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Universal Credit. Mmmm...
Just completed an interesting excersise. I’ve been a stay at home mum for 18 months since giving up work to look my family who are now a school age daughter and three year old twin boys. I’m starting work full time again in 2 weeks and come January my boys will be entitled to 24 hrs a week free childcare (30 hours p/w stretched over the year). Out of interest, I’ve just looked to see if I will be entitled to any help with childcare costs as, due to wraparound costs, I’ll still have to fork out £288 per week. One of my sons has special needs and should be getting disability living allowance any day now.
Under the existing working tax credits system I would be entitled to £83 per week, which is not to be sniffed at. However under Universal Credit my entitlement is a big fat £0.
No wonder there’s so many complaints about it.
Under the existing working tax credits system I would be entitled to £83 per week, which is not to be sniffed at. However under Universal Credit my entitlement is a big fat £0.
No wonder there’s so many complaints about it.
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Wolf, I’ve entered the info on the basis that his DLA claim will succeed as it’s not an actual application, just a website to see what you could be entitled to.
The reason I know it’s correct is because you enter all the info and it gives you both figures for the old system and new UC at the same time.
The reason I know it’s correct is because you enter all the info and it gives you both figures for the old system and new UC at the same time.
Def not AL. As I said the information is given once and then you are given two figures for both the current system and UC.
It’s actually worse than that. My husband is a reservist and I wasn’t sure what he earned and I was a bit out. I’ve put in the correct figure and I’d be entitled to £130 p/w under the current system and £0 under UC!
A nanny wouldn’t work 8.30-5.30 five days a week with no breaks for £1000 a month I fear....
It’s actually worse than that. My husband is a reservist and I wasn’t sure what he earned and I was a bit out. I’ve put in the correct figure and I’d be entitled to £130 p/w under the current system and £0 under UC!
A nanny wouldn’t work 8.30-5.30 five days a week with no breaks for £1000 a month I fear....
I’d love an au pair but we don’t have a spare bedroom unfortunately.
Childcare costs are ridiculous. I had three kids in 4 days a week at one point, the eldest getting 15 hours free, and I was paying out £2500 a month. Obviously that’s after tax. I signed a petition for twin parents to get access to the government funded childcare at two instead of three but their response was “we’re doing enough already”.
Childcare costs are ridiculous. I had three kids in 4 days a week at one point, the eldest getting 15 hours free, and I was paying out £2500 a month. Obviously that’s after tax. I signed a petition for twin parents to get access to the government funded childcare at two instead of three but their response was “we’re doing enough already”.
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