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PIP Reduced due to debt - with no notice / communication!
1 day 2 hours ago #311223 by feelingdownandout
PIP Reduced due to debt - with no notice / communication! was created by feelingdownandout
I am really sorry - but I am in desperate need of help. I was paying £50 a month towards debt (due to CTC overpayments when I was in an abusive relationship) this plan was agreed in April, and I budgeted it and was coping ok.
Today I receive a letter from Debt Management dated 20th November, telling me that they are increasing my debt deductions from £50 every 4 weeks to £186 every 4 weeks starting next week!
I have called the Debt Management Centre and told them that I cannot afford this and it will put me into financial hardship and I have been told that I will have to let the payment go from my PIP next week and then call them back and they will arrange a repayment!
I am terrified, I don't know what to do, I told the lady I spoke to that this is not acceptable that I have had no notice, and she told me that DWP are entitled to take up to a third of my benefit to pay back debt. I told her that I already had a plan in place - she wasn't aware... (didn't look...) and she said that all plans are only set up for a period of time - I told her that I was not aware of that and that I am a disabled person and this is just not on, that I will spiral and living alone won't put me in a good place at all.
can anyone please offer any advice? she told me that it is likely that it is unlikely that the revised deduction back to £50 might not be processed in time - I asked her how long it takes and she said - maybe a week, maybe longer!!!
help... please
Today I receive a letter from Debt Management dated 20th November, telling me that they are increasing my debt deductions from £50 every 4 weeks to £186 every 4 weeks starting next week!
I have called the Debt Management Centre and told them that I cannot afford this and it will put me into financial hardship and I have been told that I will have to let the payment go from my PIP next week and then call them back and they will arrange a repayment!
I am terrified, I don't know what to do, I told the lady I spoke to that this is not acceptable that I have had no notice, and she told me that DWP are entitled to take up to a third of my benefit to pay back debt. I told her that I already had a plan in place - she wasn't aware... (didn't look...) and she said that all plans are only set up for a period of time - I told her that I was not aware of that and that I am a disabled person and this is just not on, that I will spiral and living alone won't put me in a good place at all.
can anyone please offer any advice? she told me that it is likely that it is unlikely that the revised deduction back to £50 might not be processed in time - I asked her how long it takes and she said - maybe a week, maybe longer!!!
help... please
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