I’m absolutely devastated. Crushed. And I don’t know how I’m going to get through the next couple of months. My benefits have been withdrawn with no warning. I’ve lost £1,165 a month in employment and support allowance (Esa), housing benefit and council tax reduction. Why? Because I tried to be honest and because sadists at the Department for Work and Pensions decided it would be fun to destroy someone like me.
So what happened? My employer, a lovely woman and close friend, changed the way she paid me. She went from giving me a pay packet to pay as you earn. The difference, as you probably know, is that instead of getting an envelope in my hand, the money goes straight into my bank.
