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A Man I Know on Universal Credit
A man I know is around 45
He lives in a small village 4 miles from small town/village, 10 miles from medium size towns,
His family lived in the village until recently, father now gone in to care, mother had to move.
He has lived in the village most his life
He’s always had mental health issues, but tended to do odd jobbing locally (building work, gardening, maintenance, etc.), injured himself, struggles with manual work, mental health getting worse and can no longer work.
Even if he could work, his car broke down, insurance and mot due, to get car back on road would be £700 (car worth under £400 if it was MOT’d and back on the road) he hasn’t got a penny to get the car back on the road even if he wanted to.
Return fare on bus to nearest small town/village is £4 (one or 2 buses a day)
Return fare on bus to nearest medium town is £9 (one or 2 buses a day)
His rent (£600) is paid by UC and he receives about £330 a month on top of that.
He is currently trying to claim extra £350 a month due to limited capability, trying to obtain this is making his mental heath worse
Council tax is reduced but still costs him £80 a month
Heating/Energy is about £150 a month (no gas in village all electricity)
He has to have broadband and mobile or can’t claim UC which costs about £20 a month
His TV licence is about £13 a month
His Water rates are about £37 a month
He has a few things on credit about £20 a month
Currently living on about £30 a month, with not a penny of savings
Struggling to get any other help as can’t afford bus fares to go to any appointments
Cant afford to go to a foodbank relying on people taking him food round every now and then or gifting him lifts
What will he do if energy prices go up?
Only real option – switch everything off and live in a single heated room over winter – effectively hibernate.
If he doesn’t get the extra money for limited capability he will just be getting in to more and more debt and living on hand outs
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Remember – He is just one of thousands in a similar situation
I know it would be good if we could but we can’t always rely on any government to help – if you think anyone in your village or town is in a similar situation please keep an eye on them.
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