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What benefits can a single father claim

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XStardustX · 19/07/2023 20:50

Asking for a friend.
He dosent work as he has an injury and can't work and suffers from really bad anxiety around people, he dosent really go out of house. He already gets benefits. Not entirely sure but i I think he gets pip anyway. Not sure what else.
I'm just wondering what all would he be entitled to? So that I can mention this to him.he lives in Swansea so Welsh government if that helps.
He just told me today he got paid and all his money went on bills. He's had no food for the past week and I had to lend him a tenner to go to the shop to buy some food. He has two children. 14 and 11 , two boys who stay at weekends but he told me he hasn't been able to have rhe boys around in few weeks because he hasn't had any money to buy any food for the house to feed them. Can't he get like any child benefit? Or is it only the mother could claim that since they are with her full time and his Friday to sunday

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Rachie1973 · 20/07/2023 12:57

BillaBongGirl · 20/07/2023 09:58

That’s not what the OP has said. Are you calling her a liar?

I’d call her ‘hoodwinked’.

Primarily because no one living on benefits as a single person has enough spare to ‘financially support’ children living with another parent.

That’s not insulting him, that’s simply realistic. There is a reason the CMS use a maximum calculation for those on benefits.

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