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I will try and keep this short.
I was h/wife doing odd bits of work here and there,hubby was self employed.He hadto cease trading so we claimed JSA. We had some insurance policies that would pay out and mentioned this when we made the claim. we were told that it didnt matter who made the claim as we were claiming jointly.As i do all the paperwork i put my name first.We both signed on at first, then they said i only had to sign on,then the ABI/1 forms came through from the insurers. It was really difficult to get these signed at the job centre as the insurance was in my hubbys name but the JSA was in my name.
The jobcentre then sanctioned us as i had been in a job for 2 weeks and then left( i was on 3 months trial anyway)
The jobcentre continued to sign the ABI/1 forms for a couple of weeks and last time we went they refused to sign them,saying they shouldnt have signed them in the first place and that we would haveto put in a new claim in my hubbys name.
I asked if we had done that in the first place would we have been sanctioned as we are losing approx £25 per week and they said no.
They have now admitted we were given mis-guided info but we have still hadto put in a new claim and appeal against the sanction.
Its really annoying as we just did what they told us,not knowing any different.
All the council tax benefit is in my name as is the mortgage relief we are trying to claim, so i haveto change all that now as well as explain to the insurers why the ABI forms are late.
Will let you know how it goes on next signing(hubbys first)
Sorry that wasnt short was it!
I was h/wife doing odd bits of work here and there,hubby was self employed.He hadto cease trading so we claimed JSA. We had some insurance policies that would pay out and mentioned this when we made the claim. we were told that it didnt matter who made the claim as we were claiming jointly.As i do all the paperwork i put my name first.We both signed on at first, then they said i only had to sign on,then the ABI/1 forms came through from the insurers. It was really difficult to get these signed at the job centre as the insurance was in my hubbys name but the JSA was in my name.
The jobcentre then sanctioned us as i had been in a job for 2 weeks and then left( i was on 3 months trial anyway)
The jobcentre continued to sign the ABI/1 forms for a couple of weeks and last time we went they refused to sign them,saying they shouldnt have signed them in the first place and that we would haveto put in a new claim in my hubbys name.
I asked if we had done that in the first place would we have been sanctioned as we are losing approx £25 per week and they said no.
They have now admitted we were given mis-guided info but we have still hadto put in a new claim and appeal against the sanction.
Its really annoying as we just did what they told us,not knowing any different.
All the council tax benefit is in my name as is the mortgage relief we are trying to claim, so i haveto change all that now as well as explain to the insurers why the ABI forms are late.
Will let you know how it goes on next signing(hubbys first)
Sorry that wasnt short was it!
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