help needed please

Duncombe

4boys4years wrote: »

You will lose income support, housing benefit, council tax benefit, child tax credits at the higher rate, healthy start vouchers (if your children are young enough to qualify), free school meals if it applies, and free nursery for 2 yr olds if that applies. You should receive a small amount of working tax credits.

All this is correct, except for the WTC bit. You won't receive any WTC as your joint income is over the £18k(ish) threshhold.

wornoutmumoftwo

Haven't got anything much else to offer except that if your children and 3/4 it won't be long before they are in full time school and maybe a part time job would be suitable?.

flashnazia

Can't believe some of the 'advice' I'm reading here. Your partner will be bring in wages of at least £1300 per month. This will be topped up with child tax credits and you still keep child benefit as it is.

You should be thinking about you and your children's happiness, not about what you could 'lose' or 'gain' in money terms.

Self respect is worth something too.

lovetowinacar

You didn't say where he currently lives but potentially you could save the costs of his current housing, bills etc. This may be considerable?

You will both live off his income with tax credits and child benefits just like millions of other people do.

If you decide to work then you could apply for childcare credits to help (as previously mentioned).

You will be a family providing for yourself and setting a great example to the children - you will manage millions of us do with quite small incomes. Best wishes.:)

Hopefully the new government will look at ensuring people in this situation don't think of loss of benefits first and foremost prior to everything else - the benefits system really does need to change and fast to change peoples mindsets - people really should be better off in work and often are in more ways than financial..