‘I’m having to choose between heating and eating – it’s literally life-or-death’

Where are the kids’ father(s), I wonder? It must be tough trying to bring kids up when you’ve only got one income to rely on. Men should take responsibility for their kids.

Edit. My intention in writing this post was to wonder about the father(s). The news article didn’t mention him or them (I am making no assumptions here). I’m thinking that if I was the dad of these kids I’d want to be helping out as much as I can. That’s what I believe responsible people (of all genders and sexes) should do. Perhaps there’s a reason for why he’s not around. I wanted to hear what that was. The story seemed incomplete and I was wondering if anyone else felt it was too. Perhaps others feel it’s not relevant but as a dad of an autistic child, I thought it was.

I apologise if anyone took my post another way.

in the UK

you’ve got to choose

between eating food

and keeping warm

1st world country <3

According to OFGEM, energy suppliers are not allowed to force someone to accept a prepayment meter if there are vulnerable people in the property. So tough shit debt collectors, you’ll have to accept whatever payment she can afford.

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/information-consumers/energy-advice-households/prepayment-meters-consumer-guidance

Have you tried eating less avocado toast?

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Who would have thought that shutting down power stations before building viable alternatives would increase energy prices???

Who would have thought????

Starmer, sunak and Johnson.

You have blood on your hands

The sad thing is this isn’t an isolated case, In my line of work I support families in the same situation daily. One of the richest countries in the world allows its poor and vulnerable to live like this, this government has the means to lift these people out of poverty and instead has decided to increase spending massively on weapons of death. The amount of sickening comments like “sTaRt WiTh ThE fAtHeR” “pUt A cOaT oN” on here really is shocking. Just remember the bulk of you are one missing pay day away from the same situation as this family and I hope you never find yourself facing the same choice.

Obviously, everyone’s situation is different, but my sister has 3 kids. The dad died when they were young, and one of the kids is disabled. He was a waster and left her nothing whatsoever. She is given more a month than mine and my partners salary combined, and we are above the average household income.

These articles really do annoy me because, as a country, we really do give a lot of money to people with kids and disabilities

Quick maths: she receives £333.33 per month for the first child, £287.92 for the second child, £184.30 per week in DLA, and then add her carers allowance of £81.90 per week. This brings her total to £1,774.78 a month. This figure is not subject to tax, so is what she gets in her bank.

This doesn’t include any housing allowances, council tax reductions, or anything else she might be entitled to.

Why is there such a large percentage of white women who are single mothers. Like me checking my Facebook friend from school etc all the south asians I can see are happily married, but many of my white friends I notice always are separated. Is it a culture thing meeting the wrong guy and having kids, found a person in a pub bar etc.

Haven’t had the heating on since covid fucked the economy and I have no interest in giving these greedy companies my hard earned money when they report record profits each year.  I just wear more layers. Thick socks, snoodie and fluffy pajamas work a treat. Maybe use a hot water bottle on the colder days, not had an issue.  I keep the house well ventilated, even some windows open and have dehumidifiers running

Its not life or death – I havn’t heated my house for years. I wear enough clothes, have nice warm socks/slippers, and I eat a plant-based food of mostly vegetables, rice, and pulses. I manage fine on a small budget

I mean an average of about £610 a week, + housing isn’t a pittance. I’m not saying it’s fair, but I’ve managed more on a lot less with no debt.

And yet this deranged government sanctioned our energy provider and dragged us into a war. Absolutely nuts. 

In the early 2000’s, Shameless was a TV show about a family claiming benefits on a council estate. Now it’s just several hundred people with two homes paid for by taxes in Westminster thinking our having *hundreds of thousands in temporary accommodation*, plus dozens of children **dying** in temporary accommodation is acceptable. It’s not (the current) Labour’s fault but we somehow ended up back in the 19th f**king century.

To many delusional people on this sub, whoever thinks the cost of electric and gas is normal nowadays need a reality check.

Have you been to Manchester? Psg top for the kid, obviously spends money in the salon, seems like a nice car in the back ground, probably spend £40 a month on her phone contact…

Media to blame for this post, coz there’s a lot of people who are alot worse off than this family.

1. It’s not cold. 2. Anybody with kids, especially one with extra needs gets a lot in benefits. 3. Any of the people making these claims should have to give bank statements showing where their quite generous benefits are going.