Mum on UC gets £3342 a month?! Is this right?

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Saw this in the mirror, scroll down to Thea's story. Single mum of 3 in London who earns £2800 a month and gets an additional £3342 in UC and CB. How is this even possible?!

That top up is the equivalent of earning £50K a year. The benefit payments would put her in the top 10% of earners.

I mean, to quote the kids, what the helly? Am I a total mug getting up and slogging my guts out and working while others get more in benefits than I earn?

Pregnant mum-of-four: 'Budget benefit change saved our Christmas' - The Mirror https://share.google/kdV8SOUW8I4xpA7nT

Apparently it’s true, and it makes my blood boil a little also.

(where do the newspapers find these people to interview?)

She lives in North London - I imagine a huge proportion of the UC is rent.

I cant click on the link but it would be helpful for someone to accurately, and I mean accurately, do the maths and research using online calculators, her acutal childresn ages and her actual rent

Then I will decide if Im outraged.

How has the Budget saved Christmas,when cap is still in place until April?

Will it not be the rent and childcare elements that make up most of the £3000+ she's getting.

Where is the dad?

Is this another single mum bashing thread?

You’ve got to remember that housing and childcare in London is astronomical. So most of that might be housing costs or childcare costs. It doesn’t sound a lot to support 3 kids to me.

It does say that she lives in north london, so her rent will be really high plus that includes childcare. She has 3 children in the photo and works full time. So if one of them is at nursery full time that would be a minimum £1700 a month, plus if there’s breakfast clubs and after school clubs for the others. UC will include childcare payment. At least she’s working as well, the childcare costs will decrease quite quickly as the children get older and she will get less in benefits. If she wasn’t working at all she’d be getting more in benefits, London cost of living is ridiculous.

Well I would guess most of the UC money is going to be paid as rent to a private landlord who’s doing very nicely I expect.

Gutter press. The mirror should be ashamed of themselves for taking advantage of this mum’s situation. Half of the figures they quoted probably aren’t even accurate. The point of the whole article is to anger people. And it’s worked hasn’t it?

another benefits bashing thread. Great.

The article says her outgoings are £6,000 per month.

If she lives in North London and she uses childcare, the vast majority will be rent and childcare fees but of course the mirror won't say that because they want to whip up a frenzy.

Same with them claiming it will save Christmas when the changes aren't happening until April 2026.

It's obvious that this is not a genuine OP, since most people factor what the above posters have managed to factor into the 3k.

The benefits are to ensure children are not living in poverty. It is not for the parents.

The problem is private landlords charging ridiculous rents and the taxpayer funding them.
Not single mums working full time.
Think how much we'd save if there was social housing.

Not for anyone with half a brain it hasn't.

Why do people say it's childcare and rent like those expenses don't count? If it's coming out of a salary it sure as shit counts.
She an American, living in London of her own volition. We shouldn't Be funding it.

I mean, to quote the kids, what the helly? Am I a total mug getting up and slogging my guts out and working while others get more in benefits than I earn?

Quit your job then and live off benefits. Go on. If it's such a cushy life why aren't you doing it?

Careful what you wish for. We stay on this path, more and more will make that choice.

What do think will happen if no average-to-low earners live in London?

Because a lot of people will think it is the total after childcare and rent and she's rolling in it on UC which is clearly not the case.

What do you mean what will happen? People like her are why low and middle earning Londoners can't live in London. Moving in, driving up houses and living off others.

Why would people think that? I don't count my salary after I've paid nursery and the mortgage. Do you?

Because you see it on here all of the time.

I think its obvious that the income, pays for the outgoings, including rent and childcare etc etc

I certainly dont think that she has that paid for AND gets those benefits but thats not the point. We all have those outoings. Not everyone gets the 3k to cover them

However as I posted I await the evidence its true

Theres another thread about the new tax on properties over 2 million. Vast majority of the posters saying the OPs mother should be moving out of that property, why does someone need to live in London is the query, why cant she just move is the query, she can make links and function somewhere else.