Latest from WINZ: As I mentioned, I’ve just found out that my benefit, and my Disability Allowance which is a separate assessment, have to be reassessed. WINZ appear to be Continue Reading →
Category Archives: WINZ/IRD
The semantics of self worth
I have a couple of different points to make in this post, so bear with me. Yesterday, I had my usual monthly appointment with WINZ. I understand why these appointments Continue Reading →
Paid for by us – providing for us?
Jacqui’s Scott’s story about being denied financial and medical support whilst at her most vulnerable has hit a chord with me on many levels. I do not mean, in any Continue Reading →
A beggar and a criminal
When I started writing I was doing it to process what I had been through, what I was going through. Then I was doing it because I thought it was Continue Reading →
A rock and a hard place
After another fruitful meeting with WINZ, I discover I can either commit benefit fraud, or tax evasion. (Hi, GCSB). This is an uncomfortable post, but I feel it’s necessary. I’m Continue Reading →
Let’s talk about entitlement
“800 prosecutions a year for bene fraud. 50 a year for tax evasion. Even though it costs us 50x as much.” That’s a tweet from Max Rashbrooke, a journalist who Continue Reading →
What, no tampons? Quelle horreur!
I wasn’t going to jump on the tampon bandwagon, but here goes. I’ll try to keep this short. Ironically, getting angry makes me more ill – and I’ve never been Continue Reading →