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Financial help with twins

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suedonim · 15/07/2003 11:26

I wonder if the collective knowledge of Mumsnet can give me some info? I know a young married couple, L & M, who have 6mth old twins. They are both about to graduate from uni and L (the mum) starts work in Sept. M will look after the babies until he hopefully gets a job, too. What sort of financial help is available for them? With both of them working FT they will probably earn about £35-40K a year. I guess they can claim child tax credit - what about help with nursery fees etc? Over to you, Mumsnetters!

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zebra · 15/07/2003 12:10

Family Tax Credit includes a component for childcare costs, and it's partly based on how many children you have. Definitely worth your friends running thru the numbers on the online Inland Revenue worksheet to get a preliminary estimate.

throckenholt · 15/07/2003 13:36

try asking this question on www.twinsclub.co.uk - bound to be someone with an answer for you there.

helenmc · 16/07/2003 21:24

they might be able to get help with nursery fees thru their local council, can't think of anything else - sorry.

suedonim · 17/07/2003 10:00

Thanks for the tips, everyone, I'll be passing them on.

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codswallop · 17/07/2003 10:02

go to the Citizens aDVICE..

Tissy · 17/07/2003 10:05

Our nursery does a discount for "multiples", I should think most do, as there is often a reduction for the second and subsequent children of a family.

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