How long is it since you lived in the UK Sarah?
I ask because many of your perceptions are way out of date, “Conservative government to blame” out of date!
Today as a single working mother you’d be entitled to working tax credits and child tax credits and I believe the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme (although I recall reading that’s not been taken up by many people!) where some of the mortgage interest is offset for 2 years. Then there’s child care costs to help parents afford child care so they can afford to work.
You’d have been much better off under the current system than the old Conservative system that made it even harder to take a low paid job as there was no minimum wage and little support (like tax credits) for families on low pay.
Working tax credit and child tax credits help families help themselves and as you said in an earlier comment, when in work it’s easier to find higher paid work than when unemployed.
This is exactly the sorts of things government should be doing to make taking a low paid job worthwhile and the Conservatives want to decrease the number of families entitled to claim working tax credit and child tax credits.
I know you’ve said you are probably going to vote UKIP, but I keep seeing you voting Conservative when I read your comments, which is why I keep using the Labour vs Conservative comparison. I suppose UKIP are pretty much the Eurosceptic Conservatives anyway, so not too far off :-))
David
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