Entitled to benefits during maternity?

discat11

If you cut everything to a minimum then you have enough savings for 10-12 weeks?
You have around 6 months to save up plus the £10k -so maybe £14k in the pot by January.

Is that not enough to cover the bare minimum time off on maternity?
How much time did you want to take off ideally?
Could you not take paid leave in this period also?

I realise new parents especially/obviously the mother want to be off a little longer than this but if needs must?

Ok, in theory you can take up to 52 weeks off for maternity legally, but this is only relevant IF you can afford to do that, since there aren't any benefits for your situation (and I can't see the argument why there should be to be brutally honest since the state would be actively subsidising/promoting maternity in which case) then you can have as much maternity leave as you can afford, which seems to be around 12 weeks or so on your figures?

Brighty

So you are no longer buying the house you had an offer accepted on 4 weeks ago?
If you're in rented accommodation now, what is your new build house with 3 bathrooms with dodgy lights that you want to get Nhbc to fix?

FBaby

If your husband is in his 2nd year, he'll be starting his 3rd in September. That means that he will be finished by next May or so, when the baby is 4 or 5 months old. He can then look after him/her full-time whilst you go back to work?

freesha

Brighty wrote: »

So you are no longer buying the house you had an offer accepted on 4 weeks ago?
If you're in rented accommodation now, what is your new build house with 3 bathrooms with dodgy lights that you want to get Nhbc to fix?

gulp....... :whistle:

fabforty

Why did you pay university fees up front?

nannytone_2

isnt your OH receiving student loans?

Metranil_Vavin

trip-trap..tripperty-trap..

UntilIAmInGlory

I post here for different issues and people but if you want to know here are your answers

Not buying house as we got gazumped/contract raced. My Mother was remortgaging to lend us money to buy house in London so we can move out of rented accomodation. (Hence why our savings are not crazy levels).
New build house with doggy lights is another complicated issue I can't be bothered to get into right now.

UntilIAmInGlory

Other half not receiving student loan due to my income. Since he's married it is means tested. Non means tested part have now changed and it is no longer "intrest free" So we used savings to pay.

UntilIAmInGlory

Paid university fees upfront because they offered free registration (saving us about 5%)