6th April, 2026: Ian Paisley.
Right … it’s the 6th of April.
Which means?
Well, for those of us on Universal Credit, the amount we receive goes up.
As does the housing component of Universal Credit: assuming we’re in receipt of it.
The snag with the housing component?
Is that we have to fill that in, manually, on the UC website.
That’s easy enough for me.
But how we do that if we don’t have ’net access?
I really couldn’t tell you … !
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Something I’m waiting for … ?
Is money.
Or, at least, the possibility of money.
For the past couple of years, I’ve used the Essential Living Fund run by Southend Council: to get a (small) grant, that helps cover costs.
Except that now seems to no longer be available to non-Southend residents: and be potentially replaced by the as-yet-unlaunched Crisis and Resilience Fund.
Which the relevant webpage says “… starts in early April”.
The sooner that starts, and the easier it is, to do?
The happier I’ll be.
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