The meeting with Citizen’s Advice gave me a projected income on Universal Credit that will be £40 less per week. This could be partly because by then my eldest son will be 18, so some financial support I get for him will cease anyway. And they couldn’t tell me any more about it. This is something that’s due to come into action next April, and no one has a clue what will happen!! On a positive note, the suggestion was that it won’t even be implemented – not sure if that was Universal Credit, which seems to be railroaded, or the minimum income floor for self employed people such as us, as this is the part that is of most concern, but my experience is that no matter how much we protest, it makes absolutely no difference to those of us that haven’t asked to have our measly income cut, we will still be robbed.
I’ve been trying to get on with a commission amidst this distraction, and I wasn’t successful with another job application, so plans C, D and E are being considered…. badgering Reed dot com to actually support arts grads with proper jobs is where my frustrations were vented this morning.
I have actually done some work on the graphic novel again, now I have more time free again.
