Overdraft/ Jobseekers allowance

[curlly]

Can a bank that my nephew has a overdraft facility with take is direct debit paid in for is job seekers allowance to pay off his overdraft and then leave him with nothing

[eyebrows]

yes....course they can.....paying back his debts.....and rightfully so....tell him to get a job and it wont be an issue

[R1Geezer]

yes it will be added to his balance and make it less negative. That's how Arithmetic works.

[Ethel]

Not necessarily.

The SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1992 states that no one can take any money from anybody on benefits as thats what the government states that a person needs to live on

Good link here:

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/gen eral-debt-issues/36790-bank-taking-your-benefi ts.html