Has anyone else come across this? I would appreciate thoughts....
I have a Polish client who has been in UK for sometime, had been claiming WTC and CTC. These stopped and she has now found work again and has claimed again. However now the TO are saying that for every claim for a Polish national they need to write to Polish authorities to confirm that no benefits are in payment there. Only equivilent benefits in Poland are CHB which is very small and a reduced payment of Income Tax if you have children. The Polish authorities surprise surprise are taking an age to get back to TO and I have been told today that it is not uncommon for it to take months to get claim into payment.
This just sounds unreasonable to me, my client is expected to support herself and child on wages from 16 hours a week minimum wage for months until TC's get sorted.
I undertstand this is a new policy and wonder if anyone else has come across it and whether there is any way to speed things up.
Thanks
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