Kimberley Hill, 23, earns £920 a month but faces nursery fees of £879 plus £200 for after-school care for her older son.
Kimberley Hill earns £920 a month, but the amount she pays for childcare alone is more than that
But then in August when her youngest son Austin turned three she was told she would have to get a job as the ‘looking for work’ age had reduced from having a child aged five to three. Working parents in receipt of Universal Credit can claim up to 85 per cent of their childcare costs but the bills need to be paid and then claimed back – something Kimberley is unable to do as her rent also needs to be paid upfront and her salary and Universal Credit are both paid in arrears.
Kimberley said: ‘I switched to Universal Credit because I was struggling to save my weekly income support benefits to pay my monthly bills.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Single mum on Universal Credit can only afford £1 pizza and chips due to childcare costsA SINGLE mum can only afford to feed herself £1 pizza and chips after switching to Universal Credit due to high childcare costs. Kimberley Hill, 23, fears she will be forced to give up her job beca…
Read more »
B&M launches Halloween range with costumes and decorations - and prices start at £1WITH Halloween around the corner it’s time to turn your pad into a haunted house and get a suitably scary outfit. The good news is B&M has just launched its Halloween shop filled with everythin…
Read more »
Girls and young women call for UK to reduce single-use plasticHundreds of thousands of girls join Girlguiding campaign to tackle plastic pollution
Read more »
Death row priest has seen 18 prisoners die - but single horror moment haunts himEXCLUSIVE: Death row chaplain Rev Dale Recinella watched in horror as death row inmate Angel Diaz writhed in pain during a botched lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke
Read more »
Single mum on Universal Credit can only afford £1 pizza and chips due to childcare costsA SINGLE mum can only afford to feed herself £1 pizza and chips after switching to Universal Credit due to high childcare costs. Kimberley Hill, 23, fears she will be forced to give up her job beca…
Read more »
Mum saves kids, four and five, from 'ferocious supercat' in their back gardenDr Neetu Nirdosh, from Hampstead, North London, threw a toy horse at the cat as it snapped at her children
Read more »