1st September 2015
O.k just created a blog. Perhaps i shoulda done this about 2 or 3 years ago lol. But you know the old adage
;)
Anyways now to upload all encounters with the job centre since approx 2013.
This is gonna take some time......
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153151696156089
Friday, 20 November 2015
103) Nothing Positive About the DWP As It Currently Stands
18th August 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/18/dwp-admits-making-up-positive-quotes-from-benefits-claimants-for-leaflet
Why am i not surprised?
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153123665591089
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/18/dwp-admits-making-up-positive-quotes-from-benefits-claimants-for-leaflet
Why am i not surprised?
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153123665591089
102) Stafford Greyfriars & DWP In General - Gross Incompetence.
11th August 2015
O.k interesting. I've found a piece of paperwork that i required.
This will be the start of a number of posts, outlining errors and/or discrepancies in the DWP's behaviour. Given the number of errors and or corruptions, that have been documented in a number of places now, it is my belief that the DWP should no longer be considered "fit for purpose", and plans to replace it should be drawn swiftly.
A large proportion of the staff locally at Stafford Greyfriars are extremely unprofessional, and frankly a lot of them are incompetent at exercising their duties legally and lawfully, seemingly not having knowledge of the relevant laws and legislations, that they are often breaching, most likely on a daily basis.
This lack of knowledge by the DWP employees is potentially so that the department can operate a basic form of plausible deniability. I suggest this is the case going from a brief conversation with one Sean Harris.
I asked him "do you know the relevant law and legislation on this matter?" (upon asking him if he realised he was illegally sanctioning me) He stated "i do not need to know the law on this matter".
So basically, from what i can see, it seems my JSA claim was terminated because i was alleged to of missed an appointment, an appointment that i actually ATTENDED, ON TIME.
I attended this appointment ON-TIME. And informed the person on the desk opposite that i required to use the toilet facilities. They mentioned that there were no toilet facilities in the jobcentre.
I then informed them that i would be going to use the toilet facilities of the closest convenience i could find, and that i would return after i had relieved myself. I was not doing this for effect, or to be stubborn. I was genuinely quite desperate.
I proceeded to do this, and returned approximately 15 minutes later.
I then received a letter EV 9 stating the fact that i would need to attend an interview the next-day. I proceeded to attend this, and even went on to do a 2-hour interview at screwfix. Notice how on the letter it says very clearly above arrival-time "Re-arrived", i had to insist that this was written on this form by the person who was dealing with my claim at the time, because i knew full-well just what these people are like. Turns out it was a shrewd move. EV 9
I had received notification of bank-holiday exempted signings at this point. EV 8 And was not due to attend the jobcentre again until the 19th may 2014. I attended on this date, and was told, to my total surprise, that my claim had been closed.
I have just managed to find the original post i made on facebook on the 19th may. 2014. (I will link to it on the next post).
I am/was being politically persecuted for my views, and the smallest of things was wrongfully used to try and shut down my claim. This was done i can only imagine in an attempt to try and force me to comply with new legislation.
Well as i'm sure is now SELF-EVIDENT. My claim was closed wrongfully, and as far as i am aware, my jobseekers agreement is still in place dated from 2012.
I am and have been ENTITLED to JSA for the period since my claim was stopped illegally and unlawfully.
Should i be successful in my crusade to attain what i am rightfully due.
I will after paying back debts to family, donate 51% of whatever is left back into society. As a matter of PRINCIPLE.
Edit 20/11/15:-
I uploaded the following page EV 32 at the same time i made this post on Facebook (Original Source Below) However i did not make much mention of it. Around this time i started getting things prepared for this DWP Experience, so dealings with the DWP had been put on temporary hold, until this testimony was completed.
A brief glance at this form appears to show the reasoning why my claim was stopped. However i do not know what the internal jargon of the DWP stands for, thus need to clarify this in order to have a more in depth view.
I am making an educated guess that FTA stands for Failed To Attend. This is not true. I did attend this interview on the 10/04/2014 ON-TIME as can be witnessed from the letter i received. EV 9
As for the FTA FJR (?) on the 24/04/2014. EV 32 If you look at EV 8 Attendance Arrangements For Holiday Period. Received by me on the 11/04/14, You will clearly see, that my next signing date was to be the 19/05/14 (When i did in fact next attend the jobcentre) And that the date i was alleged to of missed something was (24/04/14) which is within the period of Exemption From signing. Not only this but the 24th April 2014 was a Thursday. Thus it was not a regular signing date.
As i've made mention before i had no prior notification of this event whatsoever.
The only documentation i received was stating that i should attend next on the 19/05/2014. Which is exactly what i did. Upon which, to my complete surprise i was casually informed that my claim had been stopped.
It is important to note on EV 32 Dated 27/03/14 that i revoked my telephone contact details, and requested that all further contact with the DWP be in writing or in person. This is a reasonable request to have all official communications in a documented format. To this date i have not received any sort of official communication about the illegal suspension and then termination of my JSA claim.
I have recently received a letter from the DWP regarding 2 and a half years ago, this hopefully further illustrates/compounds the local and regional corruption/incompetency, that i have documented in these blog posts.EV 33
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153110182616089
O.k interesting. I've found a piece of paperwork that i required.
This will be the start of a number of posts, outlining errors and/or discrepancies in the DWP's behaviour. Given the number of errors and or corruptions, that have been documented in a number of places now, it is my belief that the DWP should no longer be considered "fit for purpose", and plans to replace it should be drawn swiftly.
A large proportion of the staff locally at Stafford Greyfriars are extremely unprofessional, and frankly a lot of them are incompetent at exercising their duties legally and lawfully, seemingly not having knowledge of the relevant laws and legislations, that they are often breaching, most likely on a daily basis.
This lack of knowledge by the DWP employees is potentially so that the department can operate a basic form of plausible deniability. I suggest this is the case going from a brief conversation with one Sean Harris.
I asked him "do you know the relevant law and legislation on this matter?" (upon asking him if he realised he was illegally sanctioning me) He stated "i do not need to know the law on this matter".
So basically, from what i can see, it seems my JSA claim was terminated because i was alleged to of missed an appointment, an appointment that i actually ATTENDED, ON TIME.
I attended this appointment ON-TIME. And informed the person on the desk opposite that i required to use the toilet facilities. They mentioned that there were no toilet facilities in the jobcentre.
I then informed them that i would be going to use the toilet facilities of the closest convenience i could find, and that i would return after i had relieved myself. I was not doing this for effect, or to be stubborn. I was genuinely quite desperate.
I proceeded to do this, and returned approximately 15 minutes later.
I then received a letter EV 9 stating the fact that i would need to attend an interview the next-day. I proceeded to attend this, and even went on to do a 2-hour interview at screwfix. Notice how on the letter it says very clearly above arrival-time "Re-arrived", i had to insist that this was written on this form by the person who was dealing with my claim at the time, because i knew full-well just what these people are like. Turns out it was a shrewd move. EV 9
I had received notification of bank-holiday exempted signings at this point. EV 8 And was not due to attend the jobcentre again until the 19th may 2014. I attended on this date, and was told, to my total surprise, that my claim had been closed.
I have just managed to find the original post i made on facebook on the 19th may. 2014. (I will link to it on the next post).
I am/was being politically persecuted for my views, and the smallest of things was wrongfully used to try and shut down my claim. This was done i can only imagine in an attempt to try and force me to comply with new legislation.
Well as i'm sure is now SELF-EVIDENT. My claim was closed wrongfully, and as far as i am aware, my jobseekers agreement is still in place dated from 2012.
I am and have been ENTITLED to JSA for the period since my claim was stopped illegally and unlawfully.
Should i be successful in my crusade to attain what i am rightfully due.
I will after paying back debts to family, donate 51% of whatever is left back into society. As a matter of PRINCIPLE.
Edit 20/11/15:-
I uploaded the following page EV 32 at the same time i made this post on Facebook (Original Source Below) However i did not make much mention of it. Around this time i started getting things prepared for this DWP Experience, so dealings with the DWP had been put on temporary hold, until this testimony was completed.
A brief glance at this form appears to show the reasoning why my claim was stopped. However i do not know what the internal jargon of the DWP stands for, thus need to clarify this in order to have a more in depth view.
I am making an educated guess that FTA stands for Failed To Attend. This is not true. I did attend this interview on the 10/04/2014 ON-TIME as can be witnessed from the letter i received. EV 9
As for the FTA FJR (?) on the 24/04/2014. EV 32 If you look at EV 8 Attendance Arrangements For Holiday Period. Received by me on the 11/04/14, You will clearly see, that my next signing date was to be the 19/05/14 (When i did in fact next attend the jobcentre) And that the date i was alleged to of missed something was (24/04/14) which is within the period of Exemption From signing. Not only this but the 24th April 2014 was a Thursday. Thus it was not a regular signing date.
As i've made mention before i had no prior notification of this event whatsoever.
The only documentation i received was stating that i should attend next on the 19/05/2014. Which is exactly what i did. Upon which, to my complete surprise i was casually informed that my claim had been stopped.
It is important to note on EV 32 Dated 27/03/14 that i revoked my telephone contact details, and requested that all further contact with the DWP be in writing or in person. This is a reasonable request to have all official communications in a documented format. To this date i have not received any sort of official communication about the illegal suspension and then termination of my JSA claim.
I have recently received a letter from the DWP regarding 2 and a half years ago, this hopefully further illustrates/compounds the local and regional corruption/incompetency, that i have documented in these blog posts.EV 33
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153110182616089
101) Epic Paperworks
3rd August 2015
Picked this up from RM depot today.
About 5 kg's weight.
Mouse seen depicted is a regular sized mouse.
Epic paperworks.
EV 31
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153092152831089
Picked this up from RM depot today.
About 5 kg's weight.
Mouse seen depicted is a regular sized mouse.
Epic paperworks.
EV 31
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153092152831089
100) Citizen Access Request - 1,000 Pages
3rd August 2015
Right.
I've just got a copy of the information i requested via the citizen (named subject) access request.
Now we have action.
Whose date of birth is 13-1-71?? Exactly? Because it's not mine.
Also nice attempt at a fake signature there guys.
I WILL be uploading shortly.
There is approximately 500 pages (at least) to sift through. This is now CLEAR EVIDENCE of departmental incompetence (at the very least) and/or corruption.
This is the crux of the issue, as others may or may not clearly remember, there was a JSAG agreement that i was alleged to of signed, however I uploaded concrete proof with written notes by the department, to refute this.
I have now found the alleged piece of literature on their side, where it clearly states a wrong date of birth, and it seems to me a forged signature.
This has gone beyond dubious now.
GB very very suspect. nail them to the wall dan!
3 August at 15:28 · Like
AD I'm so pleased I recommended this as a course of action. I'm as keen as you to find out what your pandora's box contains!
3 August at 15:40 · Like
AD I'm also wondering if they've mixed your notes along with someone else's. That would cause lots of confusion and could go some way to explain all the errors.
3 August at 15:43 · Unlike · 1
Dan Kinobi will do. You know i said 500 pages, i just thumbed through a report of 50 pages, and theres at least 1,000 pages here. Over 500 sheets front and back lol :P...Heavy reading....lol. Hopefully i'll be able to find more inconsistencies and illustrate them. Having a lunch break now though ;)
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153091985171089
Right.
I've just got a copy of the information i requested via the citizen (named subject) access request.
Now we have action.
Whose date of birth is 13-1-71?? Exactly? Because it's not mine.
Also nice attempt at a fake signature there guys.
I WILL be uploading shortly.
There is approximately 500 pages (at least) to sift through. This is now CLEAR EVIDENCE of departmental incompetence (at the very least) and/or corruption.
This is the crux of the issue, as others may or may not clearly remember, there was a JSAG agreement that i was alleged to of signed, however I uploaded concrete proof with written notes by the department, to refute this.
I have now found the alleged piece of literature on their side, where it clearly states a wrong date of birth, and it seems to me a forged signature.
This has gone beyond dubious now.
GB very very suspect. nail them to the wall dan!
3 August at 15:28 · Like
AD I'm so pleased I recommended this as a course of action. I'm as keen as you to find out what your pandora's box contains!
3 August at 15:40 · Like
AD I'm also wondering if they've mixed your notes along with someone else's. That would cause lots of confusion and could go some way to explain all the errors.
3 August at 15:43 · Unlike · 1
Dan Kinobi will do. You know i said 500 pages, i just thumbed through a report of 50 pages, and theres at least 1,000 pages here. Over 500 sheets front and back lol :P...Heavy reading....lol. Hopefully i'll be able to find more inconsistencies and illustrate them. Having a lunch break now though ;)
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153091985171089
99) Citizen Access Request (A.k.a Subject Access Request) Any-one For Chocolate Flavoured Tea?
15th July 2015
Here are the forms. Also uploaded is a copy of a receipt that i requested to say that the forms had been received by the department.
Given the previous corruption i have encountered and fully documented, i felt this was worth doing. EV 29
And here is the receipt. EV 30
I expect it to take a while for them to accumulate the required information, partly because i suspect, there is a large amount of information to collect, and partly because, as has been previously documented, the DWP are generally, about as much use as a chocolate tea-pot.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153052602196089
Here are the forms. Also uploaded is a copy of a receipt that i requested to say that the forms had been received by the department.
Given the previous corruption i have encountered and fully documented, i felt this was worth doing. EV 29
And here is the receipt. EV 30
I expect it to take a while for them to accumulate the required information, partly because i suspect, there is a large amount of information to collect, and partly because, as has been previously documented, the DWP are generally, about as much use as a chocolate tea-pot.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153052602196089
98) In The Interest Of Transparency
15th July 2015
Received this sometime around the 24th June from the DWP.
RE: random payment made to bank. EV 28
Haven't got round to uploading till now.
Noticing the periods in question, could well overlap and this could be part of a strategy used by the DWP, (as it has been attempted to be used in the past)..
I then took the next step fairly recently of submitting a citizen access request (known by their department as a "subject access request.". *However i am not a subject and refuse to be referred to as such.*.
I shall now upload those forms in the interest of transparency.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153052592661089:0
Received this sometime around the 24th June from the DWP.
RE: random payment made to bank. EV 28
Haven't got round to uploading till now.
Noticing the periods in question, could well overlap and this could be part of a strategy used by the DWP, (as it has been attempted to be used in the past)..
I then took the next step fairly recently of submitting a citizen access request (known by their department as a "subject access request.". *However i am not a subject and refuse to be referred to as such.*.
I shall now upload those forms in the interest of transparency.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153052592661089:0
Thursday, 19 November 2015
97) A Small Victory
23rd June 2015
O.k action.
It has now been since February 2014 that i have had my JSA claim unlawfully/illegally stopped and received any sort of JSA payments.
Around 15/16 months.
I was actually today wondering if i would receive a response to the letter that i sent recently (around the 12th June). Today being the 23rd June.
Today i received a payment into my bank from the DWP to the tune of £81.94.
I have received no correspondence that i know of yet.
Nice to know the DWP still have my bank details to hand though.
Not quite the three and a half grand or so that i am entitled to for this period, but a start none the less.
I am however wary, given previous encounters with the DWP.
I still need to request the details that the jobcentre hold on my situation.
And to contact the press to see that this situation is brought to light.
A small victory perhaps, we will see.
The battle continues...|
AD That's an arbitrary sum, but yes, a small victory. Any expenses outstanding in preparing appeals or travel that would have amounted to that much? Very strange, keep me posted!
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 23 June at 23:46
LMV Wow Dan I didn't realise it was that long, surely that's illegal, as for the press, they print what they're to print, good luck Dan, like A*** said be sure to request any expenses incurred
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 24 June at 07:20
JK Keep going Dan and well done so far. x
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 24 June at 09:48
Dan Kinobi Cheers ladies :)Like · Reply · 24 June at 12:31
GB Keep fighting dan.
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 24 June at 16:13
Dan Kinobi Cheers g****, will do
Like · Reply · 1 · 24 June at 16:17
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153006947116089
O.k action.
It has now been since February 2014 that i have had my JSA claim unlawfully/illegally stopped and received any sort of JSA payments.
Around 15/16 months.
I was actually today wondering if i would receive a response to the letter that i sent recently (around the 12th June). Today being the 23rd June.
Today i received a payment into my bank from the DWP to the tune of £81.94.
I have received no correspondence that i know of yet.
Nice to know the DWP still have my bank details to hand though.
Not quite the three and a half grand or so that i am entitled to for this period, but a start none the less.
I am however wary, given previous encounters with the DWP.
I still need to request the details that the jobcentre hold on my situation.
And to contact the press to see that this situation is brought to light.
A small victory perhaps, we will see.
The battle continues...|
AD That's an arbitrary sum, but yes, a small victory. Any expenses outstanding in preparing appeals or travel that would have amounted to that much? Very strange, keep me posted!
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 23 June at 23:46
LMV Wow Dan I didn't realise it was that long, surely that's illegal, as for the press, they print what they're to print, good luck Dan, like A*** said be sure to request any expenses incurred
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 24 June at 07:20
JK Keep going Dan and well done so far. x
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 24 June at 09:48
Dan Kinobi Cheers ladies :)Like · Reply · 24 June at 12:31
GB Keep fighting dan.
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 24 June at 16:13
Dan Kinobi Cheers g****, will do
Like · Reply · 1 · 24 June at 16:17
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10153006947116089
96) Ink & Paper
12th June 2015
Also just as an update. The reason in part that i have not responded sooner to the letters from the DWP, is because i did not have the means to do so. I have since acquired some ink for my printer and some paper, and thus have managed to continue disputing this claim.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152981094066089
Also just as an update. The reason in part that i have not responded sooner to the letters from the DWP, is because i did not have the means to do so. I have since acquired some ink for my printer and some paper, and thus have managed to continue disputing this claim.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152981094066089
95) Final Letter To DWP & Summary Of Events
12th June 2015
It's now been over 15 months since the UNLAWFUL & ILLEGAL Suspension and (14 months since the) UNLAWFUL & ILLEGAL Termination of my JSA Claim.
Since that time i have made an attempt to make a new claim but have been UNLAWFULLY & ILLEGALLY hindered in my ability to claim social security entitlements.
What follows is the latest correspondence from and to the DWP. I shall also attach all other relevant material/evidence.
11/06/15
Ref #:- "Redacted"
To whomsoever it may concern.
Firstly with regard to the letter i received from the DWP, dated 24/03/2015, signed "N.Ganley" Of which i enclose a copy. EV 22
It seems that various members within your department are experiencing a degree of difficulty in understanding/grasping the following. Allow me to re-iterate this yet again for them, so that perhaps they can understand it slightly better.
The statement that reads..
"Your JSA claim was closed from 11/04/14 as you failed to attend a jobcentre appointment on 24/04/14 and did not supply a reason for your failure within 5 working days. Decision notified you on 09/05/14."
Is false. I had NO prior notification of this appointment whatsoever, thus I cannot "fail" to miss something that I am not aware of. Secondly I did not supply a reason for this alleged "Failure within 5 working days, because it was only on my next signing date (19/05/14) after a holiday signing period exemption, that I was notified in person of this UNLAWFUL and ILLEGAL termination of my JSA claim.
I to this day, have received NO OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE whatsoever, so your claim that I was notified on 09/05/14 is entirely fallacious.
"You reclaimed JSA from 22/05/14 but did not sign the claimant commitment supplied by your advisor. As this was a condition of receiving JSA that claim was closed. Decision notified to you on 09/05/14."
Is an interesting statement, because apparently the DWP can now "see the future". How was a decision notified to me on 09/05/14 when I reclaimed from the 22/05/14!? This is yet another prime example of gross incompetence within your department.
"You have not requested a mandatory reconsideration against any of these decisions"
It should be blaringly obvious by now, that I have in fact made multiple attempts to request a mandatory reconsideration on these matters, and to have this "phantom sanction and unlawful/illegal termination" of my JSA claim addressed.
With Case ending 00249, I was under the impression that this was so, as it was alleged to have been a favourable result. (See letter labelled 00249 Result). EV 23
However upon wondering why the full-amount that I was due for the period in question was not released, I contacted the DWP over the phone, and was informed that this "phantom sanction", that was allegedly preventing me from accessing the entitlement to which I am due, still remained.
It is worth noting here that for the mandatory reconsideration for case 00249, I made mention of this phantom sanction. * See Original Appeal* EV 24 Thus I was awaiting an adjudication on this matter, as it is/was directly relevant.
The DWP "backed-down" on case 00249, issuing an "award letter" (included with this correspondance) which resulted in the case being closed, without actually addressing the concerns I had raised about this "phantom sanction". The response I received from the Tribunal service was that the decision was a "favourable one". (see "00249 Result") EV 23 When evidently it was not. [1]
To this date I have still not received any official notification about this "permanent suspension" and of the unlawful/illegal termination of my JSA claim, and I have had nothing official informing me of my right of appeal against them. I.e mandatory reconsideration e.t.c. For this reason and others I continued the only course of action I perceived available to me, which was to do the following...
At this point I made every effort to re-open case 00249 and/or get this ruling consolidated into outstanding cases (in order to save the taxpayer money on multiple tribunal hearings).
This is evident from the following correspondence which I sent to the DWP.
*Further Evidence Submittal*. EV 25
Which then i believe resulted in 2 new cases being opened. ending 00405 & 00407. EV 21
With regard to your letter dated 27/03/15..
Ref "Redacted" *(A copy of which is also included)
EV 26
It seems very much like you are simply plucking random dates out of a hat and then making a very poor attempt at joining the proverbial dots.
I have detailed every encounter with your department in explicit detail, and will be doing everything I can to hold those who have wilfully neglected their positions of relative responsibility, accountable.
So allow me to set the record straight, so to speak.
"The appeals officer at Norwich has addressed your queries regarding the failure to sign or agree a jobseekers agreement (JSAG) or a Claimant Commitment (CC) and other sanctions on your benefit (sic)."
No, the appeals officer at Norwich has seemingly done nothing but regurgitate the same falsehoods, as well as inserting a few extra ones, along with some fallacious dates.
Repeating the same mistruths over and over and over again, does not suddenly make an inaccuracy true. Although i'm sure this philosophy worked well for certain authoritarian regimes in the not so distant past, I’m not sure it is particularly progressive for the DWP to adopt such policies in the 21st Century.
I believe you are getting confused with your dates, the decision to overturn the periods that you mentioned (adjudicated within case ending 00249) was taken and executed. *see "award letter". EV 4
Resulting in the sanction being overturned, allegedly in my favour.
This decision is not linked to the 2 new cases that were opened ending 405 & 407, and that then found in my favour. These cases being opened were a direct result of me sending "further evidence submittal", EV 25 in an effort to try and Re-open case ending 00249.
To suggest as much is to propagate a lie. I have attached evidence to this accord. It also seems as though you are trying to conflate two separate issues in an attempt to try and confuse the situation.
The letter i received on the 22nd MAY (00249 result) was informing me about case ending 00249 being favourable and thus dealing with the periods that you afore-mention. 28-01-14 - 10/02/14 & 11/02/14 - 28/04/14. EV 4
With regard to the other page of your correspondence...
"and not on the JSAG you agreed on the 02/12/2013"
For the Nth time i did not agree a JSAG on the 02/12/13. The last JSAG that I signed was, i believe, 16/01/12.
I have once again attached physical PROOF to this accord. As you can see from the copy, that I have provided. *see included jsag - UNSIGNED". EV 27
The spurious reasoning for the unlawful/illegal "permanent suspension" of my claim was in exact words "failure to sign a proposed variation of a jsag".
I refused to sign something which might bind me to more steps than the law says that i should reasonably undertake. (more than 2 steps per week to look for work (Jobseekers Regulations 1996 18 (1)). My Jsag dated 16/01/12 met these lawful desirements.
The proposed steps that were put forward by the DWP, in the jsag that i refused to sign around the 19/02/14, were far above and beyond any lawful obligation.
Thus at this point Sean Harris (DWP - Stafford jobcentre) illegally and unlawfully, hindered me from accessing my entitlement to social security benefits, as a U.K citizen.
Following this my claim was then stopped entirely, on extremely nefarious grounds. I was told that i had missed an appointment, for which i Had NO Prior notification of whatsoever, and that my claim was closed on these grounds.
I have and will continue to dispute this until it is remedied.
Thus forth it has been over a year, i have made numerous attempts to address this as is evident.
To summise:-
Since i began requiring social security entitlements approximately 3 or 4 years ago, i have been sanctioned a significant number of times. Each time i appealed the sanction in question, and each time the sanction was rightfully over-turned.
As well as being unlawfully/illegally executed, these sanctions have been massively hindering with regards to my ability to look for future work. To say that it is "helping people back to work" is a ludicrous claim. How is removing a persons ability to eat, heat their home, and restricting their communications, helping someone back to work?
The latest sanction that was perpetrated against me and resulted in the permanent suspension, that i have attempted to have remedied, as is EVIDENT, was now over a year ago. This was closely followed by the UNLAWFUL and ILLEGAL termination of my JSA claim, around April 2014.
Following these ILLEGAL/UNLAWFUL actions taken by the DWP, and with no viable income, i proceeded to try and make a new claim for Social Security entitlements in Approximately May 2014. This resulted in an exchange of terms.
The DWP put forward terms that were entirely unreasonable, and again above and beyond what is desired by the law, and once again i refused to sign the agreement. They then asked me to put forward a set of terms, which i did.
The terms i proposed included the use of the word "reasonable", And basically eluded to the fact that i would take the steps, that are desired of me according to the relevant law on the matter.
I was then once again ILLEGALLY and UNLAWFULLY DENIED access to social security entitlement provisions.
It became obvious at this point that i was/am being POLITICALLY PERSECUTED for opposing a FLAWED, FAILED and genuinely ILLEGAL, IDEOLOGICALLY driven REGIME.
Since this time i have made a number of appeals, and engaged with both the DWP and the tribunal service. Both departments suffer from both gross incompetence and probable corruption. (Definite in the case of the DWP).
For example to even get one of my earlier cases heard, it took over 7 months, for the tribunal service to arrange a hearing. That's 7 months for someone with no viable income whatsoever.
The entire system/concept of sanctioning someone and removing their only living allowance (for that is the reality of the situation), is bad enough as is, however doing so BEFORE they even have a chance to defend themselves is a CORRUPTION of the NATURAL LAW and ORDER system, not only in this country, but on the world stage also. In the sense that due process is not being abided by. I believe it also contravenes Article 6 of the ECHR - The right to a fair trial.
It is now 15 MONTHS later. And the latest correspondence i have received is suggesting that the issue has not even begun to be dealt with.
Thus this letter is, as far as i'm concerned, the LAST-CHANCE for the DWP to correct it's wrong-doings via the regular channels. Address the issues that i have raised, reinstate my original JSA claim, that was ILLEGALLY and UNLAWFULLY suspended and then terminated, and release the monies that are due to my person.
I thus ask the recipient of this letter to escalate this communicae accordingly, to whomsoever has the relevant level of responsibility to deal with it.
However, regardless of whether this happens or not, i will be doing everything I can to see that my experiences see the light of day, as i do not believe it is right to treat people in the manner that i, and more than likely others, have been treated.
As i have aforementioned in previous correspondence, i have meticulously detailed all encounters with the DWP over the last 15 months or so, and will endeavour to collate a report on the matter.
Perhaps in order for our country to move forwards with regard to fairness and equality, we must first learn what was not working well, and try to correct those issues, so that we can create a stronger economy in future, forged on decent values, such as those of social justice.
To allow a countries citizens to starve in order to try and force through an ideology is a morally bankrupt position to assume, and does this country no favours on the whole.
I hope this clarifies things for you.
- Dan J***
[1]
Case 00249 was closed (imho prematurely) and found in my favour (allegedly). Having not in fact received a favourable response, I then made a request to reopen case 00249, *further evidence submittal* in order to have a ruling on the illegal/unlawful "phantom sanction" and general cessation of my claim.
This then resulted in 2 new cases being opened. (00405 & 00407)
Dated : 18-04-14 ("Original Appeal" For Case SC049/14/00249)
Appeal With regards to disallowance from 28/01/14 - 10/02/14 and further sanction from 11/02/14 - 28/04/14.
Included with this correspondence is a copy of the jobsearch that i performed during the above period in question. It is clearly labelled as such, but should not be confused with the 3 pages of evidence, that include an old jobsearch as evidence of error/corruption. I have not managed to procure the ASE form that is used internally, so do not know what steps the DWP have alleged i have taken. I have once again however, I believe, fulfilled the 3 steps that are desired according to the law.
This longer sanction (11/02/14 - 28/04/14) is also directly related to the original pending case, (SC049/14/00137) and has been handed out, regardless of the fact that an outcome has not been reached on the original case. I would like to raise the point, that i consider this extremely unjust.
I have not received any JSA for nearly 2 months now. The last "full" payment was received on 30th jan 2014. I received a reduced payment of £81.95 on 27th Feb, and have received nothing since then. I have been entitled to JSA constantly, and have continued to "sign" throughout the disputed periods, where i have received no payments, both in the pending case, and this new case.
This has been a massive hindrance on my ability to seek out employment, as i have not had basic funds, to meet basic job-seeking criteria such as mobile phone credit, nevermind the ability to maintain a healthy/non-starvation diet. This combined with the massive amount of time and effort i have spent trying to repeal these seemingly unlawful sanctions, leads to extremely handicapped/detrimental conditions for anyone actively seeking employment.
Nonetheless i have adhered by what is desired in law, to take a minimum of 3 steps per week towards employment, including recently attending a 2 hour interview/selection process at a local warehouse.
As aforementioned these "doubts" i believe to be unwarranted and hope that they will be allayed if not by this letter, then by my tribunal appearance.
With regards to the "jobseekers agreement". (This point is highly relevant to both the current pending case (SC049/14/00137) and this second appeal.
It is true that i have signed one, dated 16/01/12.
However if you would please look at page 20 of the evidence of the aforementioned case. You will see that it states very clearly under "General Statement"...
"I understand that this is general information and not a full statement of the law".
This would reasonably lead one to conclude that anything that is signed with regards to the jobseeker agreement, is not legally binding, if it was, then a statement/disclaimer such as "This is a legally binding document" should in my opinion be included, as otherwise this is extremely misleading.
Aside from this reasonable and logical argument, please note that on page 20 in the box under "My Responsibilities" RE: I know i must: that there is in fact no number filled in on the proceeding box. The DWP copy has the number "4" assigned to this box. This has been filled in as far as i am aware and can recall in good conscience, AFTER i have signed it. This is part of the departmental corruption i spoke of. I will attach more proof of such corruption, as it appears to of been subtly requested, and you may admit it as evidence.
Let us then assume that the jobseeker has been deceived by the extremely misleading general statement, and that the jobseekers agreement is in fact a legally binding document. Then in my specific case, this sentence actually says that "i must actively seek work by doing at least NULL things a week. This creates a logical paradox, assuming for a moment that the jobseekers agreement is indeed a legal instrument, where it apparently states that it is not under "General Statement".
Under these paradoxical/conflicting terms i suspect that the law defaults back to the original 3 steps per week suggestion.
It would seem that these particulars in the jobseekers agreement are being used in an effort to give a constant reason/excuse to sanction jobseekers. I have heard stories of people having to meet over 30 steps per week, which is i believe completely unreasonable. These steps are then being used in order to constantly have an excuse to sanction the jobseeker. This is wrong. Which leads me onto my next point.
I currently have a permanent sanction decision against me for "refusal to sign a proposed variation" of my jobseekers agreement. The wording of this allegation in itself, suggests that i already have a viable jobseekers agreement. Thus remain entitled to jobseekers allowance.
I refused to sign it for the aforementioned reasoning in my current pending case. The DWP went away to "reconsider it" They came back and the agreement was virtually unchanged (i.e the main points, signing up to universal jobmatch remained intact). I refused to sign it once more and was then told i had 21 days to sign this, or i would face a permanent sanction on my JSA claim. I will attach a copy of the Reasons why i refuse to sign up to universal jobmatch, and this may be included as evidence.
There was no further mediation or attempts to "make" a jobseekers agreement, by the DWP. I was then informed that a permanent sanction was put in place. This also had the effect of removing my entitlement to any hardship provisions.
Why would i sign a jobseekers agreement that has completely unreasonable terms, that non-compliance with, will result in putting me in a severely detrimental situation? Given the fact that i have had a permanent sanction assigned against me, for refusing to sign a variation, suggests that this agreement is not an agreement at all, but a forced mandation, the signing of which is UNWILLFUL and UNLAWFUL, by reason of being obtained under duress. If an agreement is reached under duress/threat, i suggest that it is not legally binding. I would argue that having ones only living allowance removed is substantial duress. However citizens of this country are as far as I am aware, legally entitled to social assistance.
With regards to the current mandatory reconsideration notice.
Another prime example of either departmental incompetence/error and/or corruption is incidentally as follows.
On page 2 of the included mandatory reconsideration notice the author (again unnamed, so i do not know who is making this claim against me) has made a claim that :-
"On your jobseekers Agreement you have agreed to contact employers by phone once a week, visit employers once a week, check newspapers online daily, check indeed e.t.c to conduct online searches, on a daily basis and to check Universal Jobmatch on a daily basis to look for vacancies."
At no point have i agreed such things. This was the PROPOSED VARIATION, that remains UNSIGNED by me, and that i refused to sign, resulting in the aforementioned permanent sanction decision, that was i believe unfairly brought against me.
From this paragraph on the author refers to a jobseekers agreement that i have not signed. Thus the basis for this entire sanction(s) is/are rendered upon false grounds. And i stand by my assertion that i have fulfilled my responsibilities with regard to the law.
Further Evidence Submittal
Ref nos:- SC049/14/00249 & SC0149/14/00137
To whomsoever it may concern.
With regard to the above case number (SC049/14/00249).
The decision that was made was not a favourable one.
I appealed the sanctions in question and they were revised and allowed. (Award letters included Pg 1 & 2).
I suspect a copy of these were then sent to the tribunal service in order to "allay" the courts. However i have not yet received full remuneration for these periods.
I have received a couple of token payments of £225.35 & £71.70 around the 19th & 23rd May respectively.
A shortfall (up to the 24th April) of Approximately £682.20.
However upon calling the DWP, i was informed that a suspension is still in place on my claim, a suspension for which i have had no official written notification of whatsoever.
I was informed that this suspension is still in place, and that another sanction still applies from 3rd Dec - 16th Dec.
The secondary sanction (3rd - 16th Dec) mentioned above is currently pending and awaiting adjudication (SC049/14/00137). Therefore the funds relating to it (£129.10) are still disputable, however for the period in question £553.10 is still due.
I made mention of this "phantom sanction/suspension" in my appeal (SC049/14/00249) and as it is seemingly this, that is restricting my ability to access payments due, i respectfully ask that the aforementioned case is then re-opened in order to attain access to justice, and to assess this "phantom sanction/suspension". During this "suspension" i had no access to hardship provisions of any kind.
If the re-opening of this case is not possible, then i would instead like to append further evidence to my forthcoming case, (SC049/14/00137) as i believe it is highly relevant, and given the circumstances, and the long-waiting times for tribunal hearings, feel that putting this adjudication off would not be a just thing to do. This long-delay in opening a case is obviously the outcome the DWP desires.
The evidence i would like to submit to either the re-opening of case (SC049/14/00249) or the pending case (SC049/14/00137) is as follows.
I have in the period since i started disputing these unlawful "disallowances" that have been perpetrated against me, been faced with many occasions of injustice that i feel should be mentioned, and thus i will do so now.
I have documented pretty much all my encounters with the DWP, because i would like to shine some light on the way that they currently operate, which is currently in an extremely nefarious fashion. I will endeavour to compile/collate these "encounters" into a form of report, which can then possibly be used to analyse and/or improve the services offered by this countries civil servants, and local jobcentres e.t.c I received no payment for this, thus the results will be financially unbiased/impartial.
Firstly i expect 4 things when i am dealing with civil servants, and i will extend the same courtesies also.
Respect, professionalism, transparency and the ability to reason.
I have already detailed in amongst the 39 pages of evidence pending in case (SC049/14/00137) local corruptions including but not limited to :- jobsearch steps being omitted when documented on the internal ASE system, jobs that do not exist being used to sanction, and generally extremely unprofessional behaviour, both on a local level, and via call-centres.
However sadly it would seem the buck does not stop there.
Since then i have witnessed more serious/sinister concerns.
Firstly i have had my jobseekers agreement suspended indefinitely, from 14th Feb. I have had no official notification of this whatsoever, other than one extremely unhelpful person informing me of such. (Sean - Stafford jobcentre). He informed me verbally that because i would not sign a new jobseekers agreement (that had terms that i believe to be unreasonable), that i had failed/refused to "sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement". He then stated that i did not have a valid jobseekers agreement, thus my claim would be suspended indefinitely.
I disputed and continue to dispute this, saying that i did/do indeed have a jobseekers agreement already in place, as the very wording of the alleged purported "offence" ("failure/refusal to sign a proposed variation") actually suggests. A "variation" intrinsically implies that something already exists. Thus as far as i'm aware my original jobseekers agreement still exists. An agreement for which i have done what is desired of me according to the law. I have continued to sign even with this dubious suspension in place.
This is also evident from pg 24 of the original evidence, the original agreement dated 16/01/12. I have not signed any jobseekers agreements since then, as far as i can recall. (one was proposed but i refused for reasoning that i will mention later on, in this letter) thus the original agreement remains in place, and thus perhaps the politically motivated reasoning behind the "suspension" that became active from the 14th Feb (or thereabouts), becomes more apparent.
I refused to sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement because i deem it entirely unreasonable to force citizens to comply with signing up to the universal jobmatch "service".
In short the reasoning behind this being that i will not wilfully or otherwise render my personal details to a foreign nation state (by proxy or otherwise). (Please see attached document "Reservations about creating a ujm online profile" for more specific reasoning). It does not matter if the state is the U.S, Russia or China, forced rendering of a citizens personal details to a foreign state is wrong and in my opinion, treasonous.
Having continued to sign whilst this dubious suspension was in place, I was then extremely disconcerted to find that after coming in to sign as usual after a holiday period, that my jobseekers claim had been completely terminated, on the grounds that i had "failed to attend an interview". An interview for which i had had, no prior notification of whatsoever.
Further Evidence Submittal (Continued)
Even worse was that i was given no notification that my claim had been terminated (illegally) and it was only on the 19th May, and turning up to sign for JSA, that i was notified in person casually "your claim has been closed".
Apparently it was closed (illegally) on the 10th April. I still to this date have not received any official documentation to state that my original claim had been closed.
I have continued since the 10th April to attend bi-weekly signing dates, and adhered by my responsibilities according to the law to look for work each week. The only exception being the last week of writing, and the reasoning for such i will now discuss.
The DWP have now deemed it of vital importance to retrospectively cancel my entitlement to housing benefits as of the 24/02/2014. (Notification letter supplied). This when assessed with the other evidence of DWP corruption/foul-play strongly suggests that they are trying to bully people into complying with their demands, through various subtle and not so subtle measures. (I will sum this up at the end of the letter). Retrospectively cancelling my entitlement to benefits is seemingly a pointless endeavour, because i am entitled to the same period, but under the "no-viable income" category. However unsurprisingly i got a "oh you owe over a £1,000 in housing benefits" statement, from the local government worker, until i rightfully mentioned the fact that i was entitled via "no viable income". This is attempted scare-tactics. And thankfully i know my rights on this. However others might not.
However the effect of such a tactic is that it stalls my ability to receive money in order to pay the rent, (psychologically speaking this bestows uncertainty onto the citizen) and generally compounds the situation of the recipient. The previous times this has happened to me (even though i was complying with what was desired of me according to law,) it has involved a 2 - 4 week wait until re-installation of benefits. Which has meant i either had to sell what meagre possessions i have, or borrow money from others.
It also entails the extremely invasive practice of requiring a full bank statement for the last number of months in question, i have already supplied this, and do not mind supplying it again.
However, as an idea, perhaps we could implement such scrutinous measures elsewhere in society also, and perhaps this might then help stem the large exodus of potential tax monies currently being evaded from this society, to various tax-havens around the world. (Which on a side-note currently outweighs benefit fraud, about 100-1).
I would like this tribunal service if it has been awarded the appropriate responsibilities/jurisdiction by our U.K society, to please consider the following requests, in order that justice may be served. If not i ask that such an access to appropriate justice be made available, preferably swiftly.
1) To make a ruling on the legality of forcing citizens to comply with the current legislation forcing them to sign up to universal jobmatch. I consider this a matter of national interest. As i believe citizens are currently being forced to render their personal details to a foreign nation state. My refusal to sign up to UJM, is also the primary reasoning behind the dubious "suspension" of my claim.
2) Mandate the DWP to reinstate my original jobseekers agreement, as i believe it was unlawfully/illegally terminated.
3) To mandate the DWP to release the monies that are owed to my person. I can provide bank statements to show the periods that i received no payments. I will provide these to the tribunal service as a tertiary matter, should it be so desired. Up to the 24th april, (the time-frame that the attached dwp letters suggest i am "allowed" and thus should of been payed) the amount outstanding is approximately £682.20.
Since the 24th April (and having continued to do what is desired of me according to the law) I believe the amount outstanding to be approximately £788.70. (this is calculated using the "old allowance" figures of £71.70 p/w) although i have received £268.92 in a couple of payments during this time from the DWP.
This creates a sub-total of £519.78, and a grand total, still outstanding of approx £1201.98. [1]
I would also like to make a final recommendation.
I have been explicitly documenting virtually all happenings with the DWP and will compile a full report into my "encounters" with the DWP and other local and regional government offices, which i would then like to publish.
Perhaps this could then be used to start an internal investigation into both localized and regional policy-making, and to shine light on both some of the underhand strategies that have blatantly been employed against those in our society who are in need, and also the atrocious level of professionalism exhibited within both my local jobcentre, and regional call-centres alike.
Sincerely,
Dan J***
[1] This total outstanding was for around June/July 2014, the total outstanding since then, is significantly more - Edit - 11/06/15
*Note the relevant material that is mentioned in the later Posts *Original Appeal & Further Evidence Submittal* has been uploaded by me onto here, when it was topical. It would mean finding such things and creating a link, in order that the case is clearly compiled. I would probably require some form of blog space to do this in the most clear and concise manner.
AD I can't believe this situation still isn't resolved.
Have you put in a Data Protection Act request for ALL the information they hold on you? That would come out as a print out with the correct dates etc.
Dan Kinobi I don't quite follow A***, how would a Data Protection Act request help the current situation? Speaking on the topic of Data Protection however. ;)
It would appear, that the real reason behind why I was sanctioned in the first place, was because i refused to essentially render my personal/private information to a third party corporation. Something for which the data protection act should theoretically award me a form of cover against.
The more i look over the case notes the more i realise this was more than likely the case with, firstly the universal jobmatch scenario, but also with something called NCIS (or thereabouts).
They were/are some sort of "careers service", who i refused to divulge any personal information/data whatsoever to.
In hindsight shortly after this happened, was the timing behind the dubious permanent suspension under the guise of "failure to sign a proposed variation of a jsag".
In fact i need to confirm that for both myself and for the official "records" so to speak. But i believe it was literately a week or two before the extremely dubious "failure to sign a proposed variation of a jsag" claim was made against me.
I withheld my data from this third party organization, PERFECTLY LEGITIMATELY under the protection of the Data Protection ACT 1998. They had no business collecting or utilizing my data.
Then the dubious permanent suspension raised it's head.
I will search my records and post the proof of this happening, as i feel it may be a useful form of compound evidence, as to behind the motive for the DWP's actions.
Thanks for raising the point A*** ;)
Did you mean the freedom of information act by the way? I don't mean to patronise, but perhaps thats what you meant?
AD I'm going to take this to PM in case the DWP snoops are watching this account.
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Dan Kinobi Thankyou for sharing your thoughts on the matter A***, they are appreciated.:)
Edited For Spelling & Names Redacted 3/11/15
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152980826576089
It's now been over 15 months since the UNLAWFUL & ILLEGAL Suspension and (14 months since the) UNLAWFUL & ILLEGAL Termination of my JSA Claim.
Since that time i have made an attempt to make a new claim but have been UNLAWFULLY & ILLEGALLY hindered in my ability to claim social security entitlements.
What follows is the latest correspondence from and to the DWP. I shall also attach all other relevant material/evidence.
11/06/15
Ref #:- "Redacted"
To whomsoever it may concern.
Firstly with regard to the letter i received from the DWP, dated 24/03/2015, signed "N.Ganley" Of which i enclose a copy. EV 22
It seems that various members within your department are experiencing a degree of difficulty in understanding/grasping the following. Allow me to re-iterate this yet again for them, so that perhaps they can understand it slightly better.
The statement that reads..
"Your JSA claim was closed from 11/04/14 as you failed to attend a jobcentre appointment on 24/04/14 and did not supply a reason for your failure within 5 working days. Decision notified you on 09/05/14."
Is false. I had NO prior notification of this appointment whatsoever, thus I cannot "fail" to miss something that I am not aware of. Secondly I did not supply a reason for this alleged "Failure within 5 working days, because it was only on my next signing date (19/05/14) after a holiday signing period exemption, that I was notified in person of this UNLAWFUL and ILLEGAL termination of my JSA claim.
I to this day, have received NO OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE whatsoever, so your claim that I was notified on 09/05/14 is entirely fallacious.
"You reclaimed JSA from 22/05/14 but did not sign the claimant commitment supplied by your advisor. As this was a condition of receiving JSA that claim was closed. Decision notified to you on 09/05/14."
Is an interesting statement, because apparently the DWP can now "see the future". How was a decision notified to me on 09/05/14 when I reclaimed from the 22/05/14!? This is yet another prime example of gross incompetence within your department.
"You have not requested a mandatory reconsideration against any of these decisions"
It should be blaringly obvious by now, that I have in fact made multiple attempts to request a mandatory reconsideration on these matters, and to have this "phantom sanction and unlawful/illegal termination" of my JSA claim addressed.
With Case ending 00249, I was under the impression that this was so, as it was alleged to have been a favourable result. (See letter labelled 00249 Result). EV 23
However upon wondering why the full-amount that I was due for the period in question was not released, I contacted the DWP over the phone, and was informed that this "phantom sanction", that was allegedly preventing me from accessing the entitlement to which I am due, still remained.
It is worth noting here that for the mandatory reconsideration for case 00249, I made mention of this phantom sanction. * See Original Appeal* EV 24 Thus I was awaiting an adjudication on this matter, as it is/was directly relevant.
The DWP "backed-down" on case 00249, issuing an "award letter" (included with this correspondance) which resulted in the case being closed, without actually addressing the concerns I had raised about this "phantom sanction". The response I received from the Tribunal service was that the decision was a "favourable one". (see "00249 Result") EV 23 When evidently it was not. [1]
To this date I have still not received any official notification about this "permanent suspension" and of the unlawful/illegal termination of my JSA claim, and I have had nothing official informing me of my right of appeal against them. I.e mandatory reconsideration e.t.c. For this reason and others I continued the only course of action I perceived available to me, which was to do the following...
At this point I made every effort to re-open case 00249 and/or get this ruling consolidated into outstanding cases (in order to save the taxpayer money on multiple tribunal hearings).
This is evident from the following correspondence which I sent to the DWP.
*Further Evidence Submittal*. EV 25
Which then i believe resulted in 2 new cases being opened. ending 00405 & 00407. EV 21
With regard to your letter dated 27/03/15..
Ref "Redacted" *(A copy of which is also included)
EV 26
It seems very much like you are simply plucking random dates out of a hat and then making a very poor attempt at joining the proverbial dots.
I have detailed every encounter with your department in explicit detail, and will be doing everything I can to hold those who have wilfully neglected their positions of relative responsibility, accountable.
So allow me to set the record straight, so to speak.
"The appeals officer at Norwich has addressed your queries regarding the failure to sign or agree a jobseekers agreement (JSAG) or a Claimant Commitment (CC) and other sanctions on your benefit (sic)."
No, the appeals officer at Norwich has seemingly done nothing but regurgitate the same falsehoods, as well as inserting a few extra ones, along with some fallacious dates.
Repeating the same mistruths over and over and over again, does not suddenly make an inaccuracy true. Although i'm sure this philosophy worked well for certain authoritarian regimes in the not so distant past, I’m not sure it is particularly progressive for the DWP to adopt such policies in the 21st Century.
I believe you are getting confused with your dates, the decision to overturn the periods that you mentioned (adjudicated within case ending 00249) was taken and executed. *see "award letter". EV 4
Resulting in the sanction being overturned, allegedly in my favour.
This decision is not linked to the 2 new cases that were opened ending 405 & 407, and that then found in my favour. These cases being opened were a direct result of me sending "further evidence submittal", EV 25 in an effort to try and Re-open case ending 00249.
To suggest as much is to propagate a lie. I have attached evidence to this accord. It also seems as though you are trying to conflate two separate issues in an attempt to try and confuse the situation.
The letter i received on the 22nd MAY (00249 result) was informing me about case ending 00249 being favourable and thus dealing with the periods that you afore-mention. 28-01-14 - 10/02/14 & 11/02/14 - 28/04/14. EV 4
With regard to the other page of your correspondence...
"and not on the JSAG you agreed on the 02/12/2013"
For the Nth time i did not agree a JSAG on the 02/12/13. The last JSAG that I signed was, i believe, 16/01/12.
I have once again attached physical PROOF to this accord. As you can see from the copy, that I have provided. *see included jsag - UNSIGNED". EV 27
The spurious reasoning for the unlawful/illegal "permanent suspension" of my claim was in exact words "failure to sign a proposed variation of a jsag".
I refused to sign something which might bind me to more steps than the law says that i should reasonably undertake. (more than 2 steps per week to look for work (Jobseekers Regulations 1996 18 (1)). My Jsag dated 16/01/12 met these lawful desirements.
The proposed steps that were put forward by the DWP, in the jsag that i refused to sign around the 19/02/14, were far above and beyond any lawful obligation.
Thus at this point Sean Harris (DWP - Stafford jobcentre) illegally and unlawfully, hindered me from accessing my entitlement to social security benefits, as a U.K citizen.
Following this my claim was then stopped entirely, on extremely nefarious grounds. I was told that i had missed an appointment, for which i Had NO Prior notification of whatsoever, and that my claim was closed on these grounds.
I have and will continue to dispute this until it is remedied.
Thus forth it has been over a year, i have made numerous attempts to address this as is evident.
To summise:-
Since i began requiring social security entitlements approximately 3 or 4 years ago, i have been sanctioned a significant number of times. Each time i appealed the sanction in question, and each time the sanction was rightfully over-turned.
As well as being unlawfully/illegally executed, these sanctions have been massively hindering with regards to my ability to look for future work. To say that it is "helping people back to work" is a ludicrous claim. How is removing a persons ability to eat, heat their home, and restricting their communications, helping someone back to work?
The latest sanction that was perpetrated against me and resulted in the permanent suspension, that i have attempted to have remedied, as is EVIDENT, was now over a year ago. This was closely followed by the UNLAWFUL and ILLEGAL termination of my JSA claim, around April 2014.
Following these ILLEGAL/UNLAWFUL actions taken by the DWP, and with no viable income, i proceeded to try and make a new claim for Social Security entitlements in Approximately May 2014. This resulted in an exchange of terms.
The DWP put forward terms that were entirely unreasonable, and again above and beyond what is desired by the law, and once again i refused to sign the agreement. They then asked me to put forward a set of terms, which i did.
The terms i proposed included the use of the word "reasonable", And basically eluded to the fact that i would take the steps, that are desired of me according to the relevant law on the matter.
I was then once again ILLEGALLY and UNLAWFULLY DENIED access to social security entitlement provisions.
It became obvious at this point that i was/am being POLITICALLY PERSECUTED for opposing a FLAWED, FAILED and genuinely ILLEGAL, IDEOLOGICALLY driven REGIME.
Since this time i have made a number of appeals, and engaged with both the DWP and the tribunal service. Both departments suffer from both gross incompetence and probable corruption. (Definite in the case of the DWP).
For example to even get one of my earlier cases heard, it took over 7 months, for the tribunal service to arrange a hearing. That's 7 months for someone with no viable income whatsoever.
The entire system/concept of sanctioning someone and removing their only living allowance (for that is the reality of the situation), is bad enough as is, however doing so BEFORE they even have a chance to defend themselves is a CORRUPTION of the NATURAL LAW and ORDER system, not only in this country, but on the world stage also. In the sense that due process is not being abided by. I believe it also contravenes Article 6 of the ECHR - The right to a fair trial.
It is now 15 MONTHS later. And the latest correspondence i have received is suggesting that the issue has not even begun to be dealt with.
Thus this letter is, as far as i'm concerned, the LAST-CHANCE for the DWP to correct it's wrong-doings via the regular channels. Address the issues that i have raised, reinstate my original JSA claim, that was ILLEGALLY and UNLAWFULLY suspended and then terminated, and release the monies that are due to my person.
I thus ask the recipient of this letter to escalate this communicae accordingly, to whomsoever has the relevant level of responsibility to deal with it.
However, regardless of whether this happens or not, i will be doing everything I can to see that my experiences see the light of day, as i do not believe it is right to treat people in the manner that i, and more than likely others, have been treated.
As i have aforementioned in previous correspondence, i have meticulously detailed all encounters with the DWP over the last 15 months or so, and will endeavour to collate a report on the matter.
Perhaps in order for our country to move forwards with regard to fairness and equality, we must first learn what was not working well, and try to correct those issues, so that we can create a stronger economy in future, forged on decent values, such as those of social justice.
To allow a countries citizens to starve in order to try and force through an ideology is a morally bankrupt position to assume, and does this country no favours on the whole.
I hope this clarifies things for you.
- Dan J***
[1]
Case 00249 was closed (imho prematurely) and found in my favour (allegedly). Having not in fact received a favourable response, I then made a request to reopen case 00249, *further evidence submittal* in order to have a ruling on the illegal/unlawful "phantom sanction" and general cessation of my claim.
This then resulted in 2 new cases being opened. (00405 & 00407)
Dated : 18-04-14 ("Original Appeal" For Case SC049/14/00249)
Appeal With regards to disallowance from 28/01/14 - 10/02/14 and further sanction from 11/02/14 - 28/04/14.
Included with this correspondence is a copy of the jobsearch that i performed during the above period in question. It is clearly labelled as such, but should not be confused with the 3 pages of evidence, that include an old jobsearch as evidence of error/corruption. I have not managed to procure the ASE form that is used internally, so do not know what steps the DWP have alleged i have taken. I have once again however, I believe, fulfilled the 3 steps that are desired according to the law.
This longer sanction (11/02/14 - 28/04/14) is also directly related to the original pending case, (SC049/14/00137) and has been handed out, regardless of the fact that an outcome has not been reached on the original case. I would like to raise the point, that i consider this extremely unjust.
I have not received any JSA for nearly 2 months now. The last "full" payment was received on 30th jan 2014. I received a reduced payment of £81.95 on 27th Feb, and have received nothing since then. I have been entitled to JSA constantly, and have continued to "sign" throughout the disputed periods, where i have received no payments, both in the pending case, and this new case.
This has been a massive hindrance on my ability to seek out employment, as i have not had basic funds, to meet basic job-seeking criteria such as mobile phone credit, nevermind the ability to maintain a healthy/non-starvation diet. This combined with the massive amount of time and effort i have spent trying to repeal these seemingly unlawful sanctions, leads to extremely handicapped/detrimental conditions for anyone actively seeking employment.
Nonetheless i have adhered by what is desired in law, to take a minimum of 3 steps per week towards employment, including recently attending a 2 hour interview/selection process at a local warehouse.
As aforementioned these "doubts" i believe to be unwarranted and hope that they will be allayed if not by this letter, then by my tribunal appearance.
With regards to the "jobseekers agreement". (This point is highly relevant to both the current pending case (SC049/14/00137) and this second appeal.
It is true that i have signed one, dated 16/01/12.
However if you would please look at page 20 of the evidence of the aforementioned case. You will see that it states very clearly under "General Statement"...
"I understand that this is general information and not a full statement of the law".
This would reasonably lead one to conclude that anything that is signed with regards to the jobseeker agreement, is not legally binding, if it was, then a statement/disclaimer such as "This is a legally binding document" should in my opinion be included, as otherwise this is extremely misleading.
Aside from this reasonable and logical argument, please note that on page 20 in the box under "My Responsibilities" RE: I know i must: that there is in fact no number filled in on the proceeding box. The DWP copy has the number "4" assigned to this box. This has been filled in as far as i am aware and can recall in good conscience, AFTER i have signed it. This is part of the departmental corruption i spoke of. I will attach more proof of such corruption, as it appears to of been subtly requested, and you may admit it as evidence.
Let us then assume that the jobseeker has been deceived by the extremely misleading general statement, and that the jobseekers agreement is in fact a legally binding document. Then in my specific case, this sentence actually says that "i must actively seek work by doing at least NULL things a week. This creates a logical paradox, assuming for a moment that the jobseekers agreement is indeed a legal instrument, where it apparently states that it is not under "General Statement".
Under these paradoxical/conflicting terms i suspect that the law defaults back to the original 3 steps per week suggestion.
It would seem that these particulars in the jobseekers agreement are being used in an effort to give a constant reason/excuse to sanction jobseekers. I have heard stories of people having to meet over 30 steps per week, which is i believe completely unreasonable. These steps are then being used in order to constantly have an excuse to sanction the jobseeker. This is wrong. Which leads me onto my next point.
I currently have a permanent sanction decision against me for "refusal to sign a proposed variation" of my jobseekers agreement. The wording of this allegation in itself, suggests that i already have a viable jobseekers agreement. Thus remain entitled to jobseekers allowance.
I refused to sign it for the aforementioned reasoning in my current pending case. The DWP went away to "reconsider it" They came back and the agreement was virtually unchanged (i.e the main points, signing up to universal jobmatch remained intact). I refused to sign it once more and was then told i had 21 days to sign this, or i would face a permanent sanction on my JSA claim. I will attach a copy of the Reasons why i refuse to sign up to universal jobmatch, and this may be included as evidence.
There was no further mediation or attempts to "make" a jobseekers agreement, by the DWP. I was then informed that a permanent sanction was put in place. This also had the effect of removing my entitlement to any hardship provisions.
Why would i sign a jobseekers agreement that has completely unreasonable terms, that non-compliance with, will result in putting me in a severely detrimental situation? Given the fact that i have had a permanent sanction assigned against me, for refusing to sign a variation, suggests that this agreement is not an agreement at all, but a forced mandation, the signing of which is UNWILLFUL and UNLAWFUL, by reason of being obtained under duress. If an agreement is reached under duress/threat, i suggest that it is not legally binding. I would argue that having ones only living allowance removed is substantial duress. However citizens of this country are as far as I am aware, legally entitled to social assistance.
With regards to the current mandatory reconsideration notice.
Another prime example of either departmental incompetence/error and/or corruption is incidentally as follows.
On page 2 of the included mandatory reconsideration notice the author (again unnamed, so i do not know who is making this claim against me) has made a claim that :-
"On your jobseekers Agreement you have agreed to contact employers by phone once a week, visit employers once a week, check newspapers online daily, check indeed e.t.c to conduct online searches, on a daily basis and to check Universal Jobmatch on a daily basis to look for vacancies."
At no point have i agreed such things. This was the PROPOSED VARIATION, that remains UNSIGNED by me, and that i refused to sign, resulting in the aforementioned permanent sanction decision, that was i believe unfairly brought against me.
From this paragraph on the author refers to a jobseekers agreement that i have not signed. Thus the basis for this entire sanction(s) is/are rendered upon false grounds. And i stand by my assertion that i have fulfilled my responsibilities with regard to the law.
Further Evidence Submittal
Ref nos:- SC049/14/00249 & SC0149/14/00137
To whomsoever it may concern.
With regard to the above case number (SC049/14/00249).
The decision that was made was not a favourable one.
I appealed the sanctions in question and they were revised and allowed. (Award letters included Pg 1 & 2).
I suspect a copy of these were then sent to the tribunal service in order to "allay" the courts. However i have not yet received full remuneration for these periods.
I have received a couple of token payments of £225.35 & £71.70 around the 19th & 23rd May respectively.
A shortfall (up to the 24th April) of Approximately £682.20.
However upon calling the DWP, i was informed that a suspension is still in place on my claim, a suspension for which i have had no official written notification of whatsoever.
I was informed that this suspension is still in place, and that another sanction still applies from 3rd Dec - 16th Dec.
The secondary sanction (3rd - 16th Dec) mentioned above is currently pending and awaiting adjudication (SC049/14/00137). Therefore the funds relating to it (£129.10) are still disputable, however for the period in question £553.10 is still due.
I made mention of this "phantom sanction/suspension" in my appeal (SC049/14/00249) and as it is seemingly this, that is restricting my ability to access payments due, i respectfully ask that the aforementioned case is then re-opened in order to attain access to justice, and to assess this "phantom sanction/suspension". During this "suspension" i had no access to hardship provisions of any kind.
If the re-opening of this case is not possible, then i would instead like to append further evidence to my forthcoming case, (SC049/14/00137) as i believe it is highly relevant, and given the circumstances, and the long-waiting times for tribunal hearings, feel that putting this adjudication off would not be a just thing to do. This long-delay in opening a case is obviously the outcome the DWP desires.
The evidence i would like to submit to either the re-opening of case (SC049/14/00249) or the pending case (SC049/14/00137) is as follows.
I have in the period since i started disputing these unlawful "disallowances" that have been perpetrated against me, been faced with many occasions of injustice that i feel should be mentioned, and thus i will do so now.
I have documented pretty much all my encounters with the DWP, because i would like to shine some light on the way that they currently operate, which is currently in an extremely nefarious fashion. I will endeavour to compile/collate these "encounters" into a form of report, which can then possibly be used to analyse and/or improve the services offered by this countries civil servants, and local jobcentres e.t.c I received no payment for this, thus the results will be financially unbiased/impartial.
Firstly i expect 4 things when i am dealing with civil servants, and i will extend the same courtesies also.
Respect, professionalism, transparency and the ability to reason.
I have already detailed in amongst the 39 pages of evidence pending in case (SC049/14/00137) local corruptions including but not limited to :- jobsearch steps being omitted when documented on the internal ASE system, jobs that do not exist being used to sanction, and generally extremely unprofessional behaviour, both on a local level, and via call-centres.
However sadly it would seem the buck does not stop there.
Since then i have witnessed more serious/sinister concerns.
Firstly i have had my jobseekers agreement suspended indefinitely, from 14th Feb. I have had no official notification of this whatsoever, other than one extremely unhelpful person informing me of such. (Sean - Stafford jobcentre). He informed me verbally that because i would not sign a new jobseekers agreement (that had terms that i believe to be unreasonable), that i had failed/refused to "sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement". He then stated that i did not have a valid jobseekers agreement, thus my claim would be suspended indefinitely.
I disputed and continue to dispute this, saying that i did/do indeed have a jobseekers agreement already in place, as the very wording of the alleged purported "offence" ("failure/refusal to sign a proposed variation") actually suggests. A "variation" intrinsically implies that something already exists. Thus as far as i'm aware my original jobseekers agreement still exists. An agreement for which i have done what is desired of me according to the law. I have continued to sign even with this dubious suspension in place.
This is also evident from pg 24 of the original evidence, the original agreement dated 16/01/12. I have not signed any jobseekers agreements since then, as far as i can recall. (one was proposed but i refused for reasoning that i will mention later on, in this letter) thus the original agreement remains in place, and thus perhaps the politically motivated reasoning behind the "suspension" that became active from the 14th Feb (or thereabouts), becomes more apparent.
I refused to sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement because i deem it entirely unreasonable to force citizens to comply with signing up to the universal jobmatch "service".
In short the reasoning behind this being that i will not wilfully or otherwise render my personal details to a foreign nation state (by proxy or otherwise). (Please see attached document "Reservations about creating a ujm online profile" for more specific reasoning). It does not matter if the state is the U.S, Russia or China, forced rendering of a citizens personal details to a foreign state is wrong and in my opinion, treasonous.
Having continued to sign whilst this dubious suspension was in place, I was then extremely disconcerted to find that after coming in to sign as usual after a holiday period, that my jobseekers claim had been completely terminated, on the grounds that i had "failed to attend an interview". An interview for which i had had, no prior notification of whatsoever.
Further Evidence Submittal (Continued)
Even worse was that i was given no notification that my claim had been terminated (illegally) and it was only on the 19th May, and turning up to sign for JSA, that i was notified in person casually "your claim has been closed".
Apparently it was closed (illegally) on the 10th April. I still to this date have not received any official documentation to state that my original claim had been closed.
I have continued since the 10th April to attend bi-weekly signing dates, and adhered by my responsibilities according to the law to look for work each week. The only exception being the last week of writing, and the reasoning for such i will now discuss.
The DWP have now deemed it of vital importance to retrospectively cancel my entitlement to housing benefits as of the 24/02/2014. (Notification letter supplied). This when assessed with the other evidence of DWP corruption/foul-play strongly suggests that they are trying to bully people into complying with their demands, through various subtle and not so subtle measures. (I will sum this up at the end of the letter). Retrospectively cancelling my entitlement to benefits is seemingly a pointless endeavour, because i am entitled to the same period, but under the "no-viable income" category. However unsurprisingly i got a "oh you owe over a £1,000 in housing benefits" statement, from the local government worker, until i rightfully mentioned the fact that i was entitled via "no viable income". This is attempted scare-tactics. And thankfully i know my rights on this. However others might not.
However the effect of such a tactic is that it stalls my ability to receive money in order to pay the rent, (psychologically speaking this bestows uncertainty onto the citizen) and generally compounds the situation of the recipient. The previous times this has happened to me (even though i was complying with what was desired of me according to law,) it has involved a 2 - 4 week wait until re-installation of benefits. Which has meant i either had to sell what meagre possessions i have, or borrow money from others.
It also entails the extremely invasive practice of requiring a full bank statement for the last number of months in question, i have already supplied this, and do not mind supplying it again.
However, as an idea, perhaps we could implement such scrutinous measures elsewhere in society also, and perhaps this might then help stem the large exodus of potential tax monies currently being evaded from this society, to various tax-havens around the world. (Which on a side-note currently outweighs benefit fraud, about 100-1).
I would like this tribunal service if it has been awarded the appropriate responsibilities/jurisdiction by our U.K society, to please consider the following requests, in order that justice may be served. If not i ask that such an access to appropriate justice be made available, preferably swiftly.
1) To make a ruling on the legality of forcing citizens to comply with the current legislation forcing them to sign up to universal jobmatch. I consider this a matter of national interest. As i believe citizens are currently being forced to render their personal details to a foreign nation state. My refusal to sign up to UJM, is also the primary reasoning behind the dubious "suspension" of my claim.
2) Mandate the DWP to reinstate my original jobseekers agreement, as i believe it was unlawfully/illegally terminated.
3) To mandate the DWP to release the monies that are owed to my person. I can provide bank statements to show the periods that i received no payments. I will provide these to the tribunal service as a tertiary matter, should it be so desired. Up to the 24th april, (the time-frame that the attached dwp letters suggest i am "allowed" and thus should of been payed) the amount outstanding is approximately £682.20.
Since the 24th April (and having continued to do what is desired of me according to the law) I believe the amount outstanding to be approximately £788.70. (this is calculated using the "old allowance" figures of £71.70 p/w) although i have received £268.92 in a couple of payments during this time from the DWP.
This creates a sub-total of £519.78, and a grand total, still outstanding of approx £1201.98. [1]
I would also like to make a final recommendation.
I have been explicitly documenting virtually all happenings with the DWP and will compile a full report into my "encounters" with the DWP and other local and regional government offices, which i would then like to publish.
Perhaps this could then be used to start an internal investigation into both localized and regional policy-making, and to shine light on both some of the underhand strategies that have blatantly been employed against those in our society who are in need, and also the atrocious level of professionalism exhibited within both my local jobcentre, and regional call-centres alike.
Sincerely,
Dan J***
[1] This total outstanding was for around June/July 2014, the total outstanding since then, is significantly more - Edit - 11/06/15
*Note the relevant material that is mentioned in the later Posts *Original Appeal & Further Evidence Submittal* has been uploaded by me onto here, when it was topical. It would mean finding such things and creating a link, in order that the case is clearly compiled. I would probably require some form of blog space to do this in the most clear and concise manner.
AD I can't believe this situation still isn't resolved.
Have you put in a Data Protection Act request for ALL the information they hold on you? That would come out as a print out with the correct dates etc.
Dan Kinobi I don't quite follow A***, how would a Data Protection Act request help the current situation? Speaking on the topic of Data Protection however. ;)
It would appear, that the real reason behind why I was sanctioned in the first place, was because i refused to essentially render my personal/private information to a third party corporation. Something for which the data protection act should theoretically award me a form of cover against.
The more i look over the case notes the more i realise this was more than likely the case with, firstly the universal jobmatch scenario, but also with something called NCIS (or thereabouts).
They were/are some sort of "careers service", who i refused to divulge any personal information/data whatsoever to.
In hindsight shortly after this happened, was the timing behind the dubious permanent suspension under the guise of "failure to sign a proposed variation of a jsag".
In fact i need to confirm that for both myself and for the official "records" so to speak. But i believe it was literately a week or two before the extremely dubious "failure to sign a proposed variation of a jsag" claim was made against me.
I withheld my data from this third party organization, PERFECTLY LEGITIMATELY under the protection of the Data Protection ACT 1998. They had no business collecting or utilizing my data.
Then the dubious permanent suspension raised it's head.
I will search my records and post the proof of this happening, as i feel it may be a useful form of compound evidence, as to behind the motive for the DWP's actions.
Thanks for raising the point A*** ;)
Did you mean the freedom of information act by the way? I don't mean to patronise, but perhaps thats what you meant?
AD I'm going to take this to PM in case the DWP snoops are watching this account.
Like · Reply · 12 June at 19:53
Dan Kinobi Thankyou for sharing your thoughts on the matter A***, they are appreciated.:)
Edited For Spelling & Names Redacted 3/11/15
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152980826576089
94) Tommorow
11th June 2015
Final Response to the DWP is compiled, sealed and ready to get gone tommorow.
Will be posting a CC up on here, as per.
15 months without any ability to access social security entitlements.
Time to contact the press.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152979095026089
Final Response to the DWP is compiled, sealed and ready to get gone tommorow.
Will be posting a CC up on here, as per.
15 months without any ability to access social security entitlements.
Time to contact the press.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152979095026089
93) Waging War on Multiple Fronts
7th April 2015
Received correspondence from the DWP, a couple weeks ago, will upload shortly.
Been otherwise occupied, with hospital related matters, so haven't had chance to respond. But i will not be letting this rest. Obviously.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152831856041089
Received correspondence from the DWP, a couple weeks ago, will upload shortly.
Been otherwise occupied, with hospital related matters, so haven't had chance to respond. But i will not be letting this rest. Obviously.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152831856041089
92) 1 in 1,000
22nd March 2015
Only 1 in 1,000 people appeal to the tribunal? Is it any fucking wonder? It's about 7 months before you actually get a hearing. Judge finds in your favour, and then the DWP tries to move the goalposts, and refuses to release monies due to you.
A travesty of justice.
https://www.facebook.com/jsuknews/videos/650779501722151/?pnref=story
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152798057381089
Only 1 in 1,000 people appeal to the tribunal? Is it any fucking wonder? It's about 7 months before you actually get a hearing. Judge finds in your favour, and then the DWP tries to move the goalposts, and refuses to release monies due to you.
A travesty of justice.
https://www.facebook.com/jsuknews/videos/650779501722151/?pnref=story
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152798057381089
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
91) Rough Summary Of Illegal Suspension/Termination Of JSA Claim
17th March 2015
1. Continuation of jobseekers dispute...
Here are the findings of the tribunal that i attended in Oct 2014. EV 16
2. This resulted in this response from the DWP. They requested a statement of reasons from the tribunal. Which was delivered to both myself and the DWP on the 3/12/14. EV 17
3. This is the result/findings of the tribunal in full.
As aforementioned delivered to both myself and the dwp on the 02/12/14.
11 pages total. EV 18
I had requested a full audio recording of the hearing, however that never materialised despite my best efforts. *see timeline for 2014*
4. Having waited a considerable amount of time for the DWP to either attempt to appeal to the upper tribunal, (1-month time limit to do so) or to release the monies that are due to me, i sent this next correspondence dated 16/02/15. Having waited 2 and a half months for a response that was not forthcoming.
Ref: "Redacted"
Jill Jewell,
With regard to the latest correspondence that you sent to me, dated the 22/10/2014, of which i include a copy for your reference.
I am writing to tell you that the statement of reasons that your Decision Maker has requested from the First Tier Tribunal was delivered on the 03/12/2014.
As i am sure you are aware, in your position of relative responsibility, that there is a 1 month time-limit for either party to appeal to the upper tribunal service.
This time-limit has long since lapsed. The date at the time of posting this letter, being the 16th Feb 2015.
In your correspondence you state that..
"until the decision-maker has received a written statement of reasons for this decision, any arrears of benefits are being withheld"
Well i know that both copies of the full "statement of reasons" were sent out on the 3rd December 2014.
Being that this time-limit has now elapsed, and that i have had no further correspondence to suggest from either your department (DWP) or the Tribunal service, that this is indeed being elevated to the upper tribunal service, i now request that you release all monies due to my person, and re-instate my JSA agreement with the original Job seekers agreement that i signed, (16/01/2012) and that was terminated unlawfully. This includes a substantial period of back-dating.
My JSA claim was unlawfully terminated on the spurious grounds that i did not attend a JSA interview, of which i was given no prior notification of whatsoever. Given the previous corruption at the local jobcentre (which i have documented in full), and the fact that i have been sanctioned multiple times, all of which were overturned, it is obvious that this cessation of social security entitlement was done for political reasons.
It is for this reason that i have not "made" a new jsa claim. That I have a valid jobseekers agreement, and that it was terminated unlawfully. And that I would like this rightfully reinstated.
The specific financial details are as follows.
Balance from 19/11/2013 to 18/07/2014 still outstanding = £1201.98.
This is a conservative estimate. Using "old" JSA amounts.Please check your BACS payment (or lack thereof) records to confirm this shortfall.
From 18/07/2014 to 31/01/15 (and beyond) i was engaged, daily, in a protest/movement against the downgrading of my local hospitals services. I did still look for work during this period as and when i could.
Going from an arbitrary figure of £72 p/w. (i know its around this area) i calculate the amount that i was entitled to for the above period to be 14 JSA payments (fortnights) x £144 = £2016
Approx Total still outstanding = £3217.98
I await your response,
- dan j***
5. Which resulted in this following response from the DWP.
3 pages length. EV 20
6. I have then replied today with the following...
Ref #:- "Redacted"
Dear Tris Kay/Jill Jewell,
Included with this correspondence you will find :-
# A copy of the last letter I received from you dated 19-Feb-2015.
# A copy of a previous letter that I sent resulting in 2 cases being opened. (Evidence that I have indeed attempted to have the sanctions you mention addressed, that you claim I have not).
# A copy of notice of proceeding with both cases ending 00405 & 00407 respectively, resulting from the aforementioned letter.
# The outcomes of these cases.
# A copy of the signing dates, and attendance exemptions, around the time my claim was illegally and unlawfully stopped.
Firstly,
With your department having read and scrutinised the result of case SC049/14/00137 as you yourself have witnessed and testify to in your last response.
I now give you formal notice that your department has been made fully aware and informed of, by a judge, the relevant U.K law with regard to social security, and that continuations of sanctions on this basis, enacted against any citizen of the U.K (of not being ASE whilst taking the 3 steps or more that the law desires) have no basis or grounding in U.K law.
You can and will be held personally liable for any continuation of these sanctions. And given that any such prior sanctions were enacted unlawfully, I suggest that you reimburse all those whom you have unlawfully sanctioned, retrospectively and immediately.
It is also stated by said judge that there are no grounds for super cession on a legal basis. It is not for the spurious reasons that you mentioned in your latest correspondence, (19/02/15), it is because your department is acting illegally, and ultra-vires. *see hard evidence - judges ruling, of which you possess a copy*.
Now that you have been made personally aware of this ruling, please take care when exercising your duties not to illegally/unlawfully sanction others, as you can and will be held personally accountable for this.
Given the Department of Work & Pensions previous malign behaviour, which I have documented in full, I neither accept the apology, because I do not believe it to be sincere, nor do I consider it to be a computer error.
Instead I will add it to the compelling and long-list of underhand tactics that are employed in order to try to prevent those who have a need to access social entitlement, from attaining it. And that, along with all these correspondences, I will be publishing in due course.
With regard to your next point on page 2 of your correspondence,
I did not refuse to sign a revised Jobseekers agreement.
The spurious claim alleged against me was that I had refused to sign a "proposed variation" of a jobseekers agreement.
The reason I refused to sign it, was/is because I have a perfectly valid and reasonable jobseekers agreement dated 16/01/12, And that the new conditions that were attempted to be drawn-up were unreasonable.
As you will see in the judges summary (of which you possess a copy), in this case, it is reasonable to do what the law desires, which is 3 steps per week to look for work.
Anything above and beyond this has NO legal basis in law. Therefore the new variation that was proposed and that included more steps than is desired by law, I found to be unreasonable, and rightfully refused to sign it.
I was thus unlawfully and illegally suspended from my ability to access all provisions of social entitlement. (including hardship allowance). For the periods you stated. By Stafford jobcentre employee Sean Harris.
Also my last "made" jsa claim was in 2012, it was NOT 02/12/13. A variation was proposed at that time, but I refused to sign it. As your records will show.
The decision to suspend my claim was NOT notified to me, in any official form, other than being informed verbally by Sean Harris, that my claim had been "permanently suspended".
My claim was then closed ILLEGALLY and UNLAWFULLY, with apparent effect from 11/04/14, having received NO PRIOR notification of this alleged jobcentre appointment, that I was requested to attend.
To this date I have still received NO OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE/INDICATION WHATSOEVER about the closing of my claim.
The first I found out about it was upon attending my next appointed signing date (after a couple of weeks of exempted signings due to bank-holidays *see attached*). When I was casually informed to my surprise, that my claim had been closed.
The decision was NOT notified to me 09/05/14. I found out about this on the 19/05/14, when I attended in person.
There was no failure on my behalf. The only failings here are your departments ability to exercise their functions in a responsible manner, and so it seems, their total incapacity at exercising their duties in a lawful manner.
I did attempt to make a claim for jobseekers allowance around the date you mentioned. (22/05/14) I did also refuse to sign this "claimant commitment" (claimant commitment, interesting that the name has suddenly changed around the time when I allegedly "miss" a jobseekers appointment, resulting in the cessation/termination of my claim. Law-change around this time maybe?),
because primarily I had/have a jobseekers agreement in place, that was terminated unlawfully/illegally, and secondarily, because the agreement put forwards by the DWP, had terms that ARE unreasonable, and considering the judgement in the recent case SC049/14/00137 *see notes*, where the judge clearly states that by taking 3 steps a jobseeker IS doing what is desired of them, according to the law, my refusal to accept this claimant commitment WAS/IS based upon lawful & reasonable grounds.
No other attempt to make a claim was accepted, despite me putting forth my own "reasonable" set of conditions. These were rejected by the DWP, despite being based upon the relevant law regarding social entitlement. *Jobseekers Regulations 1996 18(1)*
Thank you for bringing this to light, as it was the third such instance of gross misconduct/unlawful behaviour, (by the same member of staff) and I had forgotten about this.
I have not since reclaimed jobseekers allowance because I had/have a legitimate claim that was terminated unlawfully and illegally, after which, despite abiding by the law regarding social entitlement, I have unlawfully been prevented from making any further claims.
You note wrong.
I have indeed made extensive attempts to have a hearing on the other two points of consideration. (Permanent suspension decision & Illegally/unlawfully terminated claim).
And seemingly the respective decisions were "favourable" to me.
*see attached notes*
2 New cases were created SC049/14/00405 & SC049/14/00407, which were then ruled to be in my favour.
Given that my correspondence prior to these cases being opened *attached* was regarding these two fundamental points. It is reasonable to suggest that the rulings that found in my favour, pertained to these.
Thus as far as I am aware, these points have been addressed and found in my favour.
If this is not the case, then a) it is a total scandal, as I was reasonably under the impression that they had been addressed, and having waited 14 months already, I suggest that your department take direct action and release the monies that are due to my person.
And b) I would like to know what exactly was adjudicated upon, as the outcomes were, as you can see by the hard evidence attached, found to be in my favour.
If this is yet another "error", then I now suggest that the list of these convenient "errors", along with other underhand tactics employed, is attaining quite a length.
A list which will be published in due course.
The amount of social security entitlement, that I am due by your department,
as a minimum:-
£3217.98 (19/11/13 - 31/01/15)
+ £288 (31/01/15 - 28/02/15)
+ £3.26 (2 x £1.63 - Postage - Recorded Delivery)
Total £3509.24
Thank you for your suggestion to contact your department via the generic number you supplied at the end of your letter, however in the interest of transparency and accountability I'm sure you'll understand that it would be better to maintain this correspondence in a written form.
I await your response,
Warm Regards,
- Dan J***.
7. Here is the "previous letter" that i sent (resulting in 2 new cases being opened 405 & 407) that I made mention of in the last post (6).
As you can see this is contrary to their claims that i had not attempted to get the permanent suspension and illegal/unlawful termination of my claim, addressed.
Ref nos:- SC049/14/00249 & SC0149/14/00137
To whomsoever it may concern.
With regard to the above case number (SC049/14/00249).
The decision that was made was not a favourable one.
I appealed the sanctions in question and they were revised and allowed. (Award letters included Pg 1 & 2).
I suspect a copy of these were then sent to the tribunal service in order to "allay" the courts. However i have not yet received full remuneration for these periods.
I have received a couple of token payments of £225.35 & £71.70 around the 19th & 23rd May respectively.
A shortfall (up to the 24th April) of Approximately £682.20.
However upon calling the DWP, i was informed that a suspension is still in place on my claim, a suspension for which i have had no official written notification of whatsoever.
I was informed that this suspension is still in place, and that another sanction still applies from 3rd Dec - 16th Dec.
The secondary sanction (3rd - 16th Dec) mentioned above is currently pending and awaiting adjudication (SC049/14/00137). Therefore the funds relating to it (£129.10) are still disputable, however for the period in question £553.10 is still due.
I made mention of this "phantom sanction/suspension" in my appeal (SC049/14/00249) and as it is seemingly this, that is restricting my ability to access payments due, i respectfully ask that the aforementioned case is then re-opened in order to attain access to justice, and to assess this "phantom sanction/suspension". During this "suspension" i had no access to hardship provisions of any kind.
If the re-opening of this case is not possible, then i would instead like to append further evidence to my forthcoming case, (SC049/14/00137) as i believe it is highly relevant, and given the circumstances, and the long-waiting times for tribunal hearings, feel that putting this adjudication off would not be a just thing to do. This long-delay in opening a case is obviously the outcome the DWP desires.
The evidence i would like to submit to either the re-opening of case (SC049/14/00249) or the pending case (SC049/14/00137) is as follows.
I have in the period since i started disputing these unlawful "disallowances" that have been perpetrated against me, been faced with many occasions of injustice that i feel should be mentioned, and thus i will do so now.
I have documented pretty much all my encounters with the DWP, because i would like to shine some light on the way that they currently operate, which is currently in an extremely nefarious fashion. I will endeavour to compile/collate these "encounters" into a form of report, which can then possibly be used to analyse and/or improve the services offered by this countries civil servants, and local jobcentres e.t.c I received no payment for this, thus the results will be financially unbiased/impartial.
Firstly i expect 4 things when i am dealing with civil servants, and i will extend the same courtesies also.
Respect, professionalism, transparency and the ability to reason.
I have already detailed in amongst the 39 pages of evidence pending in case (SC049/14/00137) local corruptions including but not limited to :- jobsearch steps being omitted when documented on the internal ASE system, jobs that do not exist being used to sanction, and generally extremely unprofessional behaviour, both on a local level, and via call-centres.
However sadly it would seem the buck does not stop there.
Since then i have witnessed more serious/sinister concerns.
Firstly i have had my jobseekers agreement suspended indefinitely, from 14th Feb. I have had no official notification of this whatsoever, other than one extremely unhelpful person informing me of such. (Sean - Stafford jobcentre). He informed me verbally that because i would not sign a new jobseekers agreement (that had terms that i believe to be unreasonable), that i had failed/refused to "sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement". He then stated that i did not have a valid jobseekers agreement, thus my claim would be suspended indefinitely.
I disputed and continue to dispute this, saying that i did/do indeed have a jobseekers agreement already in place, as the very wording of the alleged purported "offence" ("failure/refusal to sign a proposed variation") actually suggests. A "variation" intrinsically implies that something already exists. Thus as far as I’m aware my original jobseekers agreement still exists. An agreement for which i have done what is desired of me according to the law. I have continued to sign even with this dubious suspension in place.
This is also evident from pg 24 of the original evidence, the original agreement dated 16/01/12. I have not signed any jobseekers agreements since then, as far as i can recall. (one was proposed but i refused for reasoning that i will mention later on, in this letter) thus the original agreement remains in place, and thus perhaps the politically motivated reasoning behind the "suspension" that became active from the 14th Feb (or thereabouts), becomes more apparent.
I refused to sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement because i deem it entirely unreasonable to force citizens to comply with signing up to the universal jobmatch "service".
In short the reasoning behind this being that i will not wilfully or otherwise render my personal details to a foreign nation state (by proxy or otherwise). (Please see attached document "Reservations about creating a ujm online profile" for more specific reasoning). It does not matter if the state is the U.S, Russia or China, forced rendering of a citizens personal details to a foreign state is wrong and in my opinion, treasonous.
Having continued to sign whilst this dubious suspension was in place, I was then extremely disconcerted to find that after coming in to sign as usual after a holiday period, that my jobseekers claim had been completely terminated, on the grounds that i had "failed to attend an interview". An interview for which i had had, no prior notification of whatsoever.
Even worse was that i was given no notification that my claim had been terminated (illegally) and it was only on the 19th May, and turning up to sign for JSA, that i was notified in person casually "your claim has been closed".
Apparently it was closed (illegally) on the 10th April. I still to this date have not received any official documentation to state that my original claim had been closed.
I have continued since the 10th April to attend bi-weekly signing dates, and adhered by my responsibilities according to the law to look for work each week. The only exception being the last week of writing, and the reasoning for such i will now discuss.
The DWP have now deemed it of vital importance to retrospectively cancel my entitlement to housing benefits as of the 24/02/2014. (Notification letter supplied). This when assessed with the other evidence of DWP corruption/foul-play strongly suggests that they are trying to bully people into complying with their demands, through various subtle and not so subtle measures. (I will sum this up at the end of the letter). Retrospectively cancelling my entitlement to benefits is seemingly a pointless endeavour, because i am entitled to the same period, but under the "no-viable income" category. However unsurprisingly i got a "oh you owe over a £1,000 in housing benefits" statement, from the local government worker, until i rightfully mentioned the fact that i was entitled via "no viable income". This is attempted scare-tactics. And thankfully i know my rights on this. However others might not.
However the effect of such a tactic is that it stalls my ability to receive money in order to pay the rent, (psychologically speaking this bestows uncertainty onto the citizen) and generally compounds the situation of the recipient. The previous times this has happened to me (even though i was complying with what was desired of me according to law,) it has involved a 2 - 4 week wait until re-installation of benefits. Which has meant i either had to sell what meagre possessions i have, or borrow money from others.
It also entails the extremely invasive practice of requiring a full bank statement for the last number of months in question, i have already supplied this, and do not mind supplying it again.
However, as an idea, perhaps we could implement such scrutinous measures elsewhere in society also, and perhaps this might then help stem the large exodus of potential tax monies currently being evaded from this society, to various tax-havens around the world. (Which on a side-note currently outweighs benefit fraud, about 100-1).
I would like this tribunal service if it has been awarded the appropriate responsibilities/jurisdiction by our U.K society, to please consider the following requests, in order that justice may be served. If not i ask that such an access to appropriate justice be made available, preferably swiftly.
1) To make a ruling on the legality of forcing citizens to comply with the current legislation forcing them to sign up to universal jobmatch. I consider this a matter of national interest. As i believe citizens are currently being forced to render their personal details to a foreign nation state. My refusal to sign up to UJM, is also the primary reasoning behind the dubious "suspension" of my claim.
2) Mandate the DWP to reinstate my original jobseekers agreement, as i believe it was unlawfully/illegally terminated.
3) To mandate the DWP to release the monies that are owed to my person. I can provide bank statements to show the periods that i received no payments. I will provide these to the tribunal service as a tertiary matter, should it be so desired. Up to the 24th April, (the time-frame that the attached dwp letters suggest i am "allowed" and thus should of been payed) the amount outstanding is approximately £682.20.
Since the 24th April (and having continued to do what is desired of me according to the law) I believe the amount outstanding to be approximately £788.70. (this is calculated using the "old allowance" figures of £71.70 p/w) although i have received £268.92 in a couple of payments during this time from the DWP.
This creates a sub-total of £519.78, and a grand total, still outstanding of approx £1201.98.
I would also like to make a final recommendation.
I have been explicitly documenting virtually all happenings with the DWP and will compile a full report into my "encounters" with the DWP and other local and regional government offices, which i would then like to publish.
Perhaps this could then be used to start an internal investigation into both localized and regional policy-making, and to shine light on both some of the underhand strategies that have blatantly been employed against those in our society who are in need, and also the atrocious level of professionalism exhibited within both my local jobcentre, and regional call-centres alike.
Sincerely,
Dan J***.
8. The previous letter mentioned in post 7. Resulted in the following new cases being opened (ending 00405 & 00407 respectively).
I attach a copy of these, along with the outcomes of these cases.
EV 21
9. Finally here is proof of the relevant signing dates and the exemptions for holiday periods. This contradicts the evidence suggested by the DWP that i received notice of the (unlawful & illegal) termination of my claim on the 09/05/14.
It was indeed on the 19/05/14, as i state. That i was verbally informed of the cessation of my claim. As is clearly shown in the attached document.
Notice how the appointment that the DWP alleges that I missed falls within this holiday period. I was exempted from signing on the 21st April 2014 and the 5th may, as you see in the documentation.
However the appointment that i was alleged to of missed was, as the DWP clearly states in post 5. on the 24/05/14.
This is not a regular signing date, and as aforementioned i had no prior notice of this alleged appointment whatsoever. Yet my claim was terminated. The 5 day period that the DWP refer to is irrelevant because the first i knew of the unlawful and illegal cessation of my claim was on the 19/05/14.
Judge for yourselves. EV 8
Edited for spelling & Names Redacted 3/11/15
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1. Continuation of jobseekers dispute...
Here are the findings of the tribunal that i attended in Oct 2014. EV 16
2. This resulted in this response from the DWP. They requested a statement of reasons from the tribunal. Which was delivered to both myself and the DWP on the 3/12/14. EV 17
3. This is the result/findings of the tribunal in full.
As aforementioned delivered to both myself and the dwp on the 02/12/14.
11 pages total. EV 18
I had requested a full audio recording of the hearing, however that never materialised despite my best efforts. *see timeline for 2014*
4. Having waited a considerable amount of time for the DWP to either attempt to appeal to the upper tribunal, (1-month time limit to do so) or to release the monies that are due to me, i sent this next correspondence dated 16/02/15. Having waited 2 and a half months for a response that was not forthcoming.
Ref: "Redacted"
Jill Jewell,
With regard to the latest correspondence that you sent to me, dated the 22/10/2014, of which i include a copy for your reference.
I am writing to tell you that the statement of reasons that your Decision Maker has requested from the First Tier Tribunal was delivered on the 03/12/2014.
As i am sure you are aware, in your position of relative responsibility, that there is a 1 month time-limit for either party to appeal to the upper tribunal service.
This time-limit has long since lapsed. The date at the time of posting this letter, being the 16th Feb 2015.
In your correspondence you state that..
"until the decision-maker has received a written statement of reasons for this decision, any arrears of benefits are being withheld"
Well i know that both copies of the full "statement of reasons" were sent out on the 3rd December 2014.
Being that this time-limit has now elapsed, and that i have had no further correspondence to suggest from either your department (DWP) or the Tribunal service, that this is indeed being elevated to the upper tribunal service, i now request that you release all monies due to my person, and re-instate my JSA agreement with the original Job seekers agreement that i signed, (16/01/2012) and that was terminated unlawfully. This includes a substantial period of back-dating.
My JSA claim was unlawfully terminated on the spurious grounds that i did not attend a JSA interview, of which i was given no prior notification of whatsoever. Given the previous corruption at the local jobcentre (which i have documented in full), and the fact that i have been sanctioned multiple times, all of which were overturned, it is obvious that this cessation of social security entitlement was done for political reasons.
It is for this reason that i have not "made" a new jsa claim. That I have a valid jobseekers agreement, and that it was terminated unlawfully. And that I would like this rightfully reinstated.
The specific financial details are as follows.
Balance from 19/11/2013 to 18/07/2014 still outstanding = £1201.98.
This is a conservative estimate. Using "old" JSA amounts.Please check your BACS payment (or lack thereof) records to confirm this shortfall.
From 18/07/2014 to 31/01/15 (and beyond) i was engaged, daily, in a protest/movement against the downgrading of my local hospitals services. I did still look for work during this period as and when i could.
Going from an arbitrary figure of £72 p/w. (i know its around this area) i calculate the amount that i was entitled to for the above period to be 14 JSA payments (fortnights) x £144 = £2016
Approx Total still outstanding = £3217.98
I await your response,
- dan j***
5. Which resulted in this following response from the DWP.
3 pages length. EV 20
6. I have then replied today with the following...
Ref #:- "Redacted"
Dear Tris Kay/Jill Jewell,
Included with this correspondence you will find :-
# A copy of the last letter I received from you dated 19-Feb-2015.
# A copy of a previous letter that I sent resulting in 2 cases being opened. (Evidence that I have indeed attempted to have the sanctions you mention addressed, that you claim I have not).
# A copy of notice of proceeding with both cases ending 00405 & 00407 respectively, resulting from the aforementioned letter.
# The outcomes of these cases.
# A copy of the signing dates, and attendance exemptions, around the time my claim was illegally and unlawfully stopped.
Firstly,
With your department having read and scrutinised the result of case SC049/14/00137 as you yourself have witnessed and testify to in your last response.
I now give you formal notice that your department has been made fully aware and informed of, by a judge, the relevant U.K law with regard to social security, and that continuations of sanctions on this basis, enacted against any citizen of the U.K (of not being ASE whilst taking the 3 steps or more that the law desires) have no basis or grounding in U.K law.
You can and will be held personally liable for any continuation of these sanctions. And given that any such prior sanctions were enacted unlawfully, I suggest that you reimburse all those whom you have unlawfully sanctioned, retrospectively and immediately.
It is also stated by said judge that there are no grounds for super cession on a legal basis. It is not for the spurious reasons that you mentioned in your latest correspondence, (19/02/15), it is because your department is acting illegally, and ultra-vires. *see hard evidence - judges ruling, of which you possess a copy*.
Now that you have been made personally aware of this ruling, please take care when exercising your duties not to illegally/unlawfully sanction others, as you can and will be held personally accountable for this.
Given the Department of Work & Pensions previous malign behaviour, which I have documented in full, I neither accept the apology, because I do not believe it to be sincere, nor do I consider it to be a computer error.
Instead I will add it to the compelling and long-list of underhand tactics that are employed in order to try to prevent those who have a need to access social entitlement, from attaining it. And that, along with all these correspondences, I will be publishing in due course.
With regard to your next point on page 2 of your correspondence,
I did not refuse to sign a revised Jobseekers agreement.
The spurious claim alleged against me was that I had refused to sign a "proposed variation" of a jobseekers agreement.
The reason I refused to sign it, was/is because I have a perfectly valid and reasonable jobseekers agreement dated 16/01/12, And that the new conditions that were attempted to be drawn-up were unreasonable.
As you will see in the judges summary (of which you possess a copy), in this case, it is reasonable to do what the law desires, which is 3 steps per week to look for work.
Anything above and beyond this has NO legal basis in law. Therefore the new variation that was proposed and that included more steps than is desired by law, I found to be unreasonable, and rightfully refused to sign it.
I was thus unlawfully and illegally suspended from my ability to access all provisions of social entitlement. (including hardship allowance). For the periods you stated. By Stafford jobcentre employee Sean Harris.
Also my last "made" jsa claim was in 2012, it was NOT 02/12/13. A variation was proposed at that time, but I refused to sign it. As your records will show.
The decision to suspend my claim was NOT notified to me, in any official form, other than being informed verbally by Sean Harris, that my claim had been "permanently suspended".
My claim was then closed ILLEGALLY and UNLAWFULLY, with apparent effect from 11/04/14, having received NO PRIOR notification of this alleged jobcentre appointment, that I was requested to attend.
To this date I have still received NO OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE/INDICATION WHATSOEVER about the closing of my claim.
The first I found out about it was upon attending my next appointed signing date (after a couple of weeks of exempted signings due to bank-holidays *see attached*). When I was casually informed to my surprise, that my claim had been closed.
The decision was NOT notified to me 09/05/14. I found out about this on the 19/05/14, when I attended in person.
There was no failure on my behalf. The only failings here are your departments ability to exercise their functions in a responsible manner, and so it seems, their total incapacity at exercising their duties in a lawful manner.
I did attempt to make a claim for jobseekers allowance around the date you mentioned. (22/05/14) I did also refuse to sign this "claimant commitment" (claimant commitment, interesting that the name has suddenly changed around the time when I allegedly "miss" a jobseekers appointment, resulting in the cessation/termination of my claim. Law-change around this time maybe?),
because primarily I had/have a jobseekers agreement in place, that was terminated unlawfully/illegally, and secondarily, because the agreement put forwards by the DWP, had terms that ARE unreasonable, and considering the judgement in the recent case SC049/14/00137 *see notes*, where the judge clearly states that by taking 3 steps a jobseeker IS doing what is desired of them, according to the law, my refusal to accept this claimant commitment WAS/IS based upon lawful & reasonable grounds.
No other attempt to make a claim was accepted, despite me putting forth my own "reasonable" set of conditions. These were rejected by the DWP, despite being based upon the relevant law regarding social entitlement. *Jobseekers Regulations 1996 18(1)*
Thank you for bringing this to light, as it was the third such instance of gross misconduct/unlawful behaviour, (by the same member of staff) and I had forgotten about this.
I have not since reclaimed jobseekers allowance because I had/have a legitimate claim that was terminated unlawfully and illegally, after which, despite abiding by the law regarding social entitlement, I have unlawfully been prevented from making any further claims.
You note wrong.
I have indeed made extensive attempts to have a hearing on the other two points of consideration. (Permanent suspension decision & Illegally/unlawfully terminated claim).
And seemingly the respective decisions were "favourable" to me.
*see attached notes*
2 New cases were created SC049/14/00405 & SC049/14/00407, which were then ruled to be in my favour.
Given that my correspondence prior to these cases being opened *attached* was regarding these two fundamental points. It is reasonable to suggest that the rulings that found in my favour, pertained to these.
Thus as far as I am aware, these points have been addressed and found in my favour.
If this is not the case, then a) it is a total scandal, as I was reasonably under the impression that they had been addressed, and having waited 14 months already, I suggest that your department take direct action and release the monies that are due to my person.
And b) I would like to know what exactly was adjudicated upon, as the outcomes were, as you can see by the hard evidence attached, found to be in my favour.
If this is yet another "error", then I now suggest that the list of these convenient "errors", along with other underhand tactics employed, is attaining quite a length.
A list which will be published in due course.
The amount of social security entitlement, that I am due by your department,
as a minimum:-
£3217.98 (19/11/13 - 31/01/15)
+ £288 (31/01/15 - 28/02/15)
+ £3.26 (2 x £1.63 - Postage - Recorded Delivery)
Total £3509.24
Thank you for your suggestion to contact your department via the generic number you supplied at the end of your letter, however in the interest of transparency and accountability I'm sure you'll understand that it would be better to maintain this correspondence in a written form.
I await your response,
Warm Regards,
- Dan J***.
7. Here is the "previous letter" that i sent (resulting in 2 new cases being opened 405 & 407) that I made mention of in the last post (6).
As you can see this is contrary to their claims that i had not attempted to get the permanent suspension and illegal/unlawful termination of my claim, addressed.
Ref nos:- SC049/14/00249 & SC0149/14/00137
To whomsoever it may concern.
With regard to the above case number (SC049/14/00249).
The decision that was made was not a favourable one.
I appealed the sanctions in question and they were revised and allowed. (Award letters included Pg 1 & 2).
I suspect a copy of these were then sent to the tribunal service in order to "allay" the courts. However i have not yet received full remuneration for these periods.
I have received a couple of token payments of £225.35 & £71.70 around the 19th & 23rd May respectively.
A shortfall (up to the 24th April) of Approximately £682.20.
However upon calling the DWP, i was informed that a suspension is still in place on my claim, a suspension for which i have had no official written notification of whatsoever.
I was informed that this suspension is still in place, and that another sanction still applies from 3rd Dec - 16th Dec.
The secondary sanction (3rd - 16th Dec) mentioned above is currently pending and awaiting adjudication (SC049/14/00137). Therefore the funds relating to it (£129.10) are still disputable, however for the period in question £553.10 is still due.
I made mention of this "phantom sanction/suspension" in my appeal (SC049/14/00249) and as it is seemingly this, that is restricting my ability to access payments due, i respectfully ask that the aforementioned case is then re-opened in order to attain access to justice, and to assess this "phantom sanction/suspension". During this "suspension" i had no access to hardship provisions of any kind.
If the re-opening of this case is not possible, then i would instead like to append further evidence to my forthcoming case, (SC049/14/00137) as i believe it is highly relevant, and given the circumstances, and the long-waiting times for tribunal hearings, feel that putting this adjudication off would not be a just thing to do. This long-delay in opening a case is obviously the outcome the DWP desires.
The evidence i would like to submit to either the re-opening of case (SC049/14/00249) or the pending case (SC049/14/00137) is as follows.
I have in the period since i started disputing these unlawful "disallowances" that have been perpetrated against me, been faced with many occasions of injustice that i feel should be mentioned, and thus i will do so now.
I have documented pretty much all my encounters with the DWP, because i would like to shine some light on the way that they currently operate, which is currently in an extremely nefarious fashion. I will endeavour to compile/collate these "encounters" into a form of report, which can then possibly be used to analyse and/or improve the services offered by this countries civil servants, and local jobcentres e.t.c I received no payment for this, thus the results will be financially unbiased/impartial.
Firstly i expect 4 things when i am dealing with civil servants, and i will extend the same courtesies also.
Respect, professionalism, transparency and the ability to reason.
I have already detailed in amongst the 39 pages of evidence pending in case (SC049/14/00137) local corruptions including but not limited to :- jobsearch steps being omitted when documented on the internal ASE system, jobs that do not exist being used to sanction, and generally extremely unprofessional behaviour, both on a local level, and via call-centres.
However sadly it would seem the buck does not stop there.
Since then i have witnessed more serious/sinister concerns.
Firstly i have had my jobseekers agreement suspended indefinitely, from 14th Feb. I have had no official notification of this whatsoever, other than one extremely unhelpful person informing me of such. (Sean - Stafford jobcentre). He informed me verbally that because i would not sign a new jobseekers agreement (that had terms that i believe to be unreasonable), that i had failed/refused to "sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement". He then stated that i did not have a valid jobseekers agreement, thus my claim would be suspended indefinitely.
I disputed and continue to dispute this, saying that i did/do indeed have a jobseekers agreement already in place, as the very wording of the alleged purported "offence" ("failure/refusal to sign a proposed variation") actually suggests. A "variation" intrinsically implies that something already exists. Thus as far as I’m aware my original jobseekers agreement still exists. An agreement for which i have done what is desired of me according to the law. I have continued to sign even with this dubious suspension in place.
This is also evident from pg 24 of the original evidence, the original agreement dated 16/01/12. I have not signed any jobseekers agreements since then, as far as i can recall. (one was proposed but i refused for reasoning that i will mention later on, in this letter) thus the original agreement remains in place, and thus perhaps the politically motivated reasoning behind the "suspension" that became active from the 14th Feb (or thereabouts), becomes more apparent.
I refused to sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement because i deem it entirely unreasonable to force citizens to comply with signing up to the universal jobmatch "service".
In short the reasoning behind this being that i will not wilfully or otherwise render my personal details to a foreign nation state (by proxy or otherwise). (Please see attached document "Reservations about creating a ujm online profile" for more specific reasoning). It does not matter if the state is the U.S, Russia or China, forced rendering of a citizens personal details to a foreign state is wrong and in my opinion, treasonous.
Having continued to sign whilst this dubious suspension was in place, I was then extremely disconcerted to find that after coming in to sign as usual after a holiday period, that my jobseekers claim had been completely terminated, on the grounds that i had "failed to attend an interview". An interview for which i had had, no prior notification of whatsoever.
Even worse was that i was given no notification that my claim had been terminated (illegally) and it was only on the 19th May, and turning up to sign for JSA, that i was notified in person casually "your claim has been closed".
Apparently it was closed (illegally) on the 10th April. I still to this date have not received any official documentation to state that my original claim had been closed.
I have continued since the 10th April to attend bi-weekly signing dates, and adhered by my responsibilities according to the law to look for work each week. The only exception being the last week of writing, and the reasoning for such i will now discuss.
The DWP have now deemed it of vital importance to retrospectively cancel my entitlement to housing benefits as of the 24/02/2014. (Notification letter supplied). This when assessed with the other evidence of DWP corruption/foul-play strongly suggests that they are trying to bully people into complying with their demands, through various subtle and not so subtle measures. (I will sum this up at the end of the letter). Retrospectively cancelling my entitlement to benefits is seemingly a pointless endeavour, because i am entitled to the same period, but under the "no-viable income" category. However unsurprisingly i got a "oh you owe over a £1,000 in housing benefits" statement, from the local government worker, until i rightfully mentioned the fact that i was entitled via "no viable income". This is attempted scare-tactics. And thankfully i know my rights on this. However others might not.
However the effect of such a tactic is that it stalls my ability to receive money in order to pay the rent, (psychologically speaking this bestows uncertainty onto the citizen) and generally compounds the situation of the recipient. The previous times this has happened to me (even though i was complying with what was desired of me according to law,) it has involved a 2 - 4 week wait until re-installation of benefits. Which has meant i either had to sell what meagre possessions i have, or borrow money from others.
It also entails the extremely invasive practice of requiring a full bank statement for the last number of months in question, i have already supplied this, and do not mind supplying it again.
However, as an idea, perhaps we could implement such scrutinous measures elsewhere in society also, and perhaps this might then help stem the large exodus of potential tax monies currently being evaded from this society, to various tax-havens around the world. (Which on a side-note currently outweighs benefit fraud, about 100-1).
I would like this tribunal service if it has been awarded the appropriate responsibilities/jurisdiction by our U.K society, to please consider the following requests, in order that justice may be served. If not i ask that such an access to appropriate justice be made available, preferably swiftly.
1) To make a ruling on the legality of forcing citizens to comply with the current legislation forcing them to sign up to universal jobmatch. I consider this a matter of national interest. As i believe citizens are currently being forced to render their personal details to a foreign nation state. My refusal to sign up to UJM, is also the primary reasoning behind the dubious "suspension" of my claim.
2) Mandate the DWP to reinstate my original jobseekers agreement, as i believe it was unlawfully/illegally terminated.
3) To mandate the DWP to release the monies that are owed to my person. I can provide bank statements to show the periods that i received no payments. I will provide these to the tribunal service as a tertiary matter, should it be so desired. Up to the 24th April, (the time-frame that the attached dwp letters suggest i am "allowed" and thus should of been payed) the amount outstanding is approximately £682.20.
Since the 24th April (and having continued to do what is desired of me according to the law) I believe the amount outstanding to be approximately £788.70. (this is calculated using the "old allowance" figures of £71.70 p/w) although i have received £268.92 in a couple of payments during this time from the DWP.
This creates a sub-total of £519.78, and a grand total, still outstanding of approx £1201.98.
I would also like to make a final recommendation.
I have been explicitly documenting virtually all happenings with the DWP and will compile a full report into my "encounters" with the DWP and other local and regional government offices, which i would then like to publish.
Perhaps this could then be used to start an internal investigation into both localized and regional policy-making, and to shine light on both some of the underhand strategies that have blatantly been employed against those in our society who are in need, and also the atrocious level of professionalism exhibited within both my local jobcentre, and regional call-centres alike.
Sincerely,
Dan J***.
8. The previous letter mentioned in post 7. Resulted in the following new cases being opened (ending 00405 & 00407 respectively).
I attach a copy of these, along with the outcomes of these cases.
EV 21
9. Finally here is proof of the relevant signing dates and the exemptions for holiday periods. This contradicts the evidence suggested by the DWP that i received notice of the (unlawful & illegal) termination of my claim on the 09/05/14.
It was indeed on the 19/05/14, as i state. That i was verbally informed of the cessation of my claim. As is clearly shown in the attached document.
Notice how the appointment that the DWP alleges that I missed falls within this holiday period. I was exempted from signing on the 21st April 2014 and the 5th may, as you see in the documentation.
However the appointment that i was alleged to of missed was, as the DWP clearly states in post 5. on the 24/05/14.
This is not a regular signing date, and as aforementioned i had no prior notice of this alleged appointment whatsoever. Yet my claim was terminated. The 5 day period that the DWP refer to is irrelevant because the first i knew of the unlawful and illegal cessation of my claim was on the 19/05/14.
Judge for yourselves. EV 8
Edited for spelling & Names Redacted 3/11/15
Original Source(s):-
1) https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152788290116089:0
2) https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152788298481089:0
3) https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152788304601089
4) https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152788313696089
5) https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152788317241089
6) https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152788320331089
7) https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152788332161089
8) https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152788337191089
9) https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152788352496089:0
90) Guardian Newspaper Discussion - Benefits System Inflicting Suffering
10th March 2015
Guardian - Inflicting suffering on those in need is now at the heart of our benefits system
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/10/inflicting-suffering-heart-benefits-system-unemployed-disabled#comments
10 Mar 2015 20:54
I tried to raise my personal circumstances regarding jsa with the guardian about a year ago, regarding unlawful sanctioning. Unfortunately i have yet to hear back from them.
Since then all sanctions have been overturned, (around 7 total) a judge has unequivocally found in my favour, at a tribunal that i personally attended, ruling that what is desired of a jobseeker is 3 steps per week, (meaning many people have been unlawfully sanctioned by members of jobcentre staff) and yet the DWP is refusing to release monies that are due to me.
I suggest that everyone out there facing such things prints out section 18 of the jobseekers regulations 1996. Where it clearly states that a jobseeker IS satisfying their ASE employment conditions if they are taking more than 2 steps per week to look for employment.
Before attempting to read this legislature to Sean Harris at Stafford Jobcentre, I asked him if he knew the relevant legislation, relating to his position, and that he was breaking the law by attempting to sanction people, who were indeed satisfying this criteria.
He replied "i do not need to know the law".
Note* I suspect this is government policy to keep civil servants in the dark with regard to the law, thus they can claim plausible deniability, and that they "believed" they weren't doing anything wrong.
As soon as i attempted to read the relevant legislation to Sean, in order to inform him of his error, he responded by calling over security, and attempting to threaten to evict me from the premises. I left of my own volition.
At a later encounter i was told by Sean Harris that a permanent suspension was placed upon my jobseekers claim, for "failure to sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement".
What happened was that a proposed variation was put forward, which involved signing up to universal jobmatch, something i refuse(d) to do because it would involve the forced rendering of my personal details to a foreign nation state (U.S) via the proxy of monster.com.
Along with this were various other unreasonable terms that exceeded the lawful requirements of jobseekers regulations 1996 18.
The law deems it reasonable that more than 2 steps per week are what is desired of a jobseeker. I was not about to sign up to unreasonable terms that put a burden above and beyond what is desired of me according to the law. To do so would be putting an unlawful and unreasonable requirement upon myself, something that given my previous fully documented encounters with the outright corruption at my local jobcentre, would simply create more reasons/excuses for them to stop my claim, and would not be beneficial to me whatsoever.
I find it reasonable to meet the requirements desired of me according to the law. And that is exactly what the jobseekers agreement should require of me.
I was told by Sean at this point, that i no longer had a valid jobseekers agreement in place. I then stated that i do indeed have a jobseekers agreement in place (which i do), and that a "proposed variation", intrinsically implies that an entity already exists.
So anyways my access to social security ENTITLEMENT was then stopped, entirely. According to Sean Harris, from this point I was also not entitled to hardship allowance. This was in approximately February 2014.
I received no jsa from this point, however i continued to sign for benefits, as i believed and still do believe that i had met my responsibilities with regards to looking for work, regardless of this "permanent suspension" that was extremely dubiously applied to my claim.
Having continued to sign for a number of months, and after a period of bank holidays, (excused signings) i turned up to sign as usual, when to my total surprise i was informed that my claim had been stopped for "failure to attend an appointment".
An appointment for which i had no prior notice of whatsoever. This is complete corruption.
To this date i still have received no official notification of the cessation of my jsa claim, and suspect that it was executed in order to "force me" off my entitlement to social security benefits, in order to sign up to a new claim, which they hoped would have more binding implications. I.e universal jobmatch e.t.c.
I did make an attempt to "make" a new claim, but again the conditions that were attached to this were unreasonable and exceeded that desired of me according to the law.
This was in may 2014.
Since then i have appealed the various sanctions that were applied to my claim, of which all ASE sanctions were rightfully overturned, and have attempted to have these dubious suspensions and termination of my claim overturned. Which is exactly what i believed to of happened.
I have full documentation to this extent, and my attempts to get the unlawful suspension/termination overturned. On which as far i am aware there have been adjudications, and that they were "Favourable" to me.
tbc..
ObiDanKinobi:-
Recently in a correspondence with the DWP I was told that these instances were not yet addressed, and that basically although the judge found in my favour (after a 14 month process that is, lol justice>?). That they would not release the monies due to me.
As you can imagine after fighting 14 months for justice and getting a letter like that, one might be somewhat disheartened. However i am so absolutely determined to hold these people to account, that i shall continue the fight.
I need a place to upload the entire shebang, i have about 100 pages of documentation/narrative, And will try to find a small piece of the interwebs in order to do so.
I will try to contact the guardian via other channels, and get some media coverage, although these days there seem to be few outlets that remain unbiased/impartial.
I have not had any sort of living allowance from the state since approximately may 2014. (although i did receive a small amount of arrears that i was due from a previous sanction that was overturned in my favour RE 2013 in approx June 2014).
So from June 2014. I have had NO access whatsoever to any entitlement from the state.
This has involved periods of mild starvation, borrowing of money, and selling off, of the few possessions that i have.
This is not conducive behaviour of an alleged 1st world country, to see their citizens starving, and represents a deep and growing divide/disconnect between those in positions of relative responsibility and those who they supposedly serve.
Anyways guardian if you are interested then get in touch, and I'd be happy to share my encounters in order to expose the corruption/stasi tactics that i have witnessed.
Cheers
- dan
In response to irreverentnurse
Thanks irreverent, appreciate the support ;)
In response to Duchemin
I do not need to justify myself to you. Troll on mate.
In response to Duchemin
It may be a simple enough question. It doesn't mean i have to answer it. Your attitude is apparent as you obviously don't deal in "reason", so to try to extend any such ideas to you would apparently be an exercise in futility.
So now, Lets play this out logically..
What have you got to hide?
What is your current tax-arrangement?
What is your current bank account status?
What is your bank account number?
Now,
What makes you think you can request such things of another human-being?
Justify your existence.
I'm waiting.
In response to jimpson
Hi jim, just to pull you up on something.
Benefits sanctions are NOT within the law, when the citizen has been sanctioned, but they have taken at least 3 steps per week to look for work. - "Jobseekers Regulations 18(1)"
Such sanctions have been carried out ultra-vires, and go above and beyond the mandate of the law, thus they are illegal and unlawful.
It is worth noting this because those people who have satisfied this criteria, have been abiding by the law and are being punished unduly for it.
This will be important when crimes against humanity are put forwards against both the department, and its employees in the not so distant future, which i trust will happen.
The nuremburg defense will again not be a defence in this situation.
There WILL be justice. Mark my words.
In response to Duchemin
Go on then whats your bank account details?, how much money have you got in there?, what other assets do you have? Who do you work for? What is their tax-arrangements?
What have you got to hide?
Justify your existence, and i will justify mine.
In response to Duchemin
I am justified by doing what is required of me and fulfilling my responsibilities according to the law that was put in place with regard to such things. I have a clean conscience.
If you read this in the aforementioned statement, you would understand that i have been found to be doing what is desired of me by a judge.
Now you justify your existence!
In response to Duchemin
I imagine there is a high probability given your vile questioning attitude that you work for the department of work and pensions in some capacity or another.
Are you justified in what you do?
In response to Duchemin
I never said you were. I said justify your existence.
Everyone will need to justify themselves buddy. None of us will go without judgement.
So best get some practice in eh?
Now justify your existence.
Is your job something that benefits society? Is it something that helps other people? Do you pay your employees a fair wage for the work they do, or are they topped up or subsidised by the state?
Is your idea of justice to suggest someone is guilty and that they must then prove their innocence? By your words it would seem so. As the current benefit system encourages. Prejudicial punishment? Does this not tell you that the very nature of this is wrong? What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Do you believe you are above the law?
If so you are not a just person. And i suggest that you take time to reflect upon your attitude and to adjust it appropriately.
In response to nivens
What better motivation for jobseeker employees than to realise they could be on the other side of the desk, facing similar unjust proceedings. They do have a choice though. Even though its a grim one.
Edited for spelling 3/11/15
Guardian - Inflicting suffering on those in need is now at the heart of our benefits system
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/10/inflicting-suffering-heart-benefits-system-unemployed-disabled#comments
10 Mar 2015 20:54
I tried to raise my personal circumstances regarding jsa with the guardian about a year ago, regarding unlawful sanctioning. Unfortunately i have yet to hear back from them.
Since then all sanctions have been overturned, (around 7 total) a judge has unequivocally found in my favour, at a tribunal that i personally attended, ruling that what is desired of a jobseeker is 3 steps per week, (meaning many people have been unlawfully sanctioned by members of jobcentre staff) and yet the DWP is refusing to release monies that are due to me.
I suggest that everyone out there facing such things prints out section 18 of the jobseekers regulations 1996. Where it clearly states that a jobseeker IS satisfying their ASE employment conditions if they are taking more than 2 steps per week to look for employment.
Before attempting to read this legislature to Sean Harris at Stafford Jobcentre, I asked him if he knew the relevant legislation, relating to his position, and that he was breaking the law by attempting to sanction people, who were indeed satisfying this criteria.
He replied "i do not need to know the law".
Note* I suspect this is government policy to keep civil servants in the dark with regard to the law, thus they can claim plausible deniability, and that they "believed" they weren't doing anything wrong.
As soon as i attempted to read the relevant legislation to Sean, in order to inform him of his error, he responded by calling over security, and attempting to threaten to evict me from the premises. I left of my own volition.
At a later encounter i was told by Sean Harris that a permanent suspension was placed upon my jobseekers claim, for "failure to sign a proposed variation of a jobseekers agreement".
What happened was that a proposed variation was put forward, which involved signing up to universal jobmatch, something i refuse(d) to do because it would involve the forced rendering of my personal details to a foreign nation state (U.S) via the proxy of monster.com.
Along with this were various other unreasonable terms that exceeded the lawful requirements of jobseekers regulations 1996 18.
The law deems it reasonable that more than 2 steps per week are what is desired of a jobseeker. I was not about to sign up to unreasonable terms that put a burden above and beyond what is desired of me according to the law. To do so would be putting an unlawful and unreasonable requirement upon myself, something that given my previous fully documented encounters with the outright corruption at my local jobcentre, would simply create more reasons/excuses for them to stop my claim, and would not be beneficial to me whatsoever.
I find it reasonable to meet the requirements desired of me according to the law. And that is exactly what the jobseekers agreement should require of me.
I was told by Sean at this point, that i no longer had a valid jobseekers agreement in place. I then stated that i do indeed have a jobseekers agreement in place (which i do), and that a "proposed variation", intrinsically implies that an entity already exists.
So anyways my access to social security ENTITLEMENT was then stopped, entirely. According to Sean Harris, from this point I was also not entitled to hardship allowance. This was in approximately February 2014.
I received no jsa from this point, however i continued to sign for benefits, as i believed and still do believe that i had met my responsibilities with regards to looking for work, regardless of this "permanent suspension" that was extremely dubiously applied to my claim.
Having continued to sign for a number of months, and after a period of bank holidays, (excused signings) i turned up to sign as usual, when to my total surprise i was informed that my claim had been stopped for "failure to attend an appointment".
An appointment for which i had no prior notice of whatsoever. This is complete corruption.
To this date i still have received no official notification of the cessation of my jsa claim, and suspect that it was executed in order to "force me" off my entitlement to social security benefits, in order to sign up to a new claim, which they hoped would have more binding implications. I.e universal jobmatch e.t.c.
I did make an attempt to "make" a new claim, but again the conditions that were attached to this were unreasonable and exceeded that desired of me according to the law.
This was in may 2014.
Since then i have appealed the various sanctions that were applied to my claim, of which all ASE sanctions were rightfully overturned, and have attempted to have these dubious suspensions and termination of my claim overturned. Which is exactly what i believed to of happened.
I have full documentation to this extent, and my attempts to get the unlawful suspension/termination overturned. On which as far i am aware there have been adjudications, and that they were "Favourable" to me.
tbc..
ObiDanKinobi:-
Recently in a correspondence with the DWP I was told that these instances were not yet addressed, and that basically although the judge found in my favour (after a 14 month process that is, lol justice>?). That they would not release the monies due to me.
As you can imagine after fighting 14 months for justice and getting a letter like that, one might be somewhat disheartened. However i am so absolutely determined to hold these people to account, that i shall continue the fight.
I need a place to upload the entire shebang, i have about 100 pages of documentation/narrative, And will try to find a small piece of the interwebs in order to do so.
I will try to contact the guardian via other channels, and get some media coverage, although these days there seem to be few outlets that remain unbiased/impartial.
I have not had any sort of living allowance from the state since approximately may 2014. (although i did receive a small amount of arrears that i was due from a previous sanction that was overturned in my favour RE 2013 in approx June 2014).
So from June 2014. I have had NO access whatsoever to any entitlement from the state.
This has involved periods of mild starvation, borrowing of money, and selling off, of the few possessions that i have.
This is not conducive behaviour of an alleged 1st world country, to see their citizens starving, and represents a deep and growing divide/disconnect between those in positions of relative responsibility and those who they supposedly serve.
Anyways guardian if you are interested then get in touch, and I'd be happy to share my encounters in order to expose the corruption/stasi tactics that i have witnessed.
Cheers
- dan
In response to irreverentnurse
Thanks irreverent, appreciate the support ;)
In response to Duchemin
I do not need to justify myself to you. Troll on mate.
In response to Duchemin
It may be a simple enough question. It doesn't mean i have to answer it. Your attitude is apparent as you obviously don't deal in "reason", so to try to extend any such ideas to you would apparently be an exercise in futility.
So now, Lets play this out logically..
What have you got to hide?
What is your current tax-arrangement?
What is your current bank account status?
What is your bank account number?
Now,
What makes you think you can request such things of another human-being?
Justify your existence.
I'm waiting.
In response to jimpson
Hi jim, just to pull you up on something.
Benefits sanctions are NOT within the law, when the citizen has been sanctioned, but they have taken at least 3 steps per week to look for work. - "Jobseekers Regulations 18(1)"
Such sanctions have been carried out ultra-vires, and go above and beyond the mandate of the law, thus they are illegal and unlawful.
It is worth noting this because those people who have satisfied this criteria, have been abiding by the law and are being punished unduly for it.
This will be important when crimes against humanity are put forwards against both the department, and its employees in the not so distant future, which i trust will happen.
The nuremburg defense will again not be a defence in this situation.
There WILL be justice. Mark my words.
In response to Duchemin
Go on then whats your bank account details?, how much money have you got in there?, what other assets do you have? Who do you work for? What is their tax-arrangements?
What have you got to hide?
Justify your existence, and i will justify mine.
In response to Duchemin
I am justified by doing what is required of me and fulfilling my responsibilities according to the law that was put in place with regard to such things. I have a clean conscience.
If you read this in the aforementioned statement, you would understand that i have been found to be doing what is desired of me by a judge.
Now you justify your existence!
In response to Duchemin
I imagine there is a high probability given your vile questioning attitude that you work for the department of work and pensions in some capacity or another.
Are you justified in what you do?
In response to Duchemin
I never said you were. I said justify your existence.
Everyone will need to justify themselves buddy. None of us will go without judgement.
So best get some practice in eh?
Now justify your existence.
Is your job something that benefits society? Is it something that helps other people? Do you pay your employees a fair wage for the work they do, or are they topped up or subsidised by the state?
Is your idea of justice to suggest someone is guilty and that they must then prove their innocence? By your words it would seem so. As the current benefit system encourages. Prejudicial punishment? Does this not tell you that the very nature of this is wrong? What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Do you believe you are above the law?
If so you are not a just person. And i suggest that you take time to reflect upon your attitude and to adjust it appropriately.
In response to nivens
What better motivation for jobseeker employees than to realise they could be on the other side of the desk, facing similar unjust proceedings. They do have a choice though. Even though its a grim one.
Edited for spelling 3/11/15
89) Guardian Newspaper Discussion - Benefit Sanctions - DWP Failure
2nd March 2015
Guardian - Food banks: benefit sanctions leave clients hungry for months
http://www.theguardian.com/society/patrick-butler-cuts-blog/2015/mar/02/food-banks-benefit-sanctions-leave-clients-hungry-for-months#comment-48296341
ObiDanKinobi:-
Recently in a correspondence with the DWP I was told that these instances were not yet addressed, and that basically although the judge found in my favour (after a 14 month process that is, lol justice>?). That they would not release the monies due to me.
As you can imagine after fighting 14 months for justice and getting a letter like that, one might be somewhat disheartened. However i am so absolutely determined to hold these people to account, that i shall continue the fight.
I need a place to upload the entire shebang, i have about 100 pages of documentation/narrative, And will try to find a small piece of the interwebs in order to do so.
I will try to contact the guardian via other channels, and get some media coverage, although these days there seem to be few outlets that remain unbiased/impartial.
I have not had any sort of living allowance from the state since approximately may 2014. (although i did receive a small amount of arrears that i was due from a previous sanction that was overturned in my favour RE 2013 in approx june 2014).
So from June 2014. I have had NO access whatsoever to any entitlement from the state.
This has involved periods of mild starvation, borrowing of money, and selling off, of the few possessions that i have.
This is not conducive behaviour of an alleged 1st world country, to see their citizens starving, and represents a deep and growing divide/disconnect between those in positions of relative responsibility and those who they supposedly serve.
Anyways guardian if you are interested then get in touch, and i'd be happy to share my encounters in order to expose the corruption/stasi tactics that i have witnessed.
Cheers
- dan
Guardian - Food banks: benefit sanctions leave clients hungry for months
http://www.theguardian.com/society/patrick-butler-cuts-blog/2015/mar/02/food-banks-benefit-sanctions-leave-clients-hungry-for-months#comment-48296341
ObiDanKinobi:-
Recently in a correspondence with the DWP I was told that these instances were not yet addressed, and that basically although the judge found in my favour (after a 14 month process that is, lol justice>?). That they would not release the monies due to me.
As you can imagine after fighting 14 months for justice and getting a letter like that, one might be somewhat disheartened. However i am so absolutely determined to hold these people to account, that i shall continue the fight.
I need a place to upload the entire shebang, i have about 100 pages of documentation/narrative, And will try to find a small piece of the interwebs in order to do so.
I will try to contact the guardian via other channels, and get some media coverage, although these days there seem to be few outlets that remain unbiased/impartial.
I have not had any sort of living allowance from the state since approximately may 2014. (although i did receive a small amount of arrears that i was due from a previous sanction that was overturned in my favour RE 2013 in approx june 2014).
So from June 2014. I have had NO access whatsoever to any entitlement from the state.
This has involved periods of mild starvation, borrowing of money, and selling off, of the few possessions that i have.
This is not conducive behaviour of an alleged 1st world country, to see their citizens starving, and represents a deep and growing divide/disconnect between those in positions of relative responsibility and those who they supposedly serve.
Anyways guardian if you are interested then get in touch, and i'd be happy to share my encounters in order to expose the corruption/stasi tactics that i have witnessed.
Cheers
- dan
88) Resolute
17th Jan 2015
For the archives:-
Visited Jobcentre on tuesday.
Asked to speak to manager about potential law-breaking on the part of jobcentre employees, who ARE sanctioning people unlawfully.
It has been found by a judge, in my case that taking more than 2 (i.e 3 steps) per week to look for work, IS satisfying the logical conditions that are required in order to access ENTITLEMENT to social provisions.
Regardless of this, the manager, whose name i cannot remember (although it will i'm sure be easily discovered) tried to suggest that it was not within her remit to sort this issue out, and suggested that i contact the local MP.
She also suggested that anything she could help me with, she would.
I hastened to correct her on this, and informed her that the jobcentre staff as a whole have been pretty much completely useless, (in fact i would say entirely counter-productive) and that I would be taking it on myself to see that those who are sanctioning people unlawfully, will be held to account.
I have not forgotten about you Jobcentre employees.
I'm coming for you, don't you worry.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152667708176089
For the archives:-
Visited Jobcentre on tuesday.
Asked to speak to manager about potential law-breaking on the part of jobcentre employees, who ARE sanctioning people unlawfully.
It has been found by a judge, in my case that taking more than 2 (i.e 3 steps) per week to look for work, IS satisfying the logical conditions that are required in order to access ENTITLEMENT to social provisions.
Regardless of this, the manager, whose name i cannot remember (although it will i'm sure be easily discovered) tried to suggest that it was not within her remit to sort this issue out, and suggested that i contact the local MP.
She also suggested that anything she could help me with, she would.
I hastened to correct her on this, and informed her that the jobcentre staff as a whole have been pretty much completely useless, (in fact i would say entirely counter-productive) and that I would be taking it on myself to see that those who are sanctioning people unlawfully, will be held to account.
I have not forgotten about you Jobcentre employees.
I'm coming for you, don't you worry.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152667708176089
87) Not Reimbursed For Tribunal Expenses
17th December 2014
I forgot to upload this at the time, but had better do it now, for the archives sake.. ;) EV 19
Basically i tried to claim for the money that i had spent on postage, refuting the unlawful sanction that was acted against me.
Not only are these sanctions unlawful, and prevent people from accessing social security they are ENTITLED to, but even trying to refute/overturn them puts you out of pocket.
I forgot to upload this at the time, but had better do it now, for the archives sake.. ;) EV 19
Basically i tried to claim for the money that i had spent on postage, refuting the unlawful sanction that was acted against me.
Not only are these sanctions unlawful, and prevent people from accessing social security they are ENTITLED to, but even trying to refute/overturn them puts you out of pocket.
They do not reimburse for postage = £6.36
Or for a previous train-ticket for a previous tribunal i was headed for and that got adjudicated on in absentia. (trains were seriously delayed) = £7.60
Total out of pocket for overturning illegal/unlawful sanction = £13.96
They refused to reimburse me the latter (train-fare) because apparently it was past a 3-month time limit, of which i was given no prior notification whatsoever.
On a further note, I still have not received any correspondence about the tribunal hearing audio-recording that i had requested.
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Or for a previous train-ticket for a previous tribunal i was headed for and that got adjudicated on in absentia. (trains were seriously delayed) = £7.60
Total out of pocket for overturning illegal/unlawful sanction = £13.96
They refused to reimburse me the latter (train-fare) because apparently it was past a 3-month time limit, of which i was given no prior notification whatsoever.
On a further note, I still have not received any correspondence about the tribunal hearing audio-recording that i had requested.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152577737321089
86) Full Tribunal Result
8th December 2014
Full Tribunal Result EV 18
The statement of reasons, as requested by the DWP, and of which i also acquired a copy, from the judge.
I am still waiting for a copy of the audio tape recording that was recorded at the tribunal, although there were rough minutes transcribed from page 7 onwards.
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Full Tribunal Result EV 18
The statement of reasons, as requested by the DWP, and of which i also acquired a copy, from the judge.
I am still waiting for a copy of the audio tape recording that was recorded at the tribunal, although there were rough minutes transcribed from page 7 onwards.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152560254061089
Monday, 16 November 2015
85) Suspicious Behaviour By Tribunal Service - Ommitance of Audio Recording.
26th November 2014
It's been over a month now since the tribunal that i attended (22-10-14), where the judge found in my favour, that i had done what was desired of me according to the law.
I received a letter a couple of days later saying that the DWP were asking for a statement of reasons from the judge, and that they might apply to the upper tribunal.
I have not yet heard back with regard to this. Either from the DWP or the tribunal service.
I requested the audio "tape" that was recorded at the hearing.
I received an envelope a few days later.
There was no audio recording inside this envelope.
There was however a first class postage paid envelope with return address inside.
There was also a letter stating "I enclose as requested, an audio recording of the proceedings of 22/10/2014, agreed by the Tribunal Judge". As aforementioned, there was no audio recording.
I then re-requested the audio on the 5th November, and having received no correspondence to this question, asked again on the 17th November.
Editors Note - 29/10/15. (The evidence that i requested such things is available on request, i.e proof/screenshot of having sent the e-mail.)
As of today (26/11/14) i have received no response to either e-mails, requesting the audio recording.
I have done what was desired of me according to the law, it has been found to be so by a judge, and still the DWP are refusing to give me access to that which i am lawfully "ENTITLED" to.
This government is a rogue government, that believes it's above the law.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152539568651089
It's been over a month now since the tribunal that i attended (22-10-14), where the judge found in my favour, that i had done what was desired of me according to the law.
I received a letter a couple of days later saying that the DWP were asking for a statement of reasons from the judge, and that they might apply to the upper tribunal.
I have not yet heard back with regard to this. Either from the DWP or the tribunal service.
I requested the audio "tape" that was recorded at the hearing.
I received an envelope a few days later.
There was no audio recording inside this envelope.
There was however a first class postage paid envelope with return address inside.
There was also a letter stating "I enclose as requested, an audio recording of the proceedings of 22/10/2014, agreed by the Tribunal Judge". As aforementioned, there was no audio recording.
I then re-requested the audio on the 5th November, and having received no correspondence to this question, asked again on the 17th November.
Editors Note - 29/10/15. (The evidence that i requested such things is available on request, i.e proof/screenshot of having sent the e-mail.)
As of today (26/11/14) i have received no response to either e-mails, requesting the audio recording.
I have done what was desired of me according to the law, it has been found to be so by a judge, and still the DWP are refusing to give me access to that which i am lawfully "ENTITLED" to.
This government is a rogue government, that believes it's above the law.
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10152539568651089
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