ESA appeal's are endless - Employment and Support Allowance
The number of appeals for ESA has quadrupled in 2 years, from 68000 in 2009 to 240000 by the end of this financial year. The cost to the taxpayer is staggering: ...
I became unwell last year and was deferred from my study at university for
this year. I was taken off Jobseekers during the summer holidays due to
illness and told to claim for Employment and Support Allowance, only to be
told that I was not entitled to any money to live off (leaving me, a single
mother and my child in severe poverty) because I was considered a student.
My studies had to be deferred this year due to the illness and still the
Jobcentre and ESA are adamant that I am not entitled to have any money to
live off forcing me to live off my childs tax credits leaving us both in
terrible poverty.
I was told by the jobcenter via phone that unless I completely give up my
degree, then I cannot have any money to live off for the year. I only had
one year of my degree left to go to get a qualification and my tutors and
Uni expect me to return in Sep 2016.
A woman from the Jobcentre told me via phonecall that in order to receive
ESA (before then being moved on to jobseekers allowence), I have to give up
my Honors Degree in Education. I have been forced to live with no income
since mid August resulting in anorexia, a deterioration of my anxiety
disorder and depression to the point where I am now psychologically ready
to die.
I am positive that many incidents like this are taking place underhand all
over the uk. Surely severe poverty due to similar cases will result in a
demoralized/crap society at some point ??? Has any research been done
regarding an increase in crime rates within the uk or is that being
suppressed as well?
+Abby lee-thomsan -- I really feel for you and hope this lousy unfair system becomes known to the public for what it is - a complete sham and disgrace. Please write to your MP and any local charities to fight this unfair treatment. Good luck and I hope things turn round for you as soon as possible.
Britain is screwed because of the corps. I've been on ESA over a year
because I lost my job suffering with depression and anxiety. I filled in an
Atoms form at the beginning of my claim for ESA but they never got in
touch. So after a years, there was a knock at the door from a guy from the
job centre which was unexpected, unscheduled attendance at my door. I
wasn't in at the time but I would've given them a piece of my mind for
creeping up on me like that. They were shifty is all i can say and left a
paper work for me stating if I have change in circumstances, etc, etc then
I should let the job centre know asap. I was left confused when reading
this but truth is the job centre are under pressure to cut peoples benefits
and government is trying to make fibs to try and get sick people working.
How dare they insult me in such manner. Job centre are so unorganised and
come up with the excuse that Atos have a huge backlog, which is nonsense. I
now received a letter from job centre to attend appointment to discuss any
support i my need and help with plans to return to work, but in reality its
just a disguise to get me off ESA and on JSA. I wont let no crook of a
government insult me by attempting to striping my entitlement of ESA for my
mental health disability that I suffer.
+Sophia Wright you have no idea regarding my mental health or my life so please do not insult me. People like you in the system forcing people when they are unfit for work.
In my experience lack of work exacerbates depression and anxiety, so I always find it beneficial for people in your position to be in work if possible.//www.number-direct.co.uk/esa-contact-number/
I've had paid independent assessments done by my last job, proving my
illnessses and I still got 0 points. The assessor lied, so I appealed and
on the phone, before I could say my illnesses, he says, OK I'll pass the
details on. They don't give a flying fuck. So now I have no money at all.
Nice !
+Tim Weston we all need to stick together and stop this//dpac.uk.net/2015/04/open-letter-for-signature-disabled-people-have-had-enough/
The ESA Claims Game Preservation is Hacking (We need to speak out)
The Entertainment Software Association claim that video game preservation is not only illegal but is all hacking, even if the titles are no longer in any way made ...
+AlphaOmegaSin Hey whats your take on angry joe vs nintendo? If you do
decide to answer this(I would love to hear your take on this. to me your
the realist down to fucking earth youtuber out there) take a look at both
of his nintendo vids. he had 1 in january and 1 this month. If you dont
want to answer this question i completely understand and I apologize for
bothering you with this question.i just want to hear your opinion is all.
Read some Richard Stallman, there are good things in the free software
foundation. Hacking is not a bad thing per se as it can be used to improve
software - think of all the Quake mods that had been written back in the
hey day of 3d games.
+Realraven2000 the eighties were a great period for gaming. Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Doom, Tomb Raider! so many great ground breaking titles without nowadays gaming would not be possible. Lots of great shareware titles then were released on floppy disk (often just on DD which is 750kbytes of data; or HD which is 1.4Mbyte).I remember playing doom on a 20Mhz PC in "stamp size" on my 14inch CRT in order to get decent fps.
Wait, I don't think Nintendo and Sony would allow this would they? Because
it's their content, not the ESA. For example, the ESA can't tell Sony, "Hey
you can't sell Crash Team Racing on the PSN anymore because it's considered
hacking." I'm pretty sure Sony wouldn't just agree to that. What right does
the ESA have if the IPs don't even belong to them in the first place...
Couldn't they avoid this all by just creating a single console for
emulation and making each game a solid 2 dollars or something like that? I
mean for fucks sake there is a way to go about this, make profit, and not
be a cunt about it. Not to imply I agree with the system I just created as
a solution... but its better than criminal charges for keeping a game
alive.
+snowriderist Did anyone ever have a "completed" copy that was official? I'd love to see the game through from beginning to end.
How to claim ESA in 2014
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Employment Support Allowance - ESA benefit help & advice for your claim
ESA Medical assessment? or thinking about claiming Employment Support Allowance? Don't get cheated out of what you're entitled to by the system. Website ...