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MJWalsh
Surprised at no replies here. The link was broken for both E&W and Scotland. Scottish link was not fixed.
I called day 1 of first window in September, the whole seven working days the window was open, nobody could tell me if my application was received or not, despite an email and text saying there were received.
The last comms I had was another text saying apologies, we know we said we received your app, but we’ve had technical difficulties
please try again. Tried again, their software says ‘you have already applied’
customer service, on three calls, advised to call the DWP to check.
if anybody has ever dealt with the DWP.. there’s not a guy on the other end helping you with your problems. It’s a myriad of auto blurb. Anyway, somewhat infuriatingly, the DWP line did not open until 6wks after Utilita closed theirs
now, I see there was another October window that wasn’t communicated but does exist :D
UTILITA can’t handle this process. There are papers documenting their failure last year to the tune of MILLIONS needing redress, and they failed to repay all the 2024 applicants who were let down, in time.
The best thing, is that you can’t leave supplier whilst your application MIGHT be in the Broader Group lotto.
I hope you were successful in the end, and didn’t come out of it as bitter as I did.
Poverty is hard enough. Utilita are making it harder for people in this bracket.
I still don’t know the status of my application.
very best of luck.