I get £2.3k Universal Credit a month… people are mad I use food banks but it doesn’t cover my Disney trips & takeaways
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A MUM-OF-TWO has sparked fury after explaining what her £2.3k Universal Credit monthly payment goes towards. Single mother Eleanor took to her TikTok page to reveal how she planned on managing the £2,338 UC allowance that had landed in her bank account.
![[Woman packing for a Disney trip.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/f91310ae-10d2-4961-b387-a5492bb3e0ab.jpg?strip=all&w=576)
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. The mum, who goes by the name of @ellieleehay on the platform, received over £2.3k at the end of December - which works out to be a little more than a person on a £39k annual salary, according to HMRC.
![[Unemployed mother at Disneyland, thanking taxpayers.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2e156b46-3e27-4263-b07f-a966081bce3b.jpg?strip=all&w=561)
Someone putting away a common contribution of 8% into their pension, paying off a Plan 1 student loan would earn the same amount as Eleanor on a £39k salary, after Income Tax and National Insurance were taken off. Despite the government offering a helping hand to Eleanor and her two kids, the mum said she was ''annoyed'' because she had allegedly been ''paid slightly less'' this time.
![[Food packed for a Disney trip.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/03672c92-924c-43f2-aafc-ca1c79e872f1.jpg?strip=all&w=576)
Although the single parent said she'd have to ''visit food banks'' to be able to feed her family for the next few weeks, she had allocated £450 of the allowance for a trip to Disneyland. A further £700 of the UC payment, she claimed in the video, went towards her rent, with gas and electricity bills totalling up to £150.
