Morning all. Here are my queries. There are posts on here that give a background to my 'problems' relating to JSA/ESA etc. I haven't signed yet off JSA. I haven't signed on either. Let me explain - briefly. Two weeks ago I signed on after being kicked off ESA CB as I had exhausted my allocation of 365 days (albeit still under the cardiac consultant and a note signing me off until March 2013). I received a letter from DWP that said my JSA CB would commence on the 7/01/2013 but they couldn't pay anything from the 19/01/2013 as my entitlement based on class 1 NI contributions has run out. When I queried this at the job centre all I got was a shrug of the shoulders and told to inquire about Pension Credit. A raft of paperwork to fill in if I was to 'sign off' JSA. Loads of phone calls later it transpires that our meager savings plus my (small local government pension - taken early) plus wife's state pension takes our weekly 'income' £20 per week over the threshold. So, no benefits of any kind - nothing. I have taken the view and had it confirmed by JC+ staff that I have more than enough contributions (nearly 50 years this year) in hand to qualify for a full pension in June 2013 that I am no longer going to incur expenses in travelling to the job centre to sign on. DWP can sanction me as many times as they want (I quite like the idea of 'civil disobedience'). I will not help them fiddle the figures any more than they are doing at present. Not sure whether this is the right route but I am totally sickened by the way this morally corrupt government is treating those its supposed to be supporting. If any-one on the forum has any suggestions I will gladly take them on board. Thanks for reading. DavidN

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Writing on behalf of my family member. - I apologize for future inconvenience if this is so a simple question. Location: Lutton Place, Edinburgh Date of Issue: 11th October 2012 Bit of a background: On 10th October, We had difficulty finding a space to park on South clerk street after an evening night out. Round about 10pm. We had a user permit but there was no space whatsoever, this led us to go onto Lutton place to find a space and parked there and left. Obviously now we noticed it was a single yellow line! The exact same spot where the white bmw is parked. [picture] On the 11th October, our car got towed away by the Edinburgh council. The reason was parking on a single yellow line. The problem is. At lutton place at Edinburgh there was no sign whatsoever mentioning what time can you park - what are the restricted hours. However there are pay and display signs dotted around and also resident permit holders only for the parking bays. As you can see in the picture. There are 2 cars currently parked at the single yellow line with both disabled badges. I do know they have the right to park there for a period of time. The red and White car. My argument stands that is there any reason that we could appeal against this charge. The main reason being that it doesn't mention when are the restricted hours? The total amount we had to pay was £180 including the removal release fee etc. the quote from an letter from the council: "The car was parked for 6hours and 42minutes and therefore it was considered to be parked as opposed to being utilized for loading/unloading. This meant that the vehicle may have caused an inconvenience to other motorists wishing to carry out loading operations at this particular location " I apologize for the bad pictures. If you do see a sign far away, it is a pay and display or a residents permit sign. I have checked each and every one of them. If there are definite grounds of appeal. I will go back and take proper photographs. Thank you very much for your time, Craig http://i.imgur.com/zruVh.jpg - residents parking sign http://i.imgur.com/8ijLb.jpg - yellow line separating the parking bays http://i.imgur.com/ldGrj.jpg http://i.imgur.com/oN13o.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Uw01g.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Hn93u.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ABo0q.jpg http://i.imgur.com/4Bhck.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tv2Lj.jpg http://i.imgur.com/1HGIw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/F76Dy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qbrft.jpg example of pay and display- sorry for bad photo

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Hi there, I wonder if someone might be able to help me with a query I have. I purchased a property 5 years ago which was a converted police station and in the "garden" (patch of tarmac outside the sitting room windows) was a large (approx 25ft tall, and 4ft square CCTV camera) and also a sign directing traffic to a nearby car-park. I get no financial compensation for them. I wasn't fussed about them really - but I changed my garden fence and the council have been around saying that the fence was too high and saying that if I didn't take 2ft off the top then they would take me to court. It seems that before I bought the place someone else had tried to add a higher fence - the council kicked up saying it was against planning, the owners at the times didn't apply for retrospective planning permission so it went to court and it was judged that a fence that high could never be sited there (which was annoying for me). The planning offices said I had no option but to cut down the fence or they would just take it to court and it would go straight though as it had already been agreed. Well, I have cut the fence down - but I have this CCTV camera and sign post in my garden (which I now want rid off!) I have looked through the deeds and there is no mentions of them - and nothing I can see on any other documents. would anyone happen to know: a) Would I be entitled to anything from the council for these being sited on my land? b) Would I be entitled to request they resite them, and make good the garden? c) Would I have a leg to stand on writing to them about the above, or could they just make my life more difficult? Many thanks in advance Graham