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Please stop drip feeding and say exactly what was said to you!

By whom and via what format telephone, face to face letter etc?
 
Talk to adviser on Monday telling them you want a reconsideration. If it's still No you can then appeal.

The JC+ have to take into consideration your illness/ailments and cannot throw you back into claiming JSA with all the conditionality. You have a month to get a reconsideration done, then you can appeal.
 
Talk to adviser on Monday telling them you want a reconsideration. If it's still No you can then appeal.

The JC+ have to take into consideration your illness/ailments and cannot throw you back into claiming JSA with all the conditionality. You have a month to get a reconsideration done, then you can appeal.
great ok thanks will do that its 2 weeks until i get any money from them
 
great ok thanks will do that its 2 weeks until i get any money from them
You may have some ESA still to get if you weren't paid just before or after the call. Make sure the JC+ adviser gets a claim in for any money you may miss.. ie: this new 7 day bullshit.

I'm going through this guff myself just now so will come back and repost on all the DWP fk ups and disasters over the weekend.
 
You may have some ESA still to get if you weren't paid just before or after the call. Make sure the JC+ adviser gets a claim in for any money you may miss.. ie: this new 7 day bullshit.

I'm going through this guff myself just now so will come back and repost on all the DWP fk ups and disasters over the weekend.
thanks so its not just me
 
You can ask for a mandatory reconsideration in writing or by telephone. There will be details of who to contact and how in the decision notification letter you receive.

If you do ask by phone, we would advise you to follow this up with a letter stating that you asked for a mandatory reconsideration by telephone on whatever date – just in case your call wasn’t logged or recorded.

owever you ask, you must do so within the deadline

which is usually 1 month
 
If you were found fit for work and you ask for a mandatory reconsideration then you will not be paid any ESA until either the decision is changed in your favour or the mandatory reconsideration is completed and you have lodged an appeal.

You can ask to be paid ESA at the assessment phase rate once you have lodged your appeal. However, it will not be paid until the Tribunals Service confirm to the DWP that an appeal has been lodged. At the moment it is not clear whether your ESA payments will be backdated to when your ESA was stopped at this stage or whether this will only happen if, you actually win your appeal. Please check back for updates.
 
If you have not been awarded any rate of ESA at all, whilst the mandatory reconsideration is taking place you will not be able to claim ESA at the assessment phase rate. Instead, you will be forced to claim another benefit, such as Jobseeker's Allowance, if you are eligible or not claim any income replacement benefit at all.

You will still be able to claim other benefits, such as housing benefit whilst the mandatory reconsideration takes place. However, the ending of your ESA may interrupt the payment of other benefits and you will need to contact the agencies that pay them about the change in your circumstances.
 
There is some evidence that the DWP have set themselves a target of 10 days to carry out mandatory reconsiderations, but this is in no way binding upon them and it would be very surprising if this timescale was met in the majority of cases
 
If the decision is favourable your award will be backdated to the date of the decision you were unhappy with. You will be paid any benefits you are owed, minus the amount of any income replacement benefits, such as JSA, that you have claimed whilst waiting for a decision
 
You will receive two copies of the Mandatory Reconsideration Notice through the post, will which explain what the result of the reconsideration is. If you are unhappy with the decision and wish to challenge it, you will have to enclose one of the Mandatory Reconsideration Notices with your appeal form (SSCS1)
 
that's just a cut and paste of the bits you need to know.

afaik, they can't use you claiming jsa in the meantime as evidence that you are fit for work. Greebo i've seen you about, can you ask him pls. know you're on hols, but if you haven't tired him out, he knows this shit best of us all
 
and i did find the blue badge application guidance notes that i promised to find for boss's mum. and offered to assist with the form provided i'm allowed to see her info. told boss i wouldn't touch it without her mum telling me it was ok. her telling me her mum said it was ok wasn't good enough. i think she liked finding out i took stuff like that seriously.
 
Please note that this thread isn't for general discussion, it's specifically to help people going through the process. There are other threads for news items and things of interest.

Also, please try to be mindful that passenger has had some very crap news today and does not need you getting frustrated or annoyed with them because you think they're drip feeding information. Please be kind on this thread.
 
on top of all this i still have to do job club :confused: what more do they want
so i wonder if i get the job club payment ....well felling better today
will get as few cans in for the wales game and cheer up thanks everyone
let's see how your first meeting with your advisor goes next week, they might set different things for you to do.
 
so i wonder if i get the job club payment ....

For any activities outside of your normal signing day, travel expenses should be reimbursed. But don't expect all advisers to openly admit that is the case, if you are denied travel expenses, make an official complaint to the Jobcentre. I'm not sure what else you could mean by 'job club payment' apart from travel expenses.
 
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