Get £350 from ex partner.

Tristesse

It does seem high, especially if you are or have been a single working parent (most lone parents are) My sister's husband was on minimum wage, she looked after their children and they lived on very little more than she gets now they've split up.

But when they were together there were two people capable of earning a wage. Even on the minimum they could have worked opposite shifts and taken turns with childcare responsibilities. I suppose the figures take into account that this common way of increasing income levels is just not available to people on their own.

joanne_d_3

joanne_d wrote: »

Oh my word !!!

Is this seriously how much a single parent gets if they dont work ?

No disrespect to the op or any other single parents , im just shocked that the government pays single parents £200 for not working !

They also get their rent paid ?

Many people working a 40 hour week get just a tad more than this !

Shocked....

My reference , as you will notice was to the amount the GOVERNMENT pay , i did not at any point post anything against the op....neither did i post anything disrespectful to any other single parent !

The news is full of stories in which it says there will be a shake up of benefits.

It is blatantly clear in my post that i stated " NO DISRESPECT TO THE OP OR ANY OTHER SINGLE PARENTS"

only_mee

alwaysonthego wrote: »

Please can I remind you of this orginally posted by MSE Dan

IN THE BENEFITS BOARD

This board is for people to work out what they are entitled to, and we hope other forummers will continue to provide invaluable help in this.

However, anyone disrupting threads in this board with their views on the benefits system, making impolite comments about benefits claimaints, or taking part in arguments (whether or not you started them) will have action taken against them

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/365935

I have asked the forum team to look at this thread.

joanne_d wrote: »

Its a forum....you DO understand the meaning of that ....dont you ?

You DO understand that don't you?

MissMoneypenny

Tristesse wrote: »

But when they were together there were two people capable of earning a wage. Even on the minimum they could have worked opposite shifts and taken turns with childcare responsibilities. I suppose the figures take into account that this common way of increasing income levels is just not available to people on their own.

The problem is that under the current benefit rules, one parent in a couple can choose not to work and that couple can still claim benefits for that lost wage. Amazingly, many would rather take that option than choosing work and working together on a childcare rota as mentioned above.

You can see why Labours old school MP Frank Field, didn't agree with Brown's Tax Credits, as he said they would create a "provery trap" just like one the OP finds herself in now that she doesn' get child tax credits. Not the first to be in this position and sadly, she certainly won't be the last.

alwaysonthego_2

alwaysonthego wrote: »

Please can I remind you of this orginally posted by MSE Dan

IN THE BENEFITS BOARD

This board is for people to work out what they are entitled to, and we hope other forummers will continue to provide invaluable help in this.

However, anyone disrupting threads in this board with their views on the benefits system, making impolite comments about benefits claimaints, or taking part in arguments (whether or not you started them) will have action taken against them

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/365935

I have asked the forum team to look at this thread.

Since this post has been ignored I have no choice in closing this thread until the forum team have chance to look at it.