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Any moms on here on benefits but also working? If so how many hours do you work to keep all your benefits?
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Well currently on mat leave. But I do 30 hours a week and still get UC
It depends on your pay not the hours so much as a person who earns minimum wage can work the same hours as someone on 14ph. If you want to keep all the benefits and have your rent paid you’ll need to earn less than £427 a month before they start deducting money from it, you’ll still be on UC unless you have 6 months with no need for them to pay you, that’s when they cut it completely.
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Hi everyone, I’m not sure what to do and just after some advice I don’t get paid until next week and my phone has been cut off. I have barley any food in and the kids are eating me out of house and home during the half term as they do😑🙄 I can’t contact any food banks as my phone has been cut off and unfortunately don’t have a village just me and my two little ones. Does anyone have any suggestions what I could do please don’t normally ask but just a desperate mummy trying her best for her kids 😢
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Hi, I'm struggling with deciding if I should let my babys father be in the delivery room. Our relationship started off decent, then we moved in together and its just went completely downhill. We arent even really together just living together. He sleeps on couch for the last couple months while I sleep in my bed. He has only ever been to one US appt. I had 3, invited him to the other 2, but because he was mad at me during those two, he didnt show up. He has maybe asked about baby twice, & once while he was drunk. He hasn't been there for me emotionally, and has pretty much stressed me out this entire pregnancy. Instead of worrying about the baby and me, he was constantly worrying about other guys on social media or exes that would randomly pop up in my messages. To be clear, I never once cheated or talked to them, he just couldnt get over the fact that it happened more than once. So ive been accused of cheating this entire time. Also, he never helped me prepare for the baby. I have bought everything baby has, he just now started buying things and they are only for him to use with baby. The one thing I asked him to buy for us both to use (car seat) he took away. Said I had to give him back the money or he was going to bring it over to his mom's. I ended up buying my own car seat while he has his, which makes no sense but ok. He's mad at me because I told him I dont think I want him in the delivery room with me. Since he hasn't been there in any other way, why be there at the end? He wants to claim that i just dont want him in there because we arent together and that i am being petty, but ive told him its so much more than that. Ill be at my most vulnerable during labor and wont feel comfortable relying on him (if he even offers any comfort or support during it). Ive also thought about not giving the baby his last name and he is mad about that. But I have felt no support from him this entire time. There is a tiny part of me that is sad that he wont be there, sad that things didnt turn out how i wished they had. & part of me feels bad that he will miss the birth of his son. I just dont know what to do and baby is due in 2 weeks. What would you guys do?
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Any moms on here on benefits but also working? If so how many hours do you work to keep all your benefits?
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