To be so worried about Universal Credit?

[BoldComicSans]

I've had a letter telling me I'm being changed to online Universal Credit.

I've set my account up but it's forced me to give every detail again and is asking me to upload evidence of everything!

It also says I now need to book an appointment at the job centre. I've been on it for about 2 years now so they already have all my details and all my evidence.

I am now panicking because my monthly payment is due next week. And they mess up payments already and often forget to pay my childcare element.

If they do not pay my childcare help next week I then cannot use my childminder. This then means I cannot get to work. Im so worried that such a frustrating system can lose me my childcare and my full time job.

They advertise is as helping parents work, but it feels like the opposite.

I feel sick with anxiety at the thought of what is more than likely to come next week. Plus I can only go to the job centre on my lunch hour which means there are no appointments free for weeks.

How was the interview op?

It's all a bit of a mess! My dd (26) has been on UC for a few months after losing her job because of illness. Last month they stopped her UC as apparently she is under 18 and so not entitled to it....
She has had to reapply and start again even though it is their error! Very frustrating and has caused delays in money and a lot of stress for someone already suffering with anxiety on top of other health issues.

Another dilemma.. if you have 2 children, but suddenly can only claim for 1 child how does this effect UC? Childcare still requires payment for a full time place for both, but I will only be able to claim for 1.

My child element will reduce and I'm assuming housing element too. Plus CMS will stop. I really must of been a horrible person in a past life..

I don’t quite understand bold. Unless you mean that 1 child is going off to work/uni..but you say both children will still need childcare places paid for so I assume the children are still little.

Cafcass have recommended shared care in my court battle. If accepted by the judge the children's dad will then claim for 1 of the children.

I see. Sorry to hear that. Would it not then be the dads duty to pay for the childcare place? Housing reduction I’m not sure about, I guess it depends how many bedrooms are in the place you rent now. If it’s 2 for example then you would still need two anyway so it could be that you get the same money. Why don’t you run both scenarios through a calculator?

Gawd what a fucking shitstorm this UC is. And people are still voting in support of it. That cunt Amber Rudd, and that McVey bitch and all the rest of them, I wish them every single ill in this world that can support a person. All this 'Isn't it the dad's job to pay?' The problem is that the law does not punish or go after people who don't at all, instead just punish the RPs and kids because Toryism is misogynistic bollocks.

It's absolutely appalling op, you work hard enough already. What more do they want ??

It saddens me that so many children will be going without this year, i've had dp chewing my ear off because I keep making foodbank donations (( lego sets etc )) but fuckit. We arent rolling it in but so many are in such dire, situations because of this stupid system.

I feel down trodden. Professionals have failed me and my children. It just seems that if you behave badly and cause enough stress, people roll over and give you what you want.
All I've ever done is the best I can. I have sacrificed so much for my children because that's what you do. All for nothing.

I'll lose my childcare, which means I'll probably lose my job. A job that I love and have worked my bottom off in. I've just so much time off for court hearings and home visits over the last year and that looks terrible to an employer. I so wanted next year to be a new start with stability and happiness.

I already struggle to afford having my car and covering bills. The children don't go to school in the same town because when I moved their father would not even consider them changing schools. And I didn't move because I wanted to. We had no choice because the landlord decided to sell. Eviction was a week or so away and the council had nothing available. I didn't want to put my children through temporary accommodation. So I took the first privately rented house I could get my hands on. It's a 3 minute walk from work.

I really feel that I have been punished for trying my best and for doing everything by the book.

I just want to cry all the time now. I feel I give nothing to life or to others. A complete and utter failure. I have no idea how I can make good of any of this.

BoldComicSans So sorry you're having such a hard time, I feel for you. Life is so unfair for those that try hard. I hope things take a turn for the better for you. Stay strong, hopefully things will look up for you.