Hi Me and my partner (not married) are sperating and we have a five year old together. I work one day per week (15 hour shift) with a sleep shift at the end of my day shift. I get paid £850 per month. I don't pay tax as I don't earn enough. If I move out with my son I'm quite concerned if I will be able to afford it. Rent alone where I am from and next to his school is about £1000 pm for a two bed flat. My partner has said that he will give me around 350/400 pm in child maintenance. When we sell our house we will be left with around 40000 each which means I won't be entitled to any housing benefit as it'll have to go on rent but that won't last forever. Am I correct in thinking I can use the first 16000 to do with what I want? I'm thinking maybe if I started a business I could get myself out of a very dim outlook for when the money runs out. If anyone knows of any more entitlements please let me know. I know I'm not in the worst position as I have roughly enough to pay for rent for four years but after that it looks pretty bleak 😩