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| I've heard so many bad stories with jsa and income support it's a complete joke is our system basically if uve bin on the dole all ur life cos u cannot be bothered to get a job u can ave wat u want and the more sprogs u have Wel throw in an extra 50 quid a child, don't get me going on our fabulous countries system, my other half went to south Africa few yrs ago for his job a south African asked were he was from ah he said I want to move there it's the only place in the world were u can lay in bed all day and get paid, then there are the genuine ones like paul who wants to work and gets treat like this makes my blood boil, id Be no good running the country.
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| Quote gingerspice="gingerspice"I've heard so many bad stories with jsa and income support it's a complete joke is our system basically if uve bin on the dole all ur life cos u cannot be bothered to get a job u can ave wat u want and the more sprogs u have Wel throw in an extra 50 quid a child, don't get me going on our fabulous countries system, my other half went to south Africa few yrs ago for his job a south African asked were he was from ah he said I want to move there it's the only place in the world were u can lay in bed all day and get paid, then there are the genuine ones like paul who wants to work and gets treat like this makes my blood boil, id Be no good running the country.'"
Thatcherite?
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| Quote dum-dum="dum-dum"Thatcherite?'"
Don't u think tho there are far to many that play the system and know how to play it right down to the last quid, our country is to soft on people that's y our country is in a mess like it is she wudnt ave stood for rubbish like this get her back in that's what I say
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| Quote gingerspice="gingerspice"Don't u think tho there are far to many that play the system and know how to play it right down to the last quid, our country is to soft on people that's y our country is in a mess like it is she wudnt ave stood for rubbish like this get her back in that's what I say'"
I'm totally with you.
I think we'll get told off for talking politics though, we'd better change the subject. You doing anything nice today?
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| Quote Anakin Skywalker="Anakin Skywalker"No my problem is one of complete disinterest.
I was claiming JSA as of Feb last year when I was made redundant and so I claimed on my mortage insurance.
I managed to get a christmas job at Asda which ran for 1 month from the start of Dec to the start of Jan.
My mortage insurance company just suspended my claim as they were fine in me taking temp work, they informed me that if nothing came of it full time they would just continue my claim where I left off (2 1/2 months left of 12 months I can claim between full time jobs).
I didn't get kept on so I telephoned the JSA and informed them of this, I also telephoned my insurance.
I went back to sending all documentation I had with regard to searching for jobs to my insurance company.
2/3 weeks ago I recived a letter saying they couldn't proceed until I sent them a copy of my JSA confirmation letter.
I had never recived such a letter (I had thought nothing of it at the time as I and the JSA knew it was for national insurance stamps only as I had already used up my contribution period (6 months) of JSA payments and so I assumed that was standard practice).
I telephoned the JSA office and was told not to worry a letter would be sent out to me with in 5/7 working days.
8 days pass and no letter arrives so I telephone them again, I am informed that yes there had been a letter sent but 'just in case' another letter would be sent as a priority.
After waiting another 3 days yesterday I telephone AGAIN only to then be told that it is impossible for a letter to have been sent to me as my local processing department hadn't even processed my claim yet.
At this point I went nuts.
I demanded to speak to a manager only to be told that none were available at that moment, I was then assured that I would recive two return phone calls one being from the JSA manager that wasn't available at that moment and one from my local processing office to sort out my claim.
No phone calls arrived.
I telephoned YET AGAIN and was assured that my local processing centre would telephone me but the manager would now not be telephoning me back and I had to put any complains in writing to my local JSA office.
I STILL didn't recive a phone call yesterday.
I am now in a state of utter limbo, My insurance will not pay out unless I get the letter from the JSA and any attempts to get a letter are been blanked by unhelpful call centre staff.
I have now signed on 4 times and I have no idea what for when I am not even going to recive any national insurance stamps I think and I am paying a mortgage that should be getting covered by my insurance.
I feel I am quiet laid back but I wanted to tear someones head off yesterday.'"
All government departments will have a compliments and complaints policy.
Here you go, although this looks to be the mobile version.
m.direct.gov.uk/syndicationController?action=view¶m=DG_186391&utn=2834e81c0ae64031b47b201202261027
That will tell you how to start off and how to escalate the procedure, stick to your guns and don't back down (you're good at that!) if you find you're not getting anywhereWTF get your local councillor involved, I'd be surprised if that didn't have an affect.
Hope you get it sorted.
Just as an aside, can you only claim JSA for six months and then you get nothing? WTF are you supposed to do after that?
And ginge, you work in the NHS, the quickest way for you to not have a job is voting for a conservative government you daft get.
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| Cameron likes the NHS after the help it gave him with his son.
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| Quote dum-dum="dum-dum"Cameron likes the NHS after the help it gave him with his son.'"
Mmm shame there is no jobs tho and cut backs
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| Quote dum-dum="dum-dum"I'm totally with you.
I think we'll get told off for talking politics though, we'd better change the subject. You doing anything nice today?'"
Lol cleaning and cooking listening to the game got my step grandsons coming today what bout u
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| Don't get me wrong Sandra I understand the government has to reduce our mounting debt I just think it's wrong about cut backs in necessary places ie the police also I suppose there is no easy solution to this situation.
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| Watched a film last night, The Constant Gardener, Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weitz and Pete Postlethingy, anyway...there were several shots of herds of flamingos, either landing or taking off. The soundtrack had them sounding just like geese. So I was wondering if flamingos actually sound like geese. Could have been our Avian Terrorist doing a voiceover I suppose.
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| I'm interested in politics (judge been swearing at Andrew Neal - he can't hear me, but makes me feel better), but don't want to mod it. Sorry. Sin Bin is the place.
Anybody been to Brittany? Thinking of going there for our holidays this year. There or Scotland - Edinburgh, then the Highlands.
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| Quote Mild Rover="Mild Rover"I'm interested in politics (judge been swearing at Andrew Neal - he can't hear me, but makes me feel better), but don't want to mod it. Sorry. Sin Bin is the place.
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You gonna tell dum-dum to get rid of that ridiculous sig, then? Commenting on something which he's far too young to remember anything about. The horrors that woman wreaked and the number of primary industries she destroyed that [iprovided[/i the work she wanted people to "get off their bums" and find...

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| Quote WormInHand="WormInHand"You gonna tell dum-dum to get rid of that ridiculous sig, then? Commenting on something which he's far too young to remember anything about. The horrors that woman wreaked and the number of primary industries she destroyed that [iprovided[/i the work she wanted people to "get off their bums" and find...
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You've obviously just found a batch of irony images and are busting to use them.
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| How did 'just' become 'judge' in my last post?! I'm not even using a phone. Weird(o).
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| Because you wrote the wrong word perchance?
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| Quote Sandra The Terrorist="Sandra The Terrorist"Because you wrote the wrong word perchance?'"
Long way off though innit?
The odd 'there' instead of 'their' or 'could of been' might slip through, but completely the wrong wool?
Worrying.
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| Even for you, that is a terrible (but strangely funnier for that) gag.
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| Quote Sandra The Terrorist="Sandra The Terrorist"All government departments will have a compliments and complaints policy.
Here you go, although this looks to be the mobile version.
m.direct.gov.uk/syndicationController?action=view¶m=DG_186391&utn=2834e81c0ae64031b47b201202261027
That will tell you how to start off and how to escalate the procedure, stick to your guns and don't back down (you're good at that!) if you find you're not getting anywhereWTF get your local councillor involved, I'd be surprised if that didn't have an affect.'" Much appriciated thanks.
Quote Sandra The Terrorist="Sandra The Terrorist"Hope you get it sorted.'" Thanks.
Quote Sandra The Terrorist="Sandra The Terrorist"Just as an aside, can you only claim JSA for six months and then you get nothing? WTF are you supposed to do after that?'" No that is straight up.
If you partner works then 6 months is all you are entitled to going on you contributions paid.
As as example I was in work for 20 years none stop apart from a previous 3 month period when I was unemployed and all I was entitled to was 6 months JSA.
To say I was astounded by that fact is an understatement.
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| Quote Anakin Skywalker="Anakin Skywalker"Much appriciated thanks.
Thanks.
No that is straight up.
If you partner works then 6 months is all you are entitled to going on you contributions paid.
As as example I was in work for 20 years none stop apart from a previous 3 month period when I was unemployed and all I was entitled to was 6 months JSA.
To say I was astounded by that fact is an understatement.'"
We are in a similar situation. I work, so Mr Worm, as a joiner, gets nothing when he's out of work, building stuff (with the exception of jobs for out of town contractors) being thin on the ground over the last couple of years. Despite the fact that we have both worked all our lives paying the relevant duties he cannot claim anything. Would he qualify for JSA or is it means tested like Income Support?
What is really galling is that he cannot get aid for re-training so he can qualify as a lecturer to pass on his skills or, indeed, any other training course which would help him get an alternative job, because he isn't in receipt of benefits. It's really difficult to run a household on one income - there's no way we could afford to pay for re-training privately. Something wrong with the way benefits are distributed in this country, for sure.
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| Quote WormInHand="WormInHand"We are in a similar situation. I work, so Mr Worm, as a joiner, gets nothing when he's out of work, building stuff (with the exception of jobs for out of town contractors) being thin on the ground over the last couple of years. Despite the fact that we have both worked all our lives paying the relevant duties he cannot claim anything. Would he qualify for JSA or is it means tested like Income Support?
What is really galling is that he cannot get aid for re-training so he can qualify as a lecturer to pass on his skills or, indeed, any other training course which would help him get an alternative job, because he isn't in receipt of benefits. It's really difficult to run a household on one income - there's no way we could afford to pay for re-training privately. Something wrong with the way benefits are distributed in this country, for sure.'" He 'should' be entitled to 6 months.
It goes an your national insurance number
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| Quote Sandra The Terrorist="Sandra The Terrorist"Even for you, that is a terrible (but strangely funnier for that) gag.'"
Hey San
Do you go to the game today ??? C GS has being acting all intelligent again not lol, back in Castle Hill in the morning at 10 am after been on 8000mg of Antibiotics a day including Pencillin looks like my knee has finally settled down so should be better next week. Mind you after the events of this week am so looking forward to our next home game, even got asked to pull on my boots yesterday ....... For Beveley of course.....
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| Quote megadyne66="megadyne66"Hey San
Do you go to the game today ??? C GS has being acting all intelligent again not lol, back in Castle Hill in the morning at 10 am after been on 8000mg of Antibiotics a day including Pencillin looks like my knee has finally settled down so should be better next week. Mind you after the events of this week am so looking forward to our next home game, even got asked to pull on my boots yesterday ....... For Beveley of course.....'"
Nah, been down at the in laws, can't make it next week either as I've had tickets for something else since last year.
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| Just an update about my problems with my JSA.
I recived a telephone call today by what must have been a very junior office worker (She sounded awfully young) with a very quiet and meek phone voice who told me that 'she' had posted my letter this moring.
It seems that kicking major butt DOES get stuff done after all.
I would have liked to have ripped into whoever telephoned me but TBH if I had ripped into her I would have felt like I had attacked a puppy with a house brick, Clearly that was why the JSA office gave her the job of telephoning me.
I did chuckle to myself when I put the phone down thinking about the look on her face when she got told 'Telephone this guy will you he is irate and he may not tear into you' 
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| "Ear y'are duck, jus' ring't very irate Mr Anakin Skywalker, now more commonly known as Darth Vader..."
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| Speaking of Masterchef, how amazing does Thailand look? Food looks good too.
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