No child tax payment means no food

GwylimT

Well its the weekend so you don't need to take and get your children from school, secondly why aren't your children using a free bus service?

Thirdly I find it hard to believe that someone has absolutely nothing in their house that can be eaten.

bestpud

Did you get the children from school, or are they still sat there now?

UnderPressure

I am not qualified educationally or personally to sit here in judgement, crikey I have faced my own financial nightmares over the years and completely understand that you can be totally skint even if you do have 30k a year coming in. I just wanted to make sure you and your family were ok? Do you have it all figured out now?

Morlock

GwylimT wrote: »

Thirdly I find it hard to believe that someone has absolutely nothing in their house that can be eaten.

Why do you find it hard to believe? The number of people using food banks in the UK tripled within a year, a direct result of the DWP's sanction regime and other benefit cuts.

nannytone_2

Morlock wrote: »

Why do you find it hard to believe? The number of people using food banks in the UK tripled within a year, a direct result of the DWP's sanction regime and other benefit cuts.

benefit cuts are a big issue for people that are already struggling on minimal income. the OP is on an income of 30k.
to hear then say their kids will starve because they are £20 a week short is insulting to people that have pennies left agter paying essential bills.

Morlock

nannytone wrote: »

benefit cuts are a big issue for people that are already struggling on minimal income. the OP is on an income of 30k.

In many areas of the South-East, that £30k would be swallowed up entirely by the cost of annual rent for an average three-bedroom property.

nannytone_2

i agree.... but if that was the case the OP would be receiving far more than £20 a week.
seems more likely to be poor budgeting.
pre tax credit days, and on a low income, i always had enough food to feed my chilfren for a week at least with no money coming in

the system as it is, ebcourages people to live beyond their means.
so should money be thrown at people that dont budget?

Morlock

nannytone wrote: »

so should money be thrown at people that dont budget?

Not unless you are a bank...

Morlock

notanewuser wrote: »

Nothing to do with the daily mail. Have you seen half of the SOAs on this site?!

I don't know what an SOA is, but you are welcome to link to a post where a person has Sky TV, smokes and uses a food bank to feed the family.

MacMickster

Morlock wrote: »

In many areas of the South-East, that £30k would be swallowed up entirely by the cost of annual rent for an average three-bedroom property.

Really?

Both are working, so could expect household net pay of over £2150 per month. With child benefit on top of this I suspect that there are many people who live in the South East who manage to budget rather better than the OP.

Also, with both adults working, I would have thought having a credit card in their purse or wallet for emergencies would make sense.

It seems to me that the OP merely wanted to rant about HMRC, and probably exagerated her desparation fot this £20 for effect. If not, she should certainly use this site to get some tips on money management.