Judgement!
Once again I have to go cap in hand to the local council, to ask for my Housing benefit to continue. It's less than a thousand pounds a year, but I've come to rely on it, especially since things took a dive last year. The problem is that I'm judged by the gross of all my accounts, and with the Trading account, it puts me at the limit of what they can allow. If things go against me, I will have to return at least a thousand pounds. It will knock me back, but it's all so depressing. Thank God the... Sign in to see full entry.