CSA

I am committing benefit fraud.

I discovered last week that my son's maintenance money I'm spending isn't mine to spend.

The CSA has been replaced by ACT. I've been receiving the full payments, an extra £70 a week. It's made a difference. I'm no longer overdrawn. I've felt normal.

Apparently I have to declare it to the jobcentre so they can work out how much I need to live on. Failure to do so will see me in court.

I'm allowed to keep £20 of it (it was £10 under the CSA, Lorraine's two sons got £5 each). The rest will go back to the treasury and funnelled back out as benefits.

How much of my son's money will they make me pay back?

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