UK single mums - benefits help?

Me and my boyfriend live together, we rent a house through an estate agent and are both named on the tenancy.

He works full time, I work part time and we have a one year old.

We have now split up. He wants to leave and stay with family until he can find somewhere new to live. What do I do? He said he will pay me child maintence and thats it, hes going to speak to our landlord and get taken off the tenancy and find himself a new place to rent himself.

I only work minimal hours and cannot afford the rent and bills on my tiny wage. My boyfriend was the provider and paid 90% of everything. My babys nursery alone is over £500 a month.

So I’m going to have to give up work and take her out of nursery and probably go on benefits I imagine. But what am I entitled to, does anyone know? What do I get as a now single Mum? Will I have to leave my home and get put in teemporary accomadation until I get put in a council place? How do I get my rent paid? Can I stay here and get benefits towards my rent? My rent is £1000 a month.

I never thought I’d be a single mum on benefits, I have no idea how it works and what will happen now. I’m scared and devastated.