Benefits for lone parents...surely this isn't right??

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Ok so long story but will try and keep as short as poss!

When my XH left 6 years ago I called tax credits and they said as I was still married I couldn't claim anything. Being totally naive at the time I accepted that and really struggled on working PT, big mortgage etc. Luckily XH paid the mortgage still and gave me bit extra for bills for a year or so till I sorted myself out. Then I found I COULD claim and and so started getting CTC and WTC.

Anyway, five years down the line I am remarried and have DS2. Things aren't working AGAIN ( Really upset about it but that would be another thread!

So, I looked on entitledto.com. At the moment H earns £27k. I am a SAHM. I get carers allowance as DS1 is SN. But still, we only scrape by with mortgage, kids activities etc. We do okay but basically just have to do everything really cheaply.

So, on entitledto.com it says that if I was a lone parent I would get £29k a year in benefits plus things paid like prescriptions, school meals etc. Is this right??

If it was right I could afford to keep my house and would probably be in a better situation that I am in now financially.

I just can't see this being right? I have some very special friends who are single parents and they really struggle with money.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

plowder that wrong, lol, IS is £59.15 not £63,430.93, do the calculations again and paste it on here, you will have a disability premium ontop of the IS

you don't get the full amount of income support if you get careers allowance they deducted that amount off the income support

I did copy and paste it on here.

but your figures are wrong plowder you wont get 73k worth of benefits, a single parent with 2 children gets in the region of £170 per week then you add on any disability payments, that will probably bring it up to around the £200 mark, hopefully anyone in a similar situation to you will post their outgoings and yes fairydust is right the CA does reduce the IS.