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Dan Manville
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Greater Manchester Law Centre

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One of my clients has just been told that Help to Claim will not assist with a claim until she has done 3 months work.

It would appear they are gatekeeping.

This is not a good development.

Has anyone else heard similar?

[ Edited: 24 Jun 2021 at 10:51 am by Dan Manville ]
Jo_Smith
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Citizens Advice Hillingdon

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Wow, definitely not correct. Rogue/poorly trained adviser. PM me details, I’ll be happy to assist

Gillian B
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I’ve never heard of this before.  Was this a job centre or the UC claim line that said that?  To be honest, I usually find the opposite in that they direct any UC query to help to claim!