Benefit Cap Advice

Troutwrestler

princessdon wrote: »

If you are so ill how can you care for your child?

Too many loopholes, too many cuts to be made IMO

I care for my child by putting on her bandages every day ..3 hours a day. Very difficult when I'm having a bad day..but if I don't do it. No one else will

von

Benefit Cap online calculator link to hep people calculate if the benefit cap applies to them and how it will affect them
https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap

jacques_chirac

Troutwrestler wrote: »

I care for my child by putting on her bandages every day ..3 hours a day. Very difficult when I'm having a bad day..but if I don't do it. No one else will

You are aware that to be eligible for CA you must be caring for 35 hours a week?

Troutwrestler

jacques_chirac wrote: »

You are aware that to be eligible for CA you must be caring for 35 hours a week?

Yes. Thanks. I could list the time I have to spend with her up all night in pain, administering meds. Stopping her harming herself.

Dwp deem me eligible. That's enough for me

sovilla

I have to say there is no wonder people choose not to work and live on benefits. I am glad the benefit cap is coming in. I work 20 hours a week, my partner works full time. We take home about £28000 a year, we get around £158 tax credits and child benefit. I cant afford to let my children have school meals, we have 5 children at £2.10 a day. Thats £52.50 a week. I have to buy school uniforms for them from only 1 specialist shop in the town which costs me over £200 and thats with just one jumper each, so by the end of the term they are ragged and torn. If we both stopped working completely we would get around £26000 in benefits plus all the other extras of free school meals, uniform allowance, free prescriptions, glasses etc.
Sometimes I could sit and cry worried about feeding the kids, is there enough money in the bank to pay the electric bill, can I afford to get the presents for their birthday.

Sometimes I wonder if I should just give my job up and be a stay at hom mum. But what happens when they are all at school, I dont want to be struggling for a job when I have a really good one at the moment.

gorillathebino

DomRavioli wrote: »

The £168 per week for DLA cannot be just for one person - it is above high rates on all per person.

Just noticed I put the full months payment in sorry guys it should be £38.77 or there abouts.

chelle_bell

I actually feel close to tears.

I totally think there should be benefits there for people who need them, but that much!? It seems like too much, far too much.

I just went into a rant and deleted it, its not fair for people, its not people's fault that the system is like this, and I dont want people to feel like they've done something wrong. Its just so so so unfair.

chelle_bell

sovilla wrote: »

I have to say there is no wonder people choose not to work and live on benefits. I am glad the benefit cap is coming in. I work 20 hours a week, my partner works full time. We take home about £28000 a year, we get around £158 tax credits and child benefit. I cant afford to let my children have school meals, we have 5 children at £2.10 a day. Thats £52.50 a week. I have to buy school uniforms for them from only 1 specialist shop in the town which costs me over £200 and thats with just one jumper each, so by the end of the term they are ragged and torn. If we both stopped working completely we would get around £26000 in benefits plus all the other extras of free school meals, uniform allowance, free prescriptions, glasses etc.
Sometimes I could sit and cry worried about feeding the kids, is there enough money in the bank to pay the electric bill, can I afford to get the presents for their birthday.

Sometimes I wonder if I should just give my job up and be a stay at hom mum. But what happens when they are all at school, I dont want to be struggling for a job when I have a really good one at the moment.

Im in the same boat. I also spend hours crying and trying to scrape money together even though i'm on a good wage, in the grand scale of things.

Family friends of ours (a couple with a 10 year old) neither work, they claim benefits but dont know what ones, they're just back a 3 week holiday (i wouldn't have been able to get the time off work for that, let alone the price) they both drive (I cant afford to drive) and to top it off, they bought a rediculously big paddling pool that cost £300. I suppose they could have saved it up, but thats not the point. Why should their kid have a better life!? Its funny because we have a bit of a joke that im the daft one for going to work, I stand my ground and argue that I want my children to have a good work ethic and it does pay to work, but it doesn't!!!!!

Troutwrestler

chelle_bell wrote: »

Im in the same boat. I also spend hours crying and trying to scrape money together even though i'm on a good wage, in the grand scale of things.

Family friends of ours (a couple with a 10 year old) neither work, they claim benefits but dont know what ones, they're just back a 3 week holiday (i wouldn't have been able to get the time off work for that, let alone the price) they both drive (I cant afford to drive) and to top it off, they bought a rediculously big paddling pool that cost £300. I suppose they could have saved it up, but thats not the point. Why should their kid have a better life!? Its funny because we have a bit of a joke that im the daft one for going to work, I stand my ground and argue that I want my children to have a good work ethic and it does pay to work, but it doesn't!!!!!

With one child they are unlikely to be raking it in. They may get more if thet have a disability or if the child does.
I'm assuming you'd rather have your health ( or that of your kids) than a few extra pounds. I know I would

clemmatis

von wrote: »

Benefit Cap online calculator link to hep people calculate if the benefit cap applies to them and how it will affect them
https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap

Quoted as helpful. Thank you.

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