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Sometimes, being a parent means making tough decisions - what would you do? Take the challenge.
A little girl plays with her toys
You're buying the week's food for your daughter. Do you:
Spend more than £20 End
Spend less than £20 End
Bills. Image credit: Sharon Mccutcheon / Unsplash
Spending more than £20 cuts into your money for bills. Do you:
Risk missed bill payments End
Take on an extra shift at work End
A child's shoes. Image credit: Michal Parzuchowski / Unsplash
Your daughter has grown out of her school shoes. Do you:
Ask your family if you can borrow money again End
Skip your dinners this week to pay for more End
Winter clothes and blankets. Image credit: Victoria Strukovskaya / Unsplash
Your daughter needs new winter clothes and thicker duvet. Do you:
Take on an extra shift at work End
Buy charity shop clothes instead of new End
Drawing. Image credit: Markus Spiske / Unsplash
Your childcare costs have now gone up. Do you:
Sell your car and get a cheaper one End
Ask your family if you can borrow money again End
Winter clothes and blankets. Image credit: Victoria Strukovskaya / Unsplash
Your daughter needs new clothes and a thicker duvet. Do you:
Skip your dinners this week to pay End
Buy charity shop clothes instead of new End
Winter clothes and blankets. Image credit: Victoria Strukovskaya / Unsplash
Your daughter needs new winter clothes and a thicker duvet, do you:
Ask your family if you can borrow money again End
Buy charity shop clothes instead of new End
Drawing. Image credit: Markus Spiske / Unsplash
Your childcare costs have now gone up. Do you:
Ask your family if you can borrow money again End
Skip your dinners this week to pay End
School assembly. Image credit: CDC / Unsplash.
She comes home in tears because the kids made fun of her ill-fitting clothes. Do you:
Skip your dinners this week to pay for something new End
Take on an extra shift at work End
Winter clothes and blankets. Image credit: Victoria Strukovskaya / Unsplash
Your daughter needs new winter clothes and a thicker duvet, do you:
Buy charity shop clothes instead of new End
Skip your dinners this week to pay End
A school classroom. Image credit: Ivan Aleksic / Unsplash
Your daughter needs £10 to pay for a school trip. Do you:
Skip your dinners this week to pay End
Tell her she can't go End
A school classroom. Image credit: Ivan Aleksic / Unsplash
Your daughter needs £10 to pay for a school trip. Do you:
Tell her she can't go End
Take on an extra shift at work End
School assembly. Image credit: CDC / Unsplash.
She comes home in tears because the kids made fun of her ill-fitting clothes. Do you:
Skip your dinners this week pay for something new End
Take on an extra shift at work End
A school classroom. Image credit: Ivan Aleksic / Unsplash
Your daughter needs £10 to pay for a school trip. Do you:
Take on an extra shift at work End
Tell her she can't go End
A school classroom. Image credit: Ivan Aleksic / Unsplash
She comes home in tears because the kids made fun of her ill-fitting clothes. Do you:
Ask your family if you can borrow money again End
Skip your dinners this week pay for something new End
Radiator. Image credit: Julian Hochgesang / Unsplash
It's winter and the boiler breaks down. Do you:
Take out a payday loan End
Pay with your food budget & go to a food bank End
A child's shoes. Image credit: Michal Parzuchowski / Unsplash
Your daughter has grown out of her school shoes, do you:
Take out a payday loan End
Pay with your food budget & go to a food bank End
Drawing. Image credit: Markus Spiske / Unsplash
Your childcare costs have now gone up. Do you:
Take out a payday loan End
Pay with your food budget & go to a food bank End
Winter clothes and blankets. Image credit: Victoria Strukovskaya / Unsplash
Your daughter needs new winter clothes and a thicker duvet, do you:
Take out a payday loan End
Pay with your food budget & go to a food bank End
A school classroom. Image credit: Ivan Aleksic / Unsplash
Your daughter needs £10 to pay for a school trip. Do you:
Pay with your food budget & go to a food bank End
Tell her she can't go End

Starting to feel the pressure?

For families facing the planned £20 a week cut to Universal Credit, this isn't a game.

These scenarios were based on conversations with mums who face these impossible choices every day.

Will you join the fight to stop the cuts?

Yes, I'll add my name End
No, I'm not interested End

Thank you, add your name here:

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The last 18 months have shown how quickly our lives can turn upside down. It's also reminded us how important it is to support each other through tough times.

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