Mum kicking me out at 16 can i claim benefits?

So my mum is kicking me out soon and i wondered what benefits i would get i have ptsd so does that mean i can claim dla and income support? and what kind of place would they put me in? btw im 16 years old

Not everyone can/wants to go to uni. Not everyone can afford to do UNPAID work placements and UNPAID internships. Regardless of how much experience and initiative they have, what if there just arn't any jobs?

Not everyone is lucky enough to go to uni, or find a higher paid job, regardless of how much initiative they have. If the only jobs in their area are at minimum wage, of course they're gonna take it. Not everyone has mummy and daddy to finance them until they find their dream job.

Your point was that wages are high enough. Yes, for high paid jobs. My original point was that minimum wage is NOT high enough. Which it isn't. As i worked out, for a 25 year old working for minimum wage which many, many people are, it is barely enough to live on.

I have never seen a British person say 'mom'. I'm not talking about history, I'm talking about modern culture. No, I wasn't trying to correct them I was just pointing out the impact of American TV shows and **** on how we behave and what language we use. I'm also not necessarily saying it is a bad thing (rather, a neutral thing imo). Just because historically British people may have said 'mom', the only feasible reason why someone would use it these days is because of being exposed to US culture. BTW I'm not interested in having a debate on this, it just seems so silly.

People are able to university, whether they live with their parents while there, just to help funds or if they are out of contact with their parents, they get extra bursaries to allow them to do so. If they don't want to, as I say, that is a lack of initiative. Yes, as is said, they can either live with their parents while at the work placements or internships, or they can simply use the bursaries they have received to fund them through those also. There are the jobs, you just have to ensure you stand out from the crowd, get a good university degree, from a good institution, get a good internship and work ****ing hard rather than doing nothing and getting paid to do so.




Well no, they may not have Mummy and Daddy to finance them but if they have the logic and initiative, they can go and move house, be it by finding a room to rent in an area that allows them to get a job. It has been done by people I know, but again, it requires work, something many people can't face.


Well around 40% of our demographic go to and get through university, so I would say that if the benefit scroungers went, that would instantly shoot into the majority. Yes, why couldn't they get a job? Maybe they didn't work as hard as they could? Maybe they didn't go and get an internship or work placement to help them stand out on paper, that would get them an interview, at the interview, it all depends on how suited they are and how much they truly want the job. I only know of one graduate who wasn't able to immediately get a graduate job, he went to Lincoln university, got a 2:2 after doing next to no work, didn't do any work experience and then when he didn't get a job, went on to benefits. Why should the tax-payer fund his mistakes?



Well yes, I know that minimum wage may not be enough to live on. But why are those people on minimum wage? Please just ask yourself that. I don't see why my parents tax money should go to fund those people on minimum wage, just because they can't be bothered to go to university and find a better job.

I can't even be bothered to reply to you anymore. You obviously have no idea what it is like to live in the real world. Think everyone is lazy and has no initiative. Think everyone should go to uni when this isn't always possible for many many people. You say live at home during uni to save money, I wouldn't be able to do this as my Mum is on a low income and with spending all my money on travelling and course costs, i wouldn't be able to pay my way with the share of bills and rent. I know many people in the same situation.

As for 'your parents tax money', everyone HAS to pay taxes. This money goes to fund a lot more than just benefits. Get off your high horse and realise without taxes, this country wouldn't run.

I can't even be bothered to reply to you anymore. You obviously have no idea what it is like to live in the real world. Think everyone is lazy and has no initiative. Think everyone should go to uni when this isn't always possible for many many people. You say live at home during uni to save money, I wouldn't be able to do this as my Mum is on a low income and with spending all my money on travelling and course costs, i wouldn't be able to pay my way with the share of bills and rent. I know many people in the same situation.

As for 'your parents tax money', everyone HAS to pay taxes. This money goes to fund a lot more than just benefits. Get off your high horse and realise without taxes, this country wouldn't run.

I was being hyperbolic when I said they were benefit scroungers. I don't care how much they do, the fact that they were born into a set position in life and have their expenses paid for them by the rest of the country is wrong. The idea that the queen should be considered as any more important or worthy of tax-payers money just because she was born into a certain family is wrong, and goes against the whole notion of equality, hard work and social mobility.

Edit: And no, it wasn't thoughtless. I have thought about it lots.

Wow you clearly know nothing.

omg yeah **** sorry im thick -_-

I've seen somewhere that the queen inherited a lot of land and that's where she gets most of her money from, people paying her to use/live on it.

Wow, you're clearly right. Because of one comment which you disagree with it is now obvious that I am an idiot who knows nothing about anything.

What is PTSD?

No, you say the only feasible reason for doing so is being exposed to US pop culture? Well please ask yourself why the americans say it as Mom, maybe because people from the East Midlands, (where the word Mom is still widely used today) went over there, the Americans copied them in a belief that they were right. No, I use it these days because I enjoy being right.

legally your mum is required by law to be responsible for you til you are 25 just remind her that what she is doing is a criminal offence

No, she isn't, how on earth do you think people get adopted? The blood parents are not responsible for them, their new guardians are.