Em Q

Thinking of the extra pressures faced in the winter months more electricity and gas usage. Things like Halloween and Christmas sooo commercialised and the peer pressure at such young ages to have things like phones, electric scooters, top of the range clothes and shoes. Cost of shopping it’s like you get nothing for your money and before u know it more shopping is needed. I know of families struggling because they have changed from tax credits to UC and the earning threshold is different so because they are not earning enough they are getting less in UC or nothing at all. Tax credits was 16 hours uc is 24 is what I’m told so people are really struggling which then affects the mental health as the persons job wage isnt enough to live on so they have the worry of how will they feed their child. Awful that there are people out there trying to do the right thing and work but getting penalised for it!