant get a penny more or help because it isnt long term enough and will all go when i have my surgerys!! will they care about me being unwell, he may come round more to help but he certainly dosnt sleep here or pay my bills i have all the proof i need that i do that !!!

thanks everyone, im still so upset, and reading that has made me feel worse i hate to think they have been watching mine and my kids every move !! they will of got him on surveillance coming and going however he does this cuz of my health conditions being so dibilitating at present and the sheer pressure looking after my epileptic daughter brings on is sometimes too much for any parent to handle, my mum helps too when she is here , so does my friend who is gay she comes up loads does that mean im having a relationship with her ??

my main concern is my little girls health, she is seriously suffering as a result of my depression im tryin not to let it show but im poorly too and im exhausted and find it so difficult she isnt silly she knows when somthing is wrong, she will end up in hospital again through not eating and drinking and its frightning, they dont see the effect it has on innocent 3rd partys

thank you, both for your encouraging words, still awake as you can see and have to be up with 2 small children in a few short hours !! hope your right rae, altho you never know what they will pull out of the bag....... altho i have racked my brains for every possible senario that may look a lil odd and am struggling really, cant believe i got to wait till 16th of april feelin like this, not sure if i can make it that far.

hi all new to this site but so desperate for advice. Recieved letter last week explaining that i am being called to an interview under caution for living together with a partner. i am without a shadow of a doubt not living with anyone, however there are a few spokes to this wheel, i will list each one and then explain: 1: i am an adviser for jcp on carers leave for 5 years to care for my two children one who is 9 eating disorder and epilepsy, and one who is 4 asthma and eczema regular hospital a and e trips for attacks. no dla in payment as it keeps being refused working on this at min. i would not jepordise my own job and used to work on fraud so i know whats right and whats wrong. 2: I have a boyfriend who lives 11 miles away from me, he had been unemployed for 6 months and he was becoming increasingly depressed and has a history of self harm, i let him in december use my address too secure a job at a factory local to here on the provision that he changes it if he got the job, hes such a idiot sometimes and we argued about it every week and he still didnt change it due to poor sleeping pattern and bad memory he is on strong anti depressents as he has a mental health problem they cause memory loss and tiredness etc no excuse i know but he knows how angry i am that he ommited to do it, no other mail comes here as he dosnt live here, he is on the electoral roll at his home address and applied for a bank account from his home address only a few weeks ago. he offers me no financial assistance, he dosnt eat here or sleep here 2 x week max every other week i stay at his parents house with him . he uses my car at the min as he lent me his and i broke it so i feel obliged to help him. its my car my insrance policy. he has written me a statement explaining that it is his fault and that i was unconsenting to him leaving it in my address, i am livid actually that he clearly disobeyed my instructions. 3. i am very ill, keep being taken into hospital for various things, due to my ex husband and his family living in yarmouth, i live 180 miles away !!!, i have to rely on my mum for help she is the only family i have also my friend helps if im ill, and my boyfriend and his mum and sister helps when i ask them. i am, due to thyroid problems awaiting an operation to have it removed however at the min i suffer from crippling pain in my hands hips and legs to the point i cant grip, undo buttons stand properly in a morning sometimes takes me up to an hour to get going, i never sleep due to my thyroid exhaustion ensues all the time, so occasionally he comes from work in a morning (he is on a permenant 5 night nightshift) to help me get up and be there incase i cant sort kids out, he is not the only one who does this my mum and friend come to, they share it, i cannot claim any care as i am under hospital care and can be remidied when i have my sugery, not a long term condition. im embarrassed 34 and i need help its soul destroying. i am ok in the latter part of the day when my body has warmed up. so if they have surveillance this is all they will have, him coming in a morning as he works nights i dont see him alot at all, he occasionally gets his dad to drop him off at night about an hour before he starts work so we can see each other !!! i have all his mail stating that he lives at his home address, electoral roll etc, his car was parked outside opposite my house on a public freeway for 2 months due to the fact i broke it when i borrowed it, he sorned it but failed to move it, that as far as im concerned is not my business as its a public highway not a driveway, i live on a main road. He has given me his sorn to prove that. he has also written a statement to say that the use off address for a job he has abused against my will. i have a statement from his parents stating that he lives there pays board etc im quite willing to be interviewd in my home as i have nothing to hide. there are lots of other bits of evidence emails to employers etc, all my bills go out of my account dd and there is no evidence that he gives me money anywhere cuz he dosnt...... i do think that its the tax match they will of called me in on i have sought legal advice today and he said his gut feeling was with all the evidence it will not go any further however because i am staff to make an example of me they may go ahead with prosecution, im devastated, not eaten for 7 days feel dreadful tearful, my daugther is now suffering she is now refusing food and medication, my boyfriend is so distraught he has refused to come here at all now and im under house arrest scared im being watched totally paranoid to the point i have had tendencys to do somthing silly, i am not a criminal, i have done nothing wrong, so why am i scared out of my mind ?? how much surveillance do they do ?? he never stays here at all 1 to 2 nights or none a week depends on how ill i am or if i have to drive the kids half way across the country to see thier dad he shares the driving because of my hand and joint problems. i know im rambling im just bemused in all of this ? anyone help please ??