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have just seen this on gingerbread website

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fransmom · 30/04/2008 17:29

"Free Money Manual for Lone Parents

It is estimated that the average cost of raising a child until they are 21 is now £23.50 per day. With 42 per cent of lone parent families living on an income of less than £200 a week... Free Money Manual"

i get child benefit, tc, and is plus maintenance. less than half of what they mentioned

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charlotte121 · 16/05/2008 20:43

its mad... I have quite a bit of money in my bank account but it is my student loan so it has to last me untill september untill my next installment comes in. got to pay rent, gas, electric, food, petrol to get to uni, insurance etc... whoever said students were loaded was seriously misinformaed!!!

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