What am i entitled to?

martybish

Hiya

After being a single parent with one son on benefits for a while i met someone and we are now expecting a baby in may, obviously we want to live together and be a proper family but am not sure if we can afford to do this.
He works full time and earns just under 20k, our counsel tax etc would be very high..does anyone have a rough idea what we would receive help with? thanks for your time x

a_confused_mum

try
https://www.entitledto.com

scooby1001

I would of thought that the benefit agencey would consider you a family so if you are claiming Income Support or any other means tested benefits you need to let them know as they may consider you commiting benefit fraud by claiming as a single person when you are having a baby with your boyfriend. I would bite the bullet and move in together.

martybish

Ive only just found out, and live alone with my son, we desperately want to live together and wanted an idea of what we will be able to claim when we move, thanks for your suggestions i'm very new to this benefit malarkey!

LizzieS_2

Put it this way, many earn less than your partner and manage. Why should the benefit system keep paying when people are capable of doing it themselves?

You will get child benefit and tax credits (though the latter will be less than you currently get). It depends what your rent/council tax is, but as a general rule I would guess you wouldn't qualify as being vunerable there.

Oldernotwiser

Don't forget all the money you'll save by only running one household rather than two. It's easy to see this in terms of income rather than expenditure but both are important.