Just to sound a little caution, my mother claimed and recieved this pension early last year and some considerable amount of backdating was assessed. The local council, the bounders, were quick off the mark and declared an overpayment of Housing & Council Tax Benefit derived from the period of backdating. This is, I am afraid, legitimate under the Regulations. However, the overpayment procedure followed by the council was, to say the least, woefully inadequate and a very long way short of the obligations under the schedule. We await the appeal hearing listed for 15th February. Thank you.
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