The wife and I waited, we can afford kids without finanicial assitance. In addition to this the wife is now a full time student at Uni and were still managing without benefits.
LOL at BBC article on cheap living
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The wife and I waited, we can afford kids without finanicial assitance. In addition to this the wife is now a full time student at Uni and were still managing without benefits.
Ok here is my opinion...
I think her main mistake lies with giving up her job, with it being shiftwork it would mean she would not have to find childcare for everyday like you would in a 9 - 5 job (not that they exist anymore), the dad does not pay anything for his child but does have him 2 days a week which also frees time for her to work, also just because the dad has the kids twice a week does not mean he cannot pay child maintenance.
Her parent's should be helping more in my opinion, if not financially then with baby sitting. It will be even easier when her kids goes to school in a couple of years but as said she should have kept her job, jobs are hard to find at the moment I am sure but she needs to go into places and ask. Make a good impression and build up a rapor with the staff then if they have no jobs on that day keep going maybe once a month. Do this with multiple places and I bet she will get a job eventually. Just emailing is not really looking, handwritten letter are far better esspecially these days. I know employers like to see this as it shows that the extra effort has been put in.
I think her main mistake lies with giving up her job, with it being shiftwork it would mean she would not have to find childcare for everyday like you would in a 9 - 5 job (not that they exist anymore), the dad does not pay anything for his child but does have him 2 days a week which also frees time for her to work, also just because the dad has the kids twice a week does not mean he cannot pay child maintenance.
Her parent's should be helping more in my opinion, if not financially then with baby sitting. It will be even easier when her kids goes to school in a couple of years but as said she should have kept her job, jobs are hard to find at the moment I am sure but she needs to go into places and ask. Make a good impression and build up a rapor with the staff then if they have no jobs on that day keep going maybe once a month. Do this with multiple places and I bet she will get a job eventually. Just emailing is not really looking, handwritten letter are far better esspecially these days. I know employers like to see this as it shows that the extra effort has been put in.
Future pension liabilities with an aging population.
We need to hump ourselves out of future national bankruptcy.
I did think Theophany should have known that one himself already and not fall for the little islander 'we are full' rhetoric!
The article is a load of rubbish & even admitts it at the end.
No idea what's up the BBC, as bad as the live off £10 a week!, then at the end saying "But most people won't have the cooking skill, all of the ingredients locally available, the utensils required for a number of others factors so in reality it ends up costing about double!".
No idea what's up the BBC, as bad as the live off £10 a week!, then at the end saying "But most people won't have the cooking skill, all of the ingredients locally available, the utensils required for a number of others factors so in reality it ends up costing about double!".
I have no sympathy for her, I worked with a woman in my last job who quickly ended up being a single.parent after her child was born and is unable to drive due to her extremely poor eyesight.
She has taken a job that fits in with the needs of the child (dropping off with the school at 8 am and picking the child up at 5 from the after school club now) she works 9 to 3 in a dull ass soul destroying admin job, but because she has taken the right decisions, as in CSA, working tax credits, reasonably priced flat 100 yards from the school and bus stop, she is able to live quite comfortably on the £1900 a month she gets combined income from the various sources.
Compare this course of action to the lady in the OP and we very quickly see that it's not poor benefits that are the problem here, just poor decision making.
Who pays for the children's pensions and their childrens? Exponential population growth? It's a ponzi scheme and quite soon the government teet is going to run dry like it already has in the swarthier parts of Europe.
I reckon articles like this are propaganda conditioning people for what's coming.
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Are you metered? IF not get metered and watch the bill fade to nothing. In a one bed flat, you will still have your sewage standing order part of it, but your individual usage will be so much less than they 'estimate'.
This kind of argument only works if you believe in free will.
How many people could survive by themselves with out any government benefits?
Then how many of those left could survive when their useless government non-jobs, contracts and grants are cut?
Then how many left can survive when their businesses have lost the custom of the above?
The modern economy is set up to extract money from the government instead of extract money from consumers.
Then how many of those left could survive when their useless government non-jobs, contracts and grants are cut?
Then how many left can survive when their businesses have lost the custom of the above?
The modern economy is set up to extract money from the government instead of extract money from consumers.
Pretty bad article from the BBC. The price for the food either has no basis in reality for most people or impractical. Who buys 30 eggs?
I actually agree.
I actually agree.
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£10 for a week on food?
Easy.
I did £40 for 6 weeks in my first year at uni.
Very bland meals, but I got by.
kd
Easy.
I did £40 for 6 weeks in my first year at uni.
Very bland meals, but I got by.
kd
What kind of meals did you manage to make with £10 a week? In which county do you study?
She should be looking for something cheaper and perhaps closer to other family members.
Why did she have to leave her job? Did she not get 6 months maternity leave and use this time to organise some form of childcare.
Are her parents in a position to possibly help her out with childcare?
Let's not think of the future then and spend, spend spend.
Did she try and come to some form of compromise with her employer?
Shame on him.
Was there signs the relationship was not strong? Why bring a child into an unstable one?
Having a child in an unstable relationship !
Not preparing for the future !
Generations of family's have done that !
Why oh why does a two year old need a telly ?
I heard that every day in my childhood and it did me no harm. It actually made me more determined to be in a better financial state when I was older.
What about working tax credits ?
Get something more beneficial that a bottle of Wine.
Seriously get a job doing anything rather that trying to get a craft business up and running in this economic climate.
If you are playing it then stop !
This may come across as a hard look at things but sometimes that is what is needed in life.
£1900 a month is a fair bit of money for most people, especially if you're talking about post-tax, it's about £30,000 a year. Large swaths of the country will never earn £30k a year working fulll time and paying their own way.