Ah now that's the issue, and I need to double check this with them when I next go to the council, but basically if you work over 15 hours a week, you're not eligible for jobseekers benefit, which would take £50 a week from me, even if your job doesn't cover your bills. I don't know exactly how it affects my housing benefit, which is the biggest chunk, but it would probably mean I was no longer entitled to help there either.
Which is why it needs to at least equal what I'm getting right now - if it doesn't then I'll actually be doing worse than when I'm unemployed
which sucks because I'd very much like a job and will definitely take it if I can, but it depends on whether I can!
Which is why it needs to at least equal what I'm getting right now - if it doesn't then I'll actually be doing worse than when I'm unemployed
