redundent

[Corwen]

was made redundent 2 weeks ago, £2,500 hand shake, signed on the dole admitted to having over £16,000 in the bank so i am intitled to £65,40p plus my royal navy pension of £51 a week which i don't get the first payment in arrears till next month as i have only just turned 60, have looked everywhere for a job, no one wants to know at my age, [fully skilled engineering manual machinist] anyhow a part time job came up, locally, 15 hours a week as a maintainence man in a old folks home,minimuim hourly rate, better than sitting on my harris, asked the job centre how i stood at earning roughly £90, was told i would lose my £65,40p, i asked why, its because i will be getting a navy pension, so all in all taking the job would net me £140 before stamps, come march next year i will be entitled to nothing, yet its in the local paper today if my wife fosters an immigrents child we will be given up to £400 a week