Universal Credit will cover most of my childcare fees but I have to pay the registered childminder in advance, and Universal Credit will only compensate after the childcare has been completed. I'm needing to fork out a large deposit to secure my child's space and I unexpectedly don't have the money until in a few days, and childminder asked for the deposit to be paid this month and I already said yes as everything was ok at that time. What do I do? Is it unacceptable to ask for a couple more days to pay the deposit or do I just need to find the money today?