Author: iaingrahamsite

I am a writer, reader, walker, gull-watcher, publishing photographs, blog entries etc. Author of 'Terminus Road'. I am a gay man, socialist, single (sort of).

My son doesn’t have enough money to survive. I’m over £300 worse off a month whilst working and on Universal credit. – The poor side of life

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Dear readers, I’m sorry about the lateness of this blog, yesterday was extremely busy and I returned home late, then had to go to parent’s evening that appeared to go on forever. Things have changed so much since my oldest children were at secondary school, it certainly felt more corporate than it used to and…
— Read on thepoorsideof.life/2018/10/12/my-son-doesnt-have-enough-money-to-survive-im-over-300-worse-off-a-month-whilst-working-and-on-universal-credit/

Sanctioned for being sacked, refusal to help, no disability adviser at Ashton Jobcentre. Universal Credit isn’t working.

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The poor side of life

Dear readers, Thursday seems to arrive very quickly. Today was cooler with a bit of rain and I think that we all felt the difference. Many thanks to everyone that sent their best wishes to us all this morning via Facebook and Twitter. Believe me, we need it, numbers are low these days and your kind thoughts make all the difference.

I’ll list the cases that we came across today like I usually do, please note that everyone was handed a food parcel if needed, copies of our survival guide and the leaflet from Unite Community. I also checked that everyone was ok and if needing signposting we signposted them.

I arrived five minutes early and there was already a queue for the food parcels. I had a chat with everyone asking how they were and if there had been any updates with their situations. Sadly no one has a…

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