Benefits for when baby is born??

krisskross

bunny999 wrote: »

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The sooner the better.

Seconded, can't happen soon enough

tigerlily

Blim'o'blinkin thirded!!

newmommyjen

tigtag02 wrote: »

In theory you can but probably wont earn enough at your 12 hour a week job to qualify.

What are your hourly rates and do you even do overtime?

It works out about £200 a month with my 12hr job, not done any over time.

viktory

You lot have been very restrained on here. I am practically sitting on my hands (they have escaped briefly) :silenced:

ukmarine1

suggestion??? get a job and support the kid as i am sick of supporting the likes of you

ERICS_MUM

ukmarine1 wrote: »

suggestion??? get a job and support the kid as i am sick of supporting the likes of you

Seems like a good plan.

I must be very naive - had no idea that benefits could add up to so much every month :eek:. Now I know why I've been paying such a lot of tax for years.

bestpud

sunnyone wrote: »

Same here and my daughter was only born in 1989, my husband was a builder and work dried up so I had to go back to work to keep us when our daughter was only 6 weeks old, his mother would look after the baby while he priced up jobs and once he found enough work our daughter went to a childminder that we paid for even when he had very little work, the only state money we got was child benefit and it was a pitance then.

There are a lot of people in for a huge shock when they are again expected to work and keep there own families without the very generous tax credit system when it is cut back to something our country can afford to pay for.

Well, you learn something new every day! I don't know why but I have always thought you were male...

But anyway, about the tax credit system...

I'm on the fence with this one as it has made it possible for me to start working more hours again.

I know it can be argued I should work full time but I'm combining 24 hours a week with part time study and there is no way I could do this without tax credits.

Once I graduate I will seek full time work, probably by taking another part time job as I love working where I am now.

I guess I'm saying it has its flaws but it is also the only way some of us can work so it can't be all bad, surely?

I'm a lone parent btw, for those who don't know.