Anyone else live on this?

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My rent has just increased,I’m single live alone I’ve worked out after I’ve paid rent, bills, and food I’m left with £175 for the month, does anyone else live on this?

I work full time as a typist and also look after my elderly stepfather after work and weekends. Unfortunately I don't have a husband who can support me.

No anyone can use this app

food that would be chucked can be given away for free

Clearly not very useful if you work as an orthodontist's receptionist.....

Personal responsibility is only for those without rich (ish) husbands of course.

Where have I moaned about the government?

The irony 🤣

I do take responsibility for my life always have done, worked since my youngest was 5 when he started school, he’s 24 now, haven’t had no one looking after me

I will have a look thank you

If only we could all have rich husbands to look after us!

Actually do you know what I’m proud of myself, I’ve raised two sons alone, worked since they were young, and now they have grown into fine young men, who work hard my eldest has is own home, my youngest has saved hard, and I think I’ve done that raised them who they are today, all me.

Be proud of this

and do put in a claim for uc. Anything helps

@XenoBitch I find comfortably off women who either don’t work or do a bit of part time once the kids are older but have well off husbands/ partners ( but usually husbands) are often the most judgemental of the lot - my mother was like this and to be honest if she hadn’t had very comfortably off husbands facilitating her choices would have been up shit creek

You should be incredibly proud of yourself x

So true!!

You absolutely should be proud. Claim every single penny that you are entitled to, you deserve it. Good luck with everything. X

Indeed

'Cept for yourself of course.

You work part time just like OP, but you seem to think that you are in a position to look down on her and scold her about even considering checking whether she is eligible for some benefits.

You relying on your high earning DH doesn't give you any moral authority to lecture the OP. Plus, you can't choose what your taxes pay for. I doubt that you pay much tax on your little part-time job anyway.

OP you should be proud. You are doing so well to manage on that amount. I think the real issue at play here are the BTL landlords making a killing from rising rent prices when wages are stagnating. If less of the money was going on rent which is probably propping up local property prices as part of a rental portfolio there would be more money to live on.

Your only obvious options are to get another job or apply for Universal Credit. UC may well even give you money towards the rent. It is also worth contacting your council because most of them offer council tax reductions for people on low wages - each one does their own thing.

If you apply for UC. They will insist that you apply for jobs and you will need to provide them with evidence that you are doing it.

@dizzydizzydizzy will they really though if she’s working 30 hours

OP you sound absolutely awesome! You’re resilient and self/reliant, kind and open to ideas. I really hope that between cleaning, caring and mothers helping, you manage to get some more hours to increase your income and, I would strongly advise, start saving for the future. Wishing you the very best of luck 😊

Will they really do what? Give her UC? Give her some rent money? Make her apply for jobs?

They will almost certainly make her apply for jobs or get more hours with her current employer. I can’t answer the rest for sure but I think it would be worth an application.