Apprenticeships and tax credits/child benefit

Rain_is_Insane

akin_drum wrote: »

My son did a Parts Apprenticeship for Honda a few years ago and was taking home about £650 a month. He absolutely loved the job and the apprenticeship (not to mention having what felt like tons of money!). He was one of the first to do the Honda Challenge and I was so proud when he graduated.

Incidentally, I think only taking £25 a week from someone earning £95 is generous in the extreme - especially as you are still paying one of his bills!

You are probably right, but i'm no longer going to be doing his shopping for christmas/birthday presents, etc. Also we have agreed that toiletries (deoderant, shaving foam, aftershave etc) will come out of his wage too. He's not going to be as well off as he thinks but at the same time will learn the value of money.

He seems to ignore the fact that a trip to the shop for bread, milk, dog food, juice, and anything else you might run out of on a daily basis, can damage the best part of a tenner at the best of times.

I'm also going to have a good giggle when he puts his own petrol in and realises just how FEW miles he can do on a fiver. I'm guessing he'll be walking a little more in future..lol