Stumble into single mum from upstairs in the lift as we run for school. She's tired she says, so she's taken the day off work.
I asked her why she's tired and she says she's got things on her mind.
She works part time and gets £448 a month. She also volunteers to gain experience following a course she did.
The housing office has said she has to start paying full rent - £90.
Up until now housing benefits has paid three quarters of it.
She will not be able to survive if she pays full rent. She may get working tax credits but that will only cover council tax and bills with not much left over for food and other necessities.
She said she's better off not working but that she wants to work, she enjoys working.
She'd taken the day off work to go down to the housing office to try and sort it all out.
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