He really needs proper legal advice as the story of not realising it was there does not ring true considering he was spending the money every month.
There will only be a penalty if it goes to court as the council cannot impose one.
The fact it has got as far as an interview under caution tells...
The thing is they may not just have you paying it back in their minds, Considering you have spent the money. I would know if I had an extra £300 per month coming through my personal account, especially over the course of a year. An interview under caution in this respect is not exactly worrying...
No I am suggesting it would be quite unvelievable for the avergae person to not notice such an amount of money to go into a bank account every month, now if he was no longer using rhe said account and never realised then that would make sense, so just explain and pay back the money. Now if on...
Housing benefit per month has to be at least nine hundred pound, surely if you never knew then you would still have this money, if that is the case then just admit the mistake, say you assumed housing benefit would cease when youre JSA finished and that you still have all the money in your...