A MUM-OF-TWO has joked she plans on getting pregnant to avoid having to go to work, as ordered by Universal Credit.
Mother-of-two Charlotte Jones took to TikTok to share her supposed plan to pop out another baby after Universal Credit told her ”to get a job”.
The young mum claimed she had been ordered to find employment, as her toddler had turned two.
In an email to The Sun, Charlotte later clarified that her TikTok post was satire – and she does in fact already work.
Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs.
According to the Gov website, it’s paid monthly – or twice a month for some people in Scotland.
Brits may be entitled to it if they’re on a low income, out of work or you cannot work.
In the UK, after your child turns two, if you’re the main carer on Universal Credit, you’ll be expected to look for work and be available to take up a job.
However, this should not exceed 30 hours a week, or take up to 30 hours a week on work-related activities, such as job hunting, attending interviews, or taking courses to improve your skills.
The Gov website states that Universal Credit can help with childcare costs to enable parents to work or increase their hours.
This means claimants can receive a maximum of 85% of their childcare costs being covered, up to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1,108 for two or more children.
In a recent viral video, Charlotte said: ”Universal Credit told me to get a job because my youngest child is turning two… How about no, lol?
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”[I] might go the extra mile too and get preggers.”
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Hitting back at critics who insisted that it was people like her who hurt those ”that actually need” help and financial support, Charlotte claimed she was ”skint”.
‘This is so wrong’
Since being posted on the platform, where the mother-of-two boasts more than 10,000 followers, the video has seen Charlotte come under fire for the joke.
One of the 93,000 angry viewers said: ”Reported to DWP.”
”This is so wrong,” another slammed the mum, who regularly posts satiric content.
”If you can manage to conceive a child then you can manage to work,” someone else thought.
”And this, members of the general public, is what is wrong with society,” a fourth chimed in.