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    • The Notice to Hirer does not comply with the protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule  4 . This is before I ask if Europarks have sent you a copy of the PCN they sent to Arval along with a copy of the hire agreement et. if they haven't done that either you are totally in the clear and have nothing to worry about and nothing to pay. The PCN they have sent you is supposed to be paid by you according to the Act within 21 days. The chucklebuts have stated 28 days which is the time that motorists have to pay. Such a basic and simple thing . The Act came out in 2012 and still they cannot get it right which is very good news for you. Sadly there is no point in telling them- they won't accept it because they lose their chance to make any money out of you. they are hoping that by writing to you demanding money plus sending in their  unregulated debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors that you might be so frightened as to pay them money so that you can sleep at night. Don't be surprised if some of their letters are done in coloured crayons-that's the sort of  level of people you will be dealing with. Makes great bedding for the rabbits though. Euro tend not to be that litigious but while you can safely ignore the debt collectors just keep an eye out for a possible Letter of Claim. They are pretty rare but musn't be ignored. Let us know so that you can send a suitably snotty letter to them showing that you are not afraid of them and are happy to go to Court as you like winning.  
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    • Monika the first four pages of the Private parking section have at least 12 of our members who have also been caught out on this scam site. That's around one quarter of all our current complaints. Usually we might expect two current complaints for the same park within 4 pages.  So you are in good company and have done well in appealing to McDonalds in an effort to resolve the matter without having  paid such a bunch of rogues. Most people blindly pay up. Met . Starbucks and McDonalds  are well aware of the situation and seem unwilling to make it easier for motorists to avoid getting caught. For instance, instead of photographing you, if they were honest and wanted you  to continue using their services again, they would have said "Excuse me but if you are going to go to Mc donalds from here, it will cost you £100." But no they kett quiet and are now pursuing you for probably a lot more than £100 now. They also know thst  they cannot charge anything over the amount stated on the car park signs. Their claims for £160 or £170 are unlawful yet so many pay that to avoid going to Court. When the truth is that Met are unlikely to take them to Court since they know they will lose. The PCNs are issued on airport land which is covered by Byelaws so only the driver can be pursued, not the keeper. But they keep writing to you as they do not know who was driving unless you gave it away when you appealed. Even if they know you were driving they should still lose in Court for several reasons. The reason we ask you to fill out our questionnaire is to help you if MET do decide to take you to Court in the end. Each member who visited the park may well have different experiences while there which can help when filling out a Witness statement [we will help you with that if it comes to it.] if you have thrown away the original PCN  and other paperwork you obviously haven't got a jerbil or a guinea pig as their paper makes great litter boxes for them.🙂 You can send an SAR to them to get all the information Met have on you to date. Though if you have been to several sites already, you may have done that by now. In the meantime, you will be being bombarded by illiterate debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors all threatening you with ever increasing amounts as well as being hung drawn and quartered. Their letters can all be safely ignored. On the odd chance that you may get a Letter of Claim from them just come back to us and we will get you to send a snotty letter back to them so that they know you are not happy, don't care a fig for their threats and will see them off in Court if they finally have the guts to carry on. If you do have the original PCN could you please post it up, carefully removing your name. address and car registration number but including dates and times. If not just click on the SAR to take you to the form to send to Met.
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For the past 2 years I have been caring for my mum, and in receipt of Carers Allowance for the last year. I have a complex mental health issue for which I receive DLA, I also receive a weekly payment of £45 ESA.

Today I was called by Atos to cancel my medical appointment for this afternoon, I actually had no idea about the appointment, as I had not received any notification to either my home address or my mums (my preferred contact address, given to DWP, in writing and during a recent interview) as the conversation progressed it transpires that DWP had on file my contact address as a combination of both my mums current and previous address's! so its a good job it was being cancelled, or the first I would have known about it was when they stopped my money for not attending a medical!

 

My question is, when I have attended the new scheduled medical appointment, and failed it, as is par for the course, what will happen to my mum? without me she will not last 2 weeks, she will either starve to death or just give up, my step-dad is useless and has no interest in mum since she developed Dementia, mum is also phyically disabled and can do nothing for herself, she has carers come in and get her, in and out of bed, but I do all the caring in the hours in between. Of course I realise I can appeal a failed decision, and have done so in the past (before I was a carer) in fact I didnt even attend the appeal hearing and it was ruled in my favor in my absense.

 

I honestly dont think I have the energy to go through all that again, not to mention the fact that I have no desire to go into detail the ins and outs of the reason why I suffer from anxiety and depression, I know for a fact this only leads to an episode, and I cannot afford to be unable to look after my mum, I have to stay as strong as possible, I work very hard at staying strong in order to be able to look after my mum, if I am forced to disclose the ins and outs to a complete stranger, who in all likelyhood will never have heard of my condition, I cannot see it being at all helpful to me or my mum.

 

I was led to believe that as a carer I would not need to attend medicals? I have read that I should claim Income Support and would not be required to attend medicals, but also I believed, I/S was now replaced with ESA, Im so confussed, can anyone help please???

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If you fail your ESA assessment, you can choose to claim income support as a carer instead, and yes, you would not be required to attend medicals. You could choose to end your ESA claim before the assessment, and then put in a claim for income support.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

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If you are receiving carers allowance then yes you can claim Income Support as a top up of that benefit and not have to worry about undergoing any further medicals, you can still apply for IS and appeal against the medical decision as you may be better off financially with any disability premiums from the ESA award depending on how long you were receiving ESA for.

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Could I change to income support now? I really dont want to put myself through a medical unless absolutely necessary.

Would there be any reason why I wasnt advised what benefit to claim, surely its their job to award the correct benefit depending on the circumstances of the person.

 

Thank you for your speedy response, been fretting about it all day, almost to the point of I'll just manage without the ESA, which realistically isnt possible

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Could I change to income support now? I really dont want to put myself through a medical unless absolutely necessary.

Would there be any reason why I wasnt advised what benefit to claim, surely its their job to award the correct benefit depending on the circumstances of the person.

 

Thank you for your speedy response, been fretting about it all day, almost to the point of I'll just manage without the ESA, which realistically isnt possible

 

Yes, you just need to end your ESA claim and then put in an income support claim - there may be a short delay between payments.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

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I am in a similar position to you. I am on ESA Support group and am carer to my wife. When I got my letter about moving from IB to ESA I was going to change then but when i sent in my ESA50 they put me in the support group.

 

When it comes up for review I'll not go through a WCA (had enough of years of IB medicals). So if i don't get put straight into the support group I'll just go onto Carers allowance and allow Pension Credits to make up the difference (wife over pension age, I'm a few years under). I have to much to lose by taking a WCA, and fear for wife's care and my life if I am forced to work as a slave.

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When you call the contact centre to make your claim they have to follow a set script so they ask which benefit you want to claim and they cannot advise if it's the wrong benefitor advise which benefit you should or could claim for instead.

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They'll probably try and talk you out of going for Carers allowance.

 

When I first got my brown envelope and they phoned i said I didn't want to go on ESA but carers allowance, but the guy said fill the ESA50 out first and see what happens. I got migrated to ESA and have an underlying entitlement to Carers Allowance.

 

I'll probably do the same next time, but if I don't get put straight into the support group I'll go for CA. I'm not prepared to go through the humiliation and pain of a WCA or the WRAG. Now that those in that group are being forced to work I'm not prepared to risk my life and become another one of the statistics.

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I already get carers allowance count orlok, which is topped up by ESA, it is because of this ESA that I have been called for a medical. I am just going to be completely honest and tell them I simply cannot go through the medical process again, if that means I only have the £58 a week carers allowance to live on, then so be it, Im not prepared to go through the stress and anxiey trying to explain my illness to a stranger who in all likelyhood will have no knowledge of mental illness and will fail me anyway.

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Regulation 3(2) of the ESA (WRA) Regs2011, seems to exempt carers from Work Related Activities

Requirement to undertake work-relatedactivity

3.—(1) The Secretary of State may require a person who satisfies therequirements in paragraph (2) to undertake work-related activity(a) as acondition of continuing to be entitled to the full amount of employment andsupport allowance payable to that person.

(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are that the person–

(a) is required to take part in, or has taken part in, one or more work-focusedinterviews pursuant to regulation 54 of the ESA Regulations;

(b) is not a lone parent who is responsible for and a member of the samehousehold as a child under the age of 5;

© is not entitled to a carer’s allowance; and

(d) is not entitled to a carer premium under paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to theESA Regulations.

As far as I know there has been noamendment to this so someone on CA can’t be required to do work relatedactivity.

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Thanks for that, I did think that was the case too, but thought I must have been mistaken when I got the call from ATOS or whatever they're called. I have written a letter confirming the correct address and asking for IS forms to be sent out to me, that way it is in Black and White and should be no room for error!!! I anticipate the forms arriving by Easter, and a decision by next Christmas!

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