{"id":344,"date":"2016-10-25T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T11:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=344"},"modified":"2017-04-07T10:55:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T09:55:30","slug":"dwp-disabled-no-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=344","title":{"rendered":"DWP, disabled (no) rights…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Citizens Advice Bureau is now defunct in Trafford. Their duties are now taken by Trafford Council, who’s helpline is open for three hours a day and is always busy. “Thank you for calling, goodbye!”. Sooo… no help from anyone if you’re in Trafford.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Got through to TMBC eventually, now there’s no such thing as “hardship payments”, but will tell you where the local foodbanks are. They’ll also try to put a little cash on your meter card… no help at all if you pay by direct debit, though… And that’s it.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Well, we all seem to be happy to live in an economy, rather than a society.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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God help those who are totally reliant on the system…<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Update late 2016:- Seems as though CAB are back up & running, but with a much reduced capacity. Contact them directly for further info.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Frightening. \u00a0 Citizens Advice Bureau is now defunct in Trafford. Their duties are now taken by Trafford Council, who’s helpline is open for three hours a day and is always busy. “Thank you for calling, goodbye!”. Sooo… no help from anyone if you’re in Trafford. \u00a0 Got through to TMBC eventually, now there’s no such … Continue reading DWP, disabled (no) rights…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[213,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ZcXa-5y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":769,"url":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=769","url_meta":{"origin":344,"position":0},"title":"Trafford Tories lose control…","date":"16th May 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Should make our Meadows safe(r)... we all know, money normally wins, so keep an eye on it... \u00a0 Anstee got a kicking! Ye-harr!!!","rel":"","context":"In "Local News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":741,"url":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=741","url_meta":{"origin":344,"position":1},"title":"YOUR Meadows are beginning to be sold off… Objections close on 1\/3\/2018!","date":"22nd February 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Plan. The Meadows around Stretford is being \"leased\" to Salford City F.C. A 4.5m (15') high fence is planned. That'll help the view! The Meadows is OUR place. I would prefer it to remain as it is, a facility that's free & open to everyone. As it is. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Local News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":835,"url":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=835","url_meta":{"origin":344,"position":2},"title":"Anybody lost a pressure washer..?","date":"7th November 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Crime"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1074,"url":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1074","url_meta":{"origin":344,"position":3},"title":"My stay at Trafford General hospital 7\/10\/19","date":"8th October 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This blog about my stay is mainly for me to keep an eye on what happened, when. On entry (around 1600 -ish) with significant chest pains. Got a fairly quick response... around 20 mins. Once admitted, was asked many pertinent questions by fantastically professional staff.... all bob on. Being kept\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hospitals"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":840,"url":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=840","url_meta":{"origin":344,"position":4},"title":"This pervert lives in Hale. Or did…","date":"7th November 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"B&B owner lured two girls to his room to play with rescue kittens - then sexually assaulted them","rel":"","context":"In "Crime"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1010,"url":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1010","url_meta":{"origin":344,"position":5},"title":"BOLO","date":"3rd May 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Around here, map below. Scumbags with a knife. So, as there aren't any police to protect us, suggest you 'find' a club on the floor...","rel":"","context":"In "Crime"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}