I agree with Henrietta, always best to leave a safe margin of error. I aim for well below £100 a week, with the result that for the past two or three years I have not been asked to provide accounts at all, just the general rider that 'if my circumstances change it is my duty to inform the DWP, blah ...

christmas pud! I used to get my mum to post one to me when I was living in Japan. Cost a bomb! I worked Christmas day when I was in Japan, cos it isn't a holiday there. Christmas doesn't make much sense in a different culture. Japanese New Year was something else though, remember those sticky rice ...

Emma_1507123 wrote:christmas pud! I used to get my mum to post one to me when I was living in Japan. Cost a bomb!

I worked Christmas day when I was in Japan, cos it isn't a holiday there. New Year was something else though, remember those sticky rice cakes?

Booze.

I'm still on Monday time, BB, has your part of the UK declared independence from British Winter time, or is that just a quirk of the forum rules, permitting time travel? I reckon that, given how important this is, professional help is always a good idea when making an appeal against a decision: it m...

Hi Could anybody help me please :-??? I know you can earn up to £110pw and not go over but is it the same saying you can earn up to £5700 per year ?? Many thanks Jodie :) No, it isn't. You can probably earn up to £16,000 a year and still get carers allowance, if you are willing to claim for all the...

Dunoon, Thursday: I was supposed to be working but all work and no play is very dull: and anyway, everyone needs to relax and take a break, right?

Heres a really whacky one:

The similarity between Saint Nicola of Holyrood, and a certain Scottish Panto star from the Krankies, has been noticed ... Could they be related?

Hi, and welcome.
Have you received a Carers Assessment yet? If not, that is your first step: phone social work first thing in the morning and demand one: it is your legal right.
Let us know how you get on ... be brave!