Childcare

You can add your childcare payments onto universal credit and they’ll pay up to 85% of your bill, I think that depends on how much income your household gets, however they only reimburse you so you have to pay first and then apply and put the amount you’ve paid, and then they’ll send the money with your next universal credit payment x

Is that still for under 2? Xx

That’s for under 2s but you can’t claim tax free childcare as well, look at a calculator with your expected income and the cost of childcare and it’ll let you know how much you will get xx

It’s confusing me so much 😂 I want to try work 3 days so I can give her a better life as her dad thinks £300 a month is too much and wants me to take her to and from with all her clothes and food as he’s funding her life 🙄 xx

Have you had a look at what he should be paying you a month? If he’s being difficult about payments it might be worth using the child maintenance service to arrange the payments. Some dads don’t realise their child maintenance pays for the roof over there head, keeping them warm, taking them to and from nursery, play dates and doctors appointments. It’s not just food and clothes.