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On your point 1- I'm not sure I was dealing with a human at the DWP when I was told to give up a training course to look for work, ref post # 17.
They just didn't see it from my side and didn't want to help at all.
Good luck with your fight against them.
At the time I wanted to take things further, but I was advised by the college to keep my head down and carry on with my course, they wouldn't tell the DWP that I was still attending.
This was of course good advice as I would have wasted nearly two years...
Good luck with the job search Peter.
Many years ago when I was doing my plumbing training I was made redundant, I had less than a month left at college where I attended one day a week, I was getting ready to take my exams for my City and Guilds certificate.
I went to the Job Centre to register...