I'm just wondering what people's opinion is really.
We are trying for a 3rd child and I won't be getting any tax credits for this child as the government has changed the rules so that from next year tax credits are only paid for up to a maximum of 2 children.
I currently receive around £1k of TC for the kids and I would have received £4k for the 3rd if the government hadn't made the changes.
That would have meant an extra £250 a month. It's a lot of money for us. My DH works and I'm a SAHM. We have a £100k mortgage on a small house in a deprived area of town. We get by. We don't have much money left each month and I need to save literally for everything. I'm really really gutted. I really wanted 3 kids and this has meant that I'll be financially alot worse off now.
Of course I don't expect the government to "pay" for my children but it would have really helped, that's all. It would have eased the pressure off.
Just for the record we have never received any other benefits apart from JSA when DH was made redundant last year which was a godsend as we would have been homeless otherwise.
Do you think AiBU to feel/ think like this?