Age 7 government child trust fund payments not being released!!!

Paul_Herring

Deepmistrust wrote: »

shegirl wrote:

There is a huge difference between once accepting £100 to buy essential baby items and every pregnant woman in the country getting £190 for 'food'

"EVERY PREGNANT WOMAN" gets it now do they?

Oh yes.

Every time they get pregnant.

Like everything, they're subject to Terms and Conditions, but nothing too onerous. From here:

You can get the grant if all of the following apply:

* you are at least 25 weeks pregnant
* you have been given health advice from a midwife or doctor to help you and your unborn baby stay healthy during pregnancy
* you are present, 'ordinarily resident' and have a 'right to reside' in the UK ('ordinarily resident' will depend on your circumstances but it usually means your main home is here)

[...]

You can get a one-off payment of £190 for each pregnancy. Only one grant of £190 is payable even if you're expecting more than one baby, for example, twins.

The payment will be on top of any other benefits or tax credits you may get. Everyone will get the same amount - you will not be asked about your income.

POPPYOSCAR

Deepmistrust wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

No I don't have any net curtains I can see right out the window, but I don't need to do that anyway, they tell me themselves.Is amazing what people talk about while waiting for the kids to come out of school.

Yes I think we should send the kids up the chimneys, I am thinking of sending mine would be a lot cheaper than my Chimney sweep and he cheats because he uses a vacuum cleaner.

Deepmistrust

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

No I don't have any net curtains I can see right out the window, but I don't need to do that anyway, they tell me themselves.Is amazing what people talk about while waiting for the kids to come out of school. They tell you everytime they have a takeaway, godzillions of them benefits scroungers? Seriously, like I said, anecdotal evidence, is pretty meaningless really. That statement neither proves nor disproves, that the grant is a godsend for some low income families at all.

Yes I think we should send the kids up the chimneys, I am thinking of sending mine would be a lot cheaper than my Chimney sweep and he cheats because he uses a vacuum cleaner. I would deduct the cost of the electricity from his wage first

And make sure he is only wearing rags when up chimney, wouldn't want them to ruin their nice matching winnie the pooh outfits.

POPPYOSCAR

Deepmistrust wrote: »

And make sure he is only wearing rags when up chimney, wouldn't want them to ruin their nice matching winnie the pooh outfits.

Thats got me thinking . I could hire them out at weddings etc as well, real money spinner here I think!

MissMoneypenny

liam8282 wrote: »

Going by another of your posts, you got £100 11 years ago:



£100 11 years ago wouldn't be too far off what £500 is worth today would it?

What would you want to cut the grant back to, the same £100 you received?

£100 in 1999 would be worth £121.16 in 2010, according to the following site.
http://www.moneysorter.co.uk/calculator_inflation.html

ultrawomble

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

£100 in 1999 would be worth £121.16 in 2010, according to the following site.
http://www.moneysorter.co.uk/calculator_inflation.html

True, but that would also mean that a £100k house in 1999 is now only worth ~£121K, though in reality it is more likely to be worth ~£240K (from here). Damned lies and statistics eh!

Mumto2

Never really agreed with the child trust fund, but had to laugh when I found out it will stop on my DS 7th birthday! Poor lad - so close!

MissMoneypenny

ultrawomble wrote: »

True, but that would also mean that a £100k house in 1999 is now only worth ~£121K, though in reality it is more likely to be worth ~£240K (from here). Damned lies and statistics eh!

When you consider how much cheaper imported goods are now and then add in the fact that we now have ebay, freegle and freecycle, £100 to £500 is a massive rise. Fags are more expensive now though.

Deepmistrust

ultrawomble wrote: »

True, but that would also mean that a £100k house in 1999 is now only worth ~£121K, though in reality it is more likely to be worth ~£240K (from here). Damned lies and statistics eh!

I never understand that when inflation is calculated it excludes house prices. Given that they are probably most peoples single biggest expense.

seven-day-weekend

Deepmistrust wrote: »

So everyone on low incomes are chavs now?
To be honest, your argument is based in fallacy, it's ridiculous to the extreme, and actually says more about you...than children from poor families.

Nowhere in my post did I say that all on low incomes were chavs. I was referring to the particular type of parent who did not want to spend money on their children. I did not say ALL low-income families were like this.

I have also pointed out that we brought up our son for the first few years of his life on a very low income (this was long before the days of tax credits et al, and even after those years, our income, although increased, was not huge) and therefore do have knowledge of what it is like.

It is not asking too much imho to expect any low-income family to be able to buy seasonal fruit and veg for their children, or if they have a garden, to grow them. It might mean they have to compromise in other areas of life, but it is certainly not too difficult.