Hi I'm just after some advice because my head is scrambled trying to figure everything out. This will probably be a long one so sorry in advance I'm trying not to miss anything!
I'm a single parent to a 4 year old. Previously I was on income support and got a lot of benefit help- housing & council tax benefit etc. I started back at work in September part time 30 hours a week.
First two months were fine but by the third month I started receiving letters saying I owed money for benefits overpayments and my housing/council tax support was stopping.
In December I received a letter stating that I owed £885 for tax credit overpayment and universal credit overpayment. At the same time my universal credit claim has stopped because I earn too much.
After tax/NI/work car park I'm bringing home just under £1000 a month. My household bills come to £850 a month and now I've had a letter today stating they will be deducting money directly from my employer at 7% to pay back the overpayments. It's all just crippling me. I had no idea I would be in this much mess going back to work.
I reapplied for universal credit but my employer has reported I've been earning £2506 which I don't know where they've got that figure from.
I just don't know what to do from here. I'm stressed to the eyeballs so I might be completely missing an obvious point.
Please does anyone have any advice?