I too receive Income Support to the tune of £17.65 per week. I also have a nine-year-old son and run a council flat. I do not have a car; and I am a full-time mature student, for which I receive no extra help to cover the purchase of books necessary ...

Yours sincerely, Rosemarie Craven Fred Craven Ringmer, East Sussex 10 February

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