Well had my universal credit claim review and I'd spent £9.99 on vinted and they were trying to get that classed as an income even though I'd explained this is the way I try and save money in school clothes etc for my son, wanted to know how much l'd sell in a month and how much I purchase. What does it matter? The person who did was okay didn't make me feel a certain way for once. It's unbelievable.

I’m reading the news today about free school meals, amazing, but all they’ve done is change the criteria to make sure that the people who need it most get it. They are saying it will LIFT 100,000 children out of poverty, NO IT WON’T! It just puts food in their tummy to learn better.

IT WILL NOT LIFT THEM OUT OF POVERTY.

Oh my god

I am so frustrated

Mental health is really complicated, most people take it for granted because it can't be seen or felt by an onlooker. People don't take you seriously until it's worse.

Most people push you to the extreme to ensure you never come out of the mental health struggles, instead of helping.

Well I booked a holiday for 4 days last year for this year which I paid over 12 months even though it was cheap, the universal credit told me that I had to tell them and they will see if I'll be sanctioned or not. What in the world! I've never known anything like it. It's wrong. I work full time – nothing but stress since I have been full time.

Feeling really overwhelmed at the moment with half term and hospital appointments and kids birthdays and filling in forms and applications and then to hear that the government is considering removing ehcps for children in mainstream is the icing on the cake. Taking from disabled people, children or adults is simply wrong.

Without his Ehcp my son would become a school refuser, he wouldn't have access to his 1 2 1 and his key worker. The school would simply suspend him as opposed to help him and honestly right now I feel this government do not have any of our best interests at heart. I suppose if I had money I'd be able to privately educate or home educate him but that's not a luxury I have at the moment.

This government is pushing our children deep past the poverty line and removing any accommodations and support that would otherwise make this bearable.

This has a knock on effect on my mental health and that of my children. When the future looks bleak and you already fight every day to simply survive it's easy to sink into negative thoughts and worries to spiral.

It’s month end, I got paid but still I don’t have enough money for this month's expenses and necessities. I will def go into overdraft then end up borrowing money from family or friends .

I hope I never ever meet Liz Kendall in person! For if I did I would give her a piece of my mind she would never forget.

I have just been reading through her speech from yesterday.

"Benefit reform is like the fight for women’s equality", states the work and pensions secretary.

Forgive me if I am wrong here but weren't the rights of women fought by women who were affected and concerned by those rights. Where as benefit reforms are being led by policy and decision makers.

Spot the big difference here?

Liz Kendall is an ignorant malicious individual with no real clue about life with a disability.

Exactly what planet is she on to believe that cutting benefits of the people who need extra support equates to the struggles of the suffragettes?

In short, the whole debacle was a word salad peppered with vile lies.

Would have been more truthful had she said "we are simply not prepared to tax the rich but will go ahead and take cuts from the disabled instead"!

She better hope she doesn't cross my 'Pathway' any time soon that's for sure.

I mean, just who works in those offices at Universal Credit?? Seems their hearts are made of stone. Had a UC miscalculation due to “reported earnings”. This was not me at all- it was an error on their part and my monthly allowance was cut to almost half. No physical

person to speak to and the journal entry took over 3weeks to be addressed. No apology or explanation offered just that they will pay the difference on a certain date.

But this is not the only inconvenience caused, this miscalculation also affected my other benefits as they're determined by my universal credit and now I'm having letters everywhere through the post saying I'm not eligible for Council tax reduction for example and I have an overpayment that needs to be repaid asap. Not only is this grossly unfair but causes great distress and a decline in my physical and mental health. I am hypertensive and my blood pressure shot through the roof - all because of one error that no one is even taking accountability for.

The weather has been so nice this weekend, feels like summer already but of course a warm summer normally means a colder winter. I've not had my heating on since early march but my gas bill last month was still £100 it makes no sense. I'm dreading the year ahead.

Hi everyone we are having a great weather in Glasgow so nice and sunny, hope everyone is enjoying the weather too.

My son's end of Primary school trip cost £295 and on top of that I needed to buy swim gear as it’s a water park and extra trainers. It’s such a pity some of this isn’t subsidised. I just feel swamped with costs and I worry about my son going to secondary school as his grammar school uniform will be very expensive.

Hmmm, a lot on my mind, really struggling with my mental health. Trying everything to come out of this and hopefully at some point it will ease off.

I am sure lots of others struggle too but we are all afraid of being judged.

All most of us need at this time is a listening ear and A BIT of encouragement. Mental health struggles are real.