Home Society Universal Credit hits parents with £1,000 upfront 'childcare debt', says charity Universal Credit hits parents with £1,000 upfront ‘childcare debt’, says charity Families face upfront childcare bills that have reached £1,000, says Save The Children. Posted By Welfare Weekly Editor 21st June 2018 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin ReddIt WhatsApp Email Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin ReddIt WhatsApp Email Newsletter Subscribe Now! Get weekly news updates delivered straight to your email inbox and never miss out on the issues that matter most to you (BETA). Or follow us on social media. SUBSCRIBE 16,700FansLike9,399FollowersFollow Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. Trending Now Real Life A homeless person dies every 19 hours in austerity Britain Welfare Weekly Editor - 14th August 2019 Services are failing to protect homelessness people, say campaigners. Read more Real Life Cancer patient forced to rely on food banks says DWP needs to ‘wake up’ to the ‘cruelty’ of Universal Credit Welfare Weekly Editor - 4th December 2019 A cancer patient says she has been forced to rely on food banks after being refused Universal Credit. Read more News Jo Swinson ‘sorry’ for backing Tory benefit cuts Welfare Weekly Editor - 4th December 2019 Liberal Democrat leader grilled on her voting record while in coalition government with the Tories. Read more Society DWP forced to admit more than 111,000 benefit deaths Welfare Weekly Editor - 15th August 2018 Department has been forced to release updated Employment and Support Allowance mortality statistics. Read more News Benefit payment dates over Christmas and New Year 2019-20 Welfare Weekly Editor - 14th November 2019 You may receive benefit payments early over Christmas and New Year. Check here to see if this applies to you and your family. Read more More News Real Life One million UK children face a Christmas without warmth or fresh food, charity warns Welfare Weekly Editor - 6th December 2019 Action for Children says child poverty levels are at the worst they can remember. Read more News Jo Swinson ‘sorry’ for backing Tory benefit cuts Welfare Weekly Editor - 4th December 2019 Liberal Democrat leader grilled on her voting record while in coalition government with the Tories. Read more Real Life Cancer patient forced to rely on food banks says DWP needs to ‘wake up’ to the ‘cruelty’ of Universal Credit Welfare Weekly Editor - 4th December 2019 A cancer patient says she has been forced to rely on food banks after being refused Universal Credit. Read more Press Releases A child becomes homeless in Britain every eight minutes, report reveals Welfare Weekly Editor - 3rd December 2019 Shelter calls on every political party to put housing at the top of its domestic agenda. Read more Press Releases C4 Dispatches: 4 million children growing up hungry under Tories Welfare Weekly Editor - 3rd December 2019 SNP calls on the next UK government to reverse "brutal" austerity cuts and end the benefits freeze. Read more NewsletterGet weekly news updates delivered straight to your inbox. Subscribe today! SUBSCRIBE
