I often think.

For the past few months we, Ruth and I, have been battling with the DWP to get our benefits to which we are entitled.  They have so far refused every application.  The DWP will not carry forward an application so we have to fill out a new application form every time. This was to be our fourth application for Income Related ESA. We are told that we have to fill out a new application in case we manage to get vast amounts of money in between applications.  At one point we were refused because R had three jobs! They were all voluntary , all three.  They had not read the form. What a surprise. This misreading put us into a void of bureaucracy and kafkaesque stupidity. We appealed and made a formal complaint when they failed to tell us that they had refused our last application. I only found out when I 'phoned to check on its progress! Eventually they conceded and the other week backdated our benefits to  June the 15th, the day we first applied for them. The DWP also made a compens