We're not gonna make it

[Hiddenaspie1973]

I'm counting down the years until i can leave my partner and never have to see him again.
Dd is 12 and i want to leave when she's 18. Either leave or end myself.
It's been this way for years and I'm feeling tired.
From the outside I have a charmed life so I cannot moan to anyone.
Inside i am dying.
Just done a universal credit calculation and I'd get 200 pcm. Along with my 900 pm wages, i cannot support my dd on that. Rent here is 875pcm.
Anyone else trapped and sick of it?

Yes. But by ill health and disability rather than money. If I wasn’t so sick I'd leave. The idea of leaving feels surreal and unobtainable but I can't imagine a future where we're happy together.

That doesn’t sound right if that’s your salary. Is there a housing benefit amount for rent included in that? Is there any way for you to earn more? Another 6 years will cripple you, you can get out now. It’ll be tough but there’s always a way.

Oh I'm sorry to hear that, LOST.

Surely you'll get child maintenance if you leave when your child is 12? Housing benefit.

You'll get more in working tax credits too. Look at entitled to

It's all U.C here. Tac credits are not an option.

Where did you get that figure? That doesn't sound right to me.

Are you calculating it based on her age now? It doesn’t sound right at all if you are. Try entitled to if your using a different one as it’s pretty accurate

That U.C. figure isn’t right at all.

Thanks HiddenAspie. I'm sorry you feel trapped. I don't know anything about universal credits, but I hope the other posters are right and there's more funding available then you thought.