Dan C

Nursery have changed how they do their invoices. They're following the guidance and breaking the costs down so it's clearer but....

It's those sodding consumables charges. They're not optional, they're not covered by universal credit and they're an extra on top of the funded hours. I know why they charge them.

Before it wasn't separated out so I could just submit the total to universal credit and get 85% back. But now, as they're supposed to, they have separated out the day rate from the "integrated care package" and that's not covered by universal credit. Now I can only claim back 66% of the actual cost of nursery. I need to worm to afford to live. I even increased my hours at the beginning of the year. I wish I hadn't bothered though as I am working more and earning less at the moment.