what to do after maternity allowance

mummyofbrooke

I was wondering if anyone knew what I would be entitled to as I have a 3month old baby and am a full time mum and my partner works 55 hours a week im currently on maternity allowance which finishes in November and im on child benefit and am awaiting a reply from child tax credit I know I can't get jsa as can't work and partner works too much for income support any ideas? Much apprciated

Caz3121

can't think of anything else apart from the child benefits

McKneff

Me either really.

Any reason why you cant look for a job....

pmlindyloo

Pop your details into the benefit calculator here:

http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

Entitlement to other benefits will depend on your partner's income, any other income and household savings.

The possible benefits relevant to your situation are:

Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance - if you rent privately)
Council Tax Benefit
Working Tax Credits
Child Tax Credits
Child benefit

midnight_express

How much does your partner earn ?

mummyofbrooke

Partner earns about 16k anum and I can't look for a job as im the only one to look after our baby

SHIRAZ

mummyofbrooke wrote: »

Partner earns about 16k anum and I can't look for a job as im the only one to look after our baby

perhaps you could get an evening or weekend job or get family or friends to help with child care. Or go self employed and take in ironing, that can be done when the baby is sleeping etc..

Kayalana99

SHIRAZ wrote: »

perhaps you could get an evening or weekend job or get family or friends to help with child care. Or go self employed and take in ironing, that can be done when the baby is sleeping etc..

Or the obvouis one child minder or nureries.

Anyway, my partner is on a 15k wage and I worked out tax credits would pay me about £500 if I didnt return but I am not sure if I based that on two kids or not as I am pregnat with my 2nd....

I probally will be returning but was weighting up my options as I hate my job and will be job seeking when baby is 6months.

Think you'd be looking at £500 MAX though for being a stay at home mum, it might be alot lower then that if I did it on two kids which I most likey did.

SHIRAZ

Kayalana99 wrote: »

Or the obvouis one child minder or nureries.

Anyway, my partner is on a 15k wage and I worked out tax credits would pay me about £500 if I didnt return but I am not sure if I based that on two kids or not as I am pregnat with my 2nd....

I probally will be returning but was weighting up my options as I hate my job and will be job seeking when baby is 6months.

Think you'd be looking at £500 MAX though for being a stay at home mum, it might be alot lower then that if I did it on two kids which I most likey did.

for a lot of people the cost of child care would make it too expensive to go back to work, I was just suggesting options that wouldn't cost anything and could be very flexible.