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Lexie G
12 July 2021
I am not looking forward to job centres reopening. In my experience they're nothing short of useless and a source of extra embarrassment...
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🌦 Politics & stigma
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Alex R
15 July 2021
Wheely bin day tomorrow. Bin already full when I moved in...
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🏢 Housing
Aurora T
19 July 2021
Today I discovered the provision for summer clubs is instead of the free school meal holiday voucher scheme. Fine when these clubs are close-by...
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🍞 Food / food banks
Nellie K
22 July 2021
Free school meals are a huge help for us. In particular the extended provision over the holidays has been very helpful...
🍞 Food / food banks
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Lexie G
27 July 2021
The removal of the £20 uplift will mean I will have to chose between heating my home and myself and my husband eating. The removal of £20 may not seem a lot to people in government who see it as pocket change but to us as a family it really does mean choosing between heating and eating...
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🌦 Politics & stigma
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💸 Money + debt
Georgie O
26 March 2021
I haven't been managing this no cost over winter doing covid. I'm lucky and I get the extra hundred and forty pounds winter payment, but we just don't have the heating on simple as that...
❄️ Winter
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Dorothy T
24 November 2020
Hello, I'm Maria. I don't personally think the child benefit is enough...
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Meg T
08 November 2020
Hello that I have one school-age child at home now. So I received 21 pounds and five pence per week for him whether it's enough that is debatable because I think all children are worth the same value in terms of child benefit...
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💸 Money + debt
🧒 Children
Meg T
08 November 2020
Hello, I have one school-age child at home now and I received 21 pounds of five pence per week for him. Whether it's enough that's debatable...
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🧒 Children
💸 Money + debt
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Teddy W
27 July 2021
I joined Universal Credit in August 2020 so even though I'm aware the £20 extra is in there to me this is my normal support. I worry about the future when I'm looking to another long hard cold winter with £20 a week less to live on...
🌦 Mental health
💸 Money + debt
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