A 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…
of £1,000 to cover her from when her benefits stopped until her Universal Credit payments started.
up to 85 per cent of childcare costs, but they must find the money to pay for childcare themselves first.UNIVERSAL Credit replaces six benefits with a single monthly payment. And while working families can claim back up to 85 per cent of their childcare costs, they must find the money to pay for childcare upfront - we’ve heard of families waiting up to 6 months for the money.
And she can only claim 15 free hours of childcare a week until her claim is upped to 30 hours in January. Kimberley initially switched to Universal Credit as she was struggling to save her weekly income support benefits to pay her monthly bills.
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