[onlyme]

These sort of posts really get up my nose. I have worked for the last 17 years, paying into the system. For the last 2 of those, as a single parent paying £500 a month childcare whilst getting no working tax credits as I was above the payment threshold.

Couple of months ago, was made redundant and now receiving the grand total of 60.50 a week and 46 ish for my child.
Out of that I have to pay an additional 150 a mont for my house that I have lived in for the last 3 years.

I would love to work, however whilst my child is only part time at school, getting a job to fit around that is difficult. Its frustrating as I have years of experience, worked hard to climb the 'career ladder' and have developed skills that I could be using.

I doubt I am the only one. There are a alot of single parents that are in this trap where they cant work. If the Government or companies looked further into remote working etc, I think this would improve the situation no end. Set up costs are minimal and there are scores of skilled workers that would welcome the opportunity.

Strings like this just demonise those claiming benefits. Some of us have little choice