No More Sure Start Mat Grant

mrsspendalot

AimeesMum wrote: »

Yes, I meant 60+. I thought you could only get it if you were on a low income or income support.

You could also get it if you received child tax credit at a rate higher than the basic family element, which was £545 a year. This was how I qualified for it in the past as part of a working family. My husband at the time used to work 60hrs some weeks if he did overtime. He earned too much for working tax, but we still got child tax at higher than basic rate as the cut off threshold for that was much higher.

sunnyone

gillianr2 wrote: »

That's the point i'm trying to get to though, you wouldn't refuse your pension so why would anyone refuse their tax credits or child benefit or maternity grant? It doesn't mean we would change our options based on the money (i.e. decide not to have children) but why would we refuse it?? How do you know that the majority of people entitled to these haven't also earned the bit they get? I don't grudge you your pension at all so why would you grudge me my benefits I receive from the state as after all, they are all benefits.

I am 31 and worked since before I left school (13) obviously only paying tax and NI when I became aged to, and I too have only been off with having children, my husband works 60hrs a week and pays plenty of NI and tax in to the system too. We don't really on the state to house us or pay our council tax ect, we saved up hard to get a mortgage and pay our own way so why would you or anyone else feel that we don't deserve the little that we get from the state the same as the little you get from it. There are much bigger fish to fry out there like the work shy and those who spend their entire lives on benefits who do have children on the state. I for one am getting really fed up of being classed in the same group as them for accepting the small amounts we do get for trying hard to not depend entirely on the state to provide for us.

Were your family in the show, my big fat gyspy wedding then?

They are the only ones who leave school at 13, its against the law to leave school at 13.

DaisyFlower

gillianr2 wrote: »

I am 31 and worked since before I left school (13) obviously only paying tax and NI when I became aged to, and I too have only been off with having children, my husband works 60hrs a week and pays plenty of NI and tax in to the system too. We don't really on the state to house us or pay our council tax ect, we saved up hard to get a mortgage and pay our own way so why would you or anyone else feel that we don't deserve the little that we get from the state the same as the little you get from it. There are much bigger fish to fry out there like the work shy and those who spend their entire lives on benefits who do have children on the state. I for one am getting really fed up of being classed in the same group as them for accepting the small amounts we do get for trying hard to not depend entirely on the state to provide for us.

Given your husbands salary, the 60 hours is wrong unless he gets paid under the min wage.

I would not say it was a small amount you get, you get CB/CTC/WTC already for two children and will claim for two more, you claim IC/ESA for yourself, had cavity wall grants etc. Not to mention the healthcare, schooling etc needed for four children.

parsons

gillianr2 wrote: »

Yep, interpretation is a wonderful thing eh! I actually went on to explain that most young families couldn't do without in this day and age. Certainly nowhere did I ever indicate that we had PLANNED a family on state benefits, a load of complete tosh in my case!

I draw comparison to those who were losing the plot when the budget declared the changes to child benefit where those earning over a certain threshold would no longer receive it. They said they needed the money too but did that mean they PLANNED their children based on child benefit? Of course not.

But maybe they planned their spending habits on it!

DX2

uh-oh the button pushers have been busy

parsons

gillianr2 wrote: »

That's the point i'm trying to get to though, you wouldn't refuse your pension so why would anyone refuse their tax credits or child benefit or maternity grant? It doesn't mean we would change our options based on the money (i.e. decide not to have children) but why would we refuse it?? How do you know that the majority of people entitled to these haven't also earned the bit they get? I don't grudge you your pension at all so why would you grudge me my benefits I receive from the state as after all, they are all benefits.

I am 31 and worked since before I left school (13) obviously only paying tax and NI when I became aged to, and I too have only been off with having children, my husband works 60hrs a week and pays plenty of NI and tax in to the system too. We don't really on the state to house us or pay our council tax ect, we saved up hard to get a mortgage and pay our own way so why would you or anyone else feel that we don't deserve the little that we get from the state the same as the little you get from it. There are much bigger fish to fry out there like the work shy and those who spend their entire lives on benefits who do have children on the state. I for one am getting really fed up of being classed in the same group as them for accepting the small amounts we do get for trying hard to not depend entirely on the state to provide for us.

Maybe with that attitude you should volunteer for AGE UK and go round to all those over 60 that could claim Pension Credit as well as other benefits due to disabilities that don't do so!

There is between £1750million and £2500million in unclaimed Pension Credit alone just sitting in the pot that will never be claimed.

I doubt the same could be said for CTC, WTC or Maternity Benefits!!

Browntoa

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