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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amelie" data-source="post: 824643" data-attributes="member: 1287">Aye, the way it works is basically based on the honesty of those claiming. So in April when the new year starts, unless you have told them otherwise they assume your income/circumstances are the same as the previous year. When you then fill in your renewal decleration and send it back (around now) they do an official calculation for the rest of the year (like now to next April). Obv's like if you have recieved a big bonus, done loads of overtime or changed jobs that pays more, then the new amount will be lower. My mate who was a single parent on income support of twins (arggghh) once had her benefit miscalulated by the DSS (going back to 2000 here). Turned out they had been over paying her £11 a week for years, so they reduced her amount by that £11 and then took another £11 off to repay  the debt over a few years. There was fuck all she could do about it, and man when you're own your own with kids every pound counts. Having a 1/4 of her weekly income taken away was just wrong.</blockquote>

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