Work & Money

How do people find the money for deposits after the agreement term ends? Our car finance is coming to an end but we cannot afford the £18k balloon payment. We don’t have much in savings as it’s gone into our house, wedding, baby/mat leave. What do we do? We need a car.

What are you doing about returning to work? How long are you having off?

Is anyone able to help me figure out where I can find how many weeks of pfl I have left? I returned to work soon after I gave birth. I know I have to use my pfl before my baby turns 1. I have taken a few weeks of it, but I am not sure how many weeks I have left. My baby’s birthday is soon so I would like to make sur...

How can y’all afford to have a second baby? I’m literally living paycheck to paycheck. I seriously need to learn how to save/budget my money. My significant other pays the mortgage and his personal bills. He’s trying to save to buy a car. I have the utility bills and personal bills like credit cards, plus groceries....

Can anyone confirm if I’ve understood this right? Due in May and a bit confused. We’re planning to send our baby to nursery from 9m. We’re due to be entitled to the 30 free hours as we’ll be working parents. It says you can apply from when baby is 23 weeks (which will be late oct for us). Then it says cut off t...

Am I able to claim UC as my partner works full time? We own our own home (still paying mortgage - with high rates!) I was working full time before I went on maternity but we are really struggling with money at the moment but I’m not ready to go back to work (also don’t have childcare to be able to go back full time)...

I'm a 31 year old single mom of an 8 year old and a 14 month old. I've worked as a special ed paraprofessional or RBT since I was pregnant with my oldest. I'm officially burnt out from constantly getting hit or injured by students, and I'm looking for possibly something else to do as a career. I absolutely LOVE the ...

I’m currently 27 weeks so i can claim my maternity benefits in 1 week. does anybody know how to claim it? 💕

What does no.7 mean? And yes, English is not my first language. Thank you

My work is quite physical but my employers will be making adjustments as I get further into my pregnancy. It will still involve some time standing and light lifting, but not as much as usual. I’m due on the 7th October.. and reckon starting mat leave around the 36th week? When is everyone else planning to start? X

Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!

I have been placed on stage 1 sickness today for 3 episodes of sickness in the past 6 months; 2 of the 3 are pregnancy related, for a high risk pregnancy, (the baby is diagnosed with a birth defect and I have some issues too) one of the 2 pregnancy episodes was a day in hospital... I'm more than sure that should n...

I’m a full time student and mom to a 1 year old. I’ve been applying for almost a year now. Walmart, target, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, etc. I need somewhere with flexible hours since I’m in school but for some reason out of the 100 applications I’ve only had 4 interviews and no job offers. Idk what to do. All m...

After I have my baby this month I was hoping to work from home but unsure what to do or where to start if anyone has any ideas? Thanks

About to go on maternity leave and looking at financials and I get (I think); 22 weeks - full pay 17 weeks - SMP (£184 per week) Hoping to manage to be off for the full year so the remaining 13 weeks - no pay. Does HMRC automatically work out your tax payments on you only receiving essentially half your salary o...

Can anyone tell me how Maternity allowance works? I have a job I work one day a week, if I don’t get extra hours to push up my average pay I won’t get SMP! Can anyone tell me how the Maternity allowance works?