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04-06-2013, 02:53 AM | #1 | ||
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22751415
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04-06-2013, 02:57 AM | #2 | |||
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04-06-2013, 02:58 AM | #3 | |||
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Didnt know about this, very thoughtful.
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04-06-2013, 03:00 AM | #4 | ||
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04-06-2013, 11:16 AM | #5 | ||
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That's brilliant! The little leggings are adorable.
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04-06-2013, 11:17 AM | #6 | |||
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Thats awesome... really good to see
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04-06-2013, 12:45 PM | #7 | |||
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That is a really nice idea and actually better than getting child benefit in the first year.
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04-06-2013, 12:49 PM | #8 | |||
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Do they also get child benefit? I'd be happy to give new mothers a box of stuff instead.
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04-06-2013, 01:58 PM | #9 | |||
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Here I imagine they have a payment which covers this initial expenditure, why a box and some togs is a better option I don't know....
Unless some think that new mums spend their child benefit on drugs or something?
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04-06-2013, 02:04 PM | #10 | |||
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Will have to get one of these for my baby
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04-06-2013, 02:04 PM | #11 | |||
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I think its a great idea. When I was pregnant I got a maternity grant payout of £140 (approx) when I was 20 weeks pregnant. (I think this has since been scrapped). A girl I attended my antenatal with was on benefits and her grant was closer to £500 (or so she told me) and she said she had bought an XBox with it. From the OP they get the option of the box or money and most go for the box, which is nice to see.
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04-06-2013, 02:20 PM | #12 | |||
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Well no Annie you wouldn't be entitled to the £500 sure start payment but if you are in employment there is this,
Maternity Allowance is usually paid to you if you don’t qualify for Statutory Maternity Pay. You could get either £136.78 a week or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower). It’s paid for up to 39 weeks. been employed or self-employed for at least 26 weeks in the 66 weeks before the week your baby is due been earning at least £30 a week over any 13 week period https://www.gov.uk/maternity-allowance
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04-06-2013, 02:21 PM | #13 | |||
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I think this is a good idea.
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04-06-2013, 02:24 PM | #14 | ||
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I got the £500 surestart grant and I wasnt on benefits. Its also for anyone classed as having a low income I believe. If not then they made an error in paying me it
Doesnt go far though..once I had pram and cot and stuff, I had to add about £500 extra to get the rest of the stuff I needed. If I had the option between the money and the stuff..I think I would chose the money because the stuff in that pack isnt really enough for a newborn. Nice idea though.
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04-06-2013, 02:51 PM | #15 | |||
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In all seriousness this cardboard crib will only be serviceable very short term then you will have to get a cot anyway.
and you can get lovely layette sets and clothes from primark and asda very reasonably, I don't see the allure. There would no doubt be some snobbery that not many would want to dress their child in 'government issued' clothing too.
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04-06-2013, 03:00 PM | #16 | |||
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This would be a problem here unfortunately where you have to be wheeling your kin around in an expensive buggy and dressing them in designer stuff. It obviously works in Finland maybe they have a different culture but unfortuntely it wouldn't work here. |
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04-06-2013, 03:06 PM | #17 | |||
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04-06-2013, 03:10 PM | #18 | |||
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Knowing our government they would probably print all over the clothes 'my parents are benefit scroungers' or something
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04-06-2013, 03:14 PM | #19 | ||
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I deleted that so that the thread didnt get derailed
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04-06-2013, 03:18 PM | #20 | |||
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04-06-2013, 03:18 PM | #21 | |||
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04-06-2013, 03:25 PM | #22 | |||
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04-06-2013, 04:00 PM | #23 | ||
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http://www.kela.fi/web/en/maternity-...aternity-grant
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Their website has a very informative English version ..... |
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