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This support bubble stuff is bollocks for most people. Another benefit that is either designed to or ‘unfortunately’ excludes the working classes.
e.g. Mum and Dad can’t work from home because Dad is a mechanic and Mum works in Sainsbury’s. Grandparents both still work. albeit less, but live 3 bus rides away and don’t have a car to come and get baby. Even if they did it would be hard with Grandads poor health from 45years on the tools as a builder. So mum and dad do their best to cope but Mum is about to lose her job because she can’t keep missing days when the supermarket is so busy but has to stay home because school/nursery is shut and who will look after the kids all day? Dad’s not having a great time at work either as there’s less cars to fix with everyone at home and all his weekend overtime has gone so there’s less money about and the small savings they had made for a holiday to centerparks will instead be spent on getting through this.