Took some taurine today, and it did seem to help relieve my stress symptoms somewhat. Of course, it could well be pure placebo. but I don't really care as long as I get some relief
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I'm glad you feel a bit better! Sorry to hear about the problems. I don't know much about the benefits system, but it sounds complicated and bureaucratic :/ Good luck!
The benefits system is hideous. It seems now that the phone call yesterday (which was about 40 minutes long!) was a total waste of time. I had a quick google and it seems as if he can't qualify for income-based jobseekers allowance because I work more than 24 hours, and he can't qualify for contribution-based because he's self-employed, and self-employed NI contributions apparently don't count.
Now why couldn't they just have established and explained this in the first place, instead of wasting partner's time asking him endless personal details (and details about me too)?
I'm sure they couldn't have needed to know all the things they were asking for the purposes of the claim - I think some sneaky statistic-gathering was going on too.
Anyway, rant, rant, rant against the yukky benefits system!
He's got a couple of jobs to apply for - they are minimum wage labouring jobs, but better than nothing. Hopefully something will work out soon.
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The benefits system is hideous. It seems now that the phone call yesterday (which was about 40 minutes long!) was a total waste of time. I had a quick google and it seems as if he can't qualify for income-based jobseekers allowance because I work more than 24 hours, and he can't qualify for contribution-based because he's self-employed, and self-employed NI contributions apparently don't count.
Now why couldn't they just have established and explained this in the first place, instead of wasting partner's time asking him endless personal details (and details about me too)?
I'm sure they couldn't have needed to know all the things they were asking for the purposes of the claim - I think some sneaky statistic-gathering was going on too.
Anyway, rant, rant, rant against the yukky benefits system!
He's got a couple of jobs to apply for - they are minimum wage labouring jobs, but better than nothing. Hopefully something will work out soon.
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