It's a while since I've posted so here's an update

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Dole life

Once they've got you in the system they don't want you to leave. At least not until they've with you down and accepted your worthless existence.
I could do with some more money, as could most people, so I looked into how earning some money would effect my benefits. I can earn £20 per week! Wow, a whole £20! Anymore than that would be deducted from my benefits. If I earn enough to replace that benefit then I'll be above the threshold for my carers allowance so would need enough to replace that as well. By then if probably be losing my other benefits as well.
The way I work it out I'd need a starting wage of about £21k to be in the same financial situation I'm in now. But then I'd have to add on the costs of going to with (travel, meals, clothes, etc) and I'd be worse off. The chance of going into a new job at the same level as my old job after a break is pretty much non-existent.
So this means I'm pretty much stuck on benefits. So is it time to turn to a life of crime to get some extra cash?

Family life

As I may have mentioned I have two sons. The eldest has cerebral palsy. And now the youngest has been diagnosed as autistic. So yeah, there's that. I suppose it helps us understand why the past few years have been so difficult.

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