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Erik J
28 July 2021
I am on legacy benefits, which have not been increased for several years. Despite being on this same benefit before I became a parent, then single parent, I am unable to claim anything extra despite having a daughter to bring up apart from the standard child benefit payment...
🗳 Benefits
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Meg T
21 June 2021
Well approximately £100 out of pocket later, it turns out the belt and pulley system wasn't the issue, so I still haven't resolved the problem with my tumble dryer...
🍳 Getting by
💛 Health + disability
Utilities
Erik J
19 June 2021
More tough decisions to make!. At the start of the pandemic I signed up to broadband so my daughter could complete her school work and interact with her friends, with a Talk-Talk package advertised as having no price increase during the 18 month contract...
Utilities
🍳 Getting by
💸 Money + debt
Meg T
18 June 2021
Noooo! Now my kettle isn't working!!!!!! ARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!.undefined...
🍳 Getting by
Utilities
Erik J
08 June 2021
Another above average gas/electric bill arrived today. Myself and my teenage daughter are still spending a majority of our time at home, which is pushing up the use of gas and electricity which is making a big difference to the bill...
Utilities
🍳 Getting by
Erik J
10 May 2021
Hi, I am a housing association tenant living in a two bedroom house with my 15 year old daughter. Generally we have been kept well informed about what is going on with the pandemic but space has been a bit difficult along with keeping our home warm...
🏢 Housing
Utilities
🍳 Getting by
Connie G
10 May 2021
I appreciated my home before Covid and have only felt even more of an affection for it whilst enduring restrictions. It’s a 3 bed terrace that I own via a mortgage (with my ex)...
Utilities
🏢 Housing
🕰 Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
Alex R
06 April 2021
More snow. Minus 3 this morning...
❄️ Winter
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Alex R
05 April 2021
Minus 2 snow blowing sideways its April back to stressing about putting the heating on.undefined...
❄️ Winter
🍳 Getting by
Utilities
Nellie K
03 April 2021
Our energy company approved us for their Warm Homes Discount scheme and they’ve credited our account with £140. This is on top of the No Child Cold scheme which credited our account with £80...
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