Hi guys welcome to my blog, I hope that you can get the best out of my insight and hopefully help you with the mess that is Universal Credit!

A bit about me

Im Kitti (not my real name) im 32 and married to my best friend. We got “transferred” to UC a year ago after being on income support for a number of years due to my husbands disabilities.

The whole process from the start was so stressful, lucky for my DH he only had to attend once to show his ID and sign the paperwork. For me i had to go back and fourth 6 times because they kept getting the rent amount wrong, then they didnt put on the system I was his full time carer and more and more mistakes on their end kept happening!

We finally got awarded UC to find we would be living on £40 a fortnight, it in reality was only £20 left a month after rent plus our carers allowance £240 a month, I know what your thinking “oh thats still more than most get” but after bills are paid and electric is topped up, its then a choice between heating/hot water or food!

So i decided that i would share with everyone how it is we cope foodwise with the little money we have left each month and how we have had to change our eating styles.

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