this is very advanced thinking but I do worry xx just wondering if anyone has had their little bundle of joy and could help: its regarding money during maternity leave really? are we entitled to benefits? I am married (husband out of a job but should have one by then ) and we private rent xx any help would be great: I've tried the calculators but I cant get my head around it xx thanks in advance xx
depending on where you live in the UK, you may be able to get housing benefit to help pay your rent. try using a benefit calculator online.
Child Tax Credits and if you work then possibility of working tax credits. Do a search for HMRC Tax Credits calculator and put your details in. Also, if you earn under £40k you will be entitled to full children benefits of £81.20 per month. Hope that helps. @cheryltomkinson1985
If your husband doesn't have a job then you will probably be entitled to something. If he gets a job then probably not. my wages dropped by 2/ 3 on maternity leave and I had no idea how we could suddenly lose over £1000 a month. But you do manage. I only went back towork part time and am only earning about £100 more than maternity pay....I've just had a pay rise but for the last year it was only about £50 more than maternity. With the cost of childcare it's just not worth returning back full time ! good luck. I'm sure you will be fine thou x
thank you xx just hate not knowing lol xx bit of a control freak xx
Just phone the department of works and pensions and they will advise or pop into the job centre. U should get maternity pay but may be in titled to other benifts x
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I broke down at my moms house today ... because of the debt we owe and Passover is coming and it’s a very expensive holiday ... it was just way too much .... my mom i guess told my brother that I’m suffering and he called me over and asked me why i didn’t just ask for help, and offered to help when i need it . And gave me basically 4K to help for the month and if i need more to ask ... now one thing about me , is that i will suffer silently and won’t ask for help.... I’ve always been that way. ...
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I'm now arranging my own hen do help!? Where do I go? Not abroad, what do we do? Xx
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So at work we have a drink thief. Any time we put a drink in the fridge it disappears. I swear I know who it is. So far he's taken drinks from everyone that works in the office, we even put a sign to not take anything you didn't pay for and wrote our names on the drinks. The person I think is taking them works out of the office so we never get to see who is drinking them.
OK thank you xx