Gambling (spread betting)

You could have asked the question on your other thread. What you do with your savings if it's under £6,000 is entirely your decision. £6,000 is the lower amount of savings and there's a deduction of £1/week for every £250 or part there of over that amount. Savings of more than £16,000 will end all means tested benefits.

I’m going to ask the question that I’m probably not allowed to (under unwritten social rules)

Why would anyone on the uk welfare system (or disabled person in general as we aren’t known to be swimming in cash) need to know the answer to that question?

I’ve got no problems against small change on lottery tickets but thousands in gambling in one go???

Many of the media and the public are angry at welfare claimants for getting something for nothing and potentially fibbing on disability status to live the ‘easy’ life and many are upset that the autumn budget appeared to have no cuts in welfare in comparison to the huge amount of the British public that were financially hit by that budget - questions like the above provides ammunition to these feelings…….something you don’t want to give the likes of liz Kendall justifying cruel decisions

I know many of us on the scope forum do our upmost to keep savings under £6k for sanity reasons (no one wants to give a reason for the dwp to monitor your bank account more closely) but surely there are better things to invest any welfare excess money (after covering living expenses) on??

(sorry if my post seems a bit aggressive but I can’t be the only person who this use of money doesn’t sit right well with - welfare or not)