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stopping health in start and sure start maternint grants

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  • GEEGEE8
    GEEGEE8 Posts: 2,440 Forumite
    I don't think petrol / BOGOF / Public transport is the same as a baby..
    9/70lbs to lose :)
  • pelirocco
    pelirocco Posts: 8,275 Forumite
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    Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »
    If you read the OP, she was planning on another child anyway. Why delay something for a short while if that delay costs nearly £700. Is it equaly shocking to you that people fill their cars with petrol the day before a budget, or make use of BOGOF offers, or use public transport at off peak times?


    Good point , cant argue with the logic
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  • pelirocco
    pelirocco Posts: 8,275 Forumite
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    GEEGEE8 wrote: »
    I don't think petrol / BOGOF / Public transport is the same as a baby..


    You need to think laterally
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  • GEEGEE8
    GEEGEE8 Posts: 2,440 Forumite
    pelirocco wrote: »
    You need to think laterally

    Okay, I'll try :p
    9/70lbs to lose :)
  • pelirocco
    pelirocco Posts: 8,275 Forumite
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    have they done away with the child trust fund too ? always thought that was a waste of money
    Vuja De - the feeling you'll be here later
  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite
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    pelirocco wrote: »
    have they done away with the child trust fund too ? always thought that was a waste of money

    Yes. Can't remember when it completely stops though.
    If you read the OP, she was planning on another child anyway. Why delay something for a short while if that delay costs nearly £700.

    Why would it cost almost £700? A baby doesn't "need" £500 worth of equipment.
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  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    GEEGEE8 wrote: »
    I don't think petrol / BOGOF / Public transport is the same as a baby..

    It's the same principle, just smaller individual financial losses.
  • DaisyFlower
    DaisyFlower Posts: 2,677 Forumite
    tinkerbell28 wrote: »
    Well the HIP grant claimable at 25 weeks goes in JAN 11 so you won't get that unless you have fallen right now.

    What a ludacrous waste of money too.

    SS from 1st baby only APR 11 so again it's claimable from 29 weeks chances are you'll miss it.

    The SS one is now only for the first child as well so as the OP already has a child she wouldnt qualify for it now anyway.
  • tinkerbell28
    tinkerbell28 Posts: 2,720 Forumite
    DaisyFlower wrote: »
    The SS one is now only for the first child as well so as the OP already has a child she wouldnt qualify for it now anyway.

    Yeah I know that's why I said first baby, if she was 29 weeks BEFORE April though she'd still get it if eligible.
  • clairec79
    clairec79 Posts: 2,512 Forumite
    I thought it was changing to first child only from April 2011
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