SINGLE mum Amanda Bailey lies awake at night worrying about losing the home she shares with 18-year-old daughter Ruth.
She took a £500 loan out from the DWP to cover her until she received her first payment, but it wasn't enough to make ends meet and she fell behind on her rent. But there are big problems with the flagship new system - it takes 5 weeks to get the first payment and it could leave some families worse off by thousands of pounds a year.
Amanda is thrilled to have a job again - even though this means getting up at 2.30am to fill online shopping orders for Sainsbury's - but says that she is still struggling to get back on top of her bills after three months of very little work. “This meant I was in debt from the very start and I’ll be paying back the loan for most of this year."
Amanda said: “I feel worthless when I get constant knock-backs from job applications and sometimes I worry that it is my age, but I keep picking myself back up and trying again.”It means that in the assessment period between January 10 and February 9 Amanda took home just £770 including her earnings from warehouse shifts and Universal Credit.
There is help out there, no excuse for these stories my daughter on UC and got advance and rent help from council. And can you stop putting in their relationship status its actually lone parent. Leave the single mum use for dating apps.
The cruel Tories do far worse than this, day in day out, to the most vulnerable in our society. Our lying, racist PM only clings on to her worthless job through bribery ...using OUR money do do so. This government is a disgrace. GetTheToriesOut GeneralElectionNow
She can put in a no income form so the landlord cant evict her. Or she can ask for a loan spread over 12 months
Women are being punished. Tell you something it’s not long since when come out, men abused alcohol.Drugged us up and put us to bed. You think how many men walk away through drink, getting women pregnant. Know I think no catholic religion should stand in the way. Get the pill 👍🏻
She can claim up to 100% as an advance if she is struggling
When the Sun is highlighting a cruel Tory policy . I suspect the Tories need to wake up and smell the coffee .
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