Help with cost of living

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Cheers guys been really helpful. This is what I've come up with so far...
Car insurance - £100 / month (will be half this in September)
Fuel - £150 / month
Credit cards / direct debits - £80 / month

So factor in rent - £700 / month
Council tax - £75 - £100 / month
Other household bills - £100 / month

Fecking expensive. My girlfriend will get benefits for having just lost her job, but she'll also get a child benefit when baby arrives (I think).

As for rainy day money, I have a savings account which currently gets £100 a month paid in, probably end up reducing this to £50 I think. Girlfriends dad is a mechanic so will fix the car for peanuts and gets parts at trade prices so that's all good.

The scary bits are what babies cost. They need so much stuff!