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Society let my daughter down
Sep 25 2008 by Our Correspondent, Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald
AFTER reading your article “Don’t miss out on your benefits” (September 18) I had to wonder why, if there is so much help out there, a young person genuinely in need of help cannot get any.
My daughter had surgery on her spine in December 2007 and went back to work in March 2008. As she is under 25 she is not entitled to claim tax credits, so she ended up working longer hours than she had been advised because she needed the money.
Eventually she had back pain again and was signed off work. The sick pay she received did not cover her financial needs. She asked for advice from the CAB but was told that she was not entitled to any financial help because she lives with her partner.
She and her partner could not afford the rent and bills and had to move out and live separately with their families.
A month ago I asked social services about help for her in the house as she has trouble with mobility. I was told someone would contact her to carry out an assessment, but no contact has been made.
It seems to me that a society that allows someone to work full-time, pay tax and national insurance, to vote and even to fight for her country, but does not class her as an adult until she is 25 when it comes to claiming tax credits, is a society that has let down one of its most vulnerable members.
MRS S SINNETT
Talysarn
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