The advert is very good - money on the ground and a voice saying "Pick it up, it's yours".
Well I applied for the pension credit. I got £3.95 awarded.
Three weeks later my statement from the council stated that because I claimed the pension credit it would mean I was overpaid on the sum they asked me to pay for 2004/5 so I can look forward to an increase in my council tax. Pick it up? I wish I hadn't.
I have since had my increase - £8.
-I Maddison, Brighton
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