Rising household bills, no rise in benefits!

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Graham_Devon wrote: »

Because the country can't afford to pay more tax to just up benefits.

We are all in the same boat, wages have gone up but straight away fuel prices have taken that and more, let along council tax rises, food rises, gas rises etc.

Benefits have actually got a higher rise than NHS workers.

I think thats abit of an exageration,i`m sure their are many nhs workers who earn far more than alot of people on benefits,and there will be many nhs workers themselves receiving benefits e.g. ctc and family allowance

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mrcow wrote: »

Well I pay for your benefits, and my bills are rising too, so don't expect any extra money too soon, as I haven't got any lol!

benefits increase each April using the september infaltion figures,as inflation is expected to peak in sept this could be good news for claimants,in recent years many of thse working have seen higher wage increases than benefit increases,and they have also benefited from ctc wftc etc

space_rider

At end of day though, benefits went up admittedly by a small amount but my salary only increased small amount too. Times will get harder for the majority of us that are actually on MSE.

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glossgal wrote: »

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The thing is, people are only pointing out the reality of how these bill increases affect everyone. Why should someone on benefit warrant more sympathy than someone who works when the truth is benefit claimants often have more disposable income than workers. This isn't what the media want us to believe but alas it's fact.

Life is hard, my full time job has been cut to part time -that's me £500 worse off every month! after tax I probably earn about £40 per week more than I would in OP's position BUT on benefit I wouldn't have Council Tax and Mortgage/Rent to pay. This is not a dig it just frustrates me, as it seems to do others, when people show not even the slightest hint of gratitude/acknowledgement for the breaks they get!

for 25 years i worked hard and paid my dues and never begrudged anyone worse off than me getting benefits,for the last 10 years ive been disabled but i`ll be dammed if i`ll be made to feel grateful to anyone,i`m pleased i live in a country that has a welfare state.
Also where on earth do you get this idea that those on benefits have more disposable income than workers,been reading the daily mail again???:mad:

btw mortgages are only paid after 9 months and then only the interest and then only on 100k max mortgage

poet123

There but for the grace of.......insert your belief system! go all of us.

lucia15

I work in a Benefits office and I have to say that the rate of benefits has increased by a higher percentage than mine and most other people's wages this year, and we don't get our rent and council tax paid either!!

Titch89

lucia15 wrote: »

I work in a Benefits office and I have to say that the rate of benefits has increased by a higher percentage than mine and most other people's wages this year, and we don't get our rent and council tax paid either!!

They only went up by a couple (?) of quid. And benefits are much lower than wages.

westiegirl

Hi all
I can never understand why young girls cant do studies, college , work first then have a child Have they not heard of contraception.
It is us tax payers that are paying there benifits and we are finding it very hard to make ends meet to.

krisskross

Titch89 wrote: »

They only went up by a couple (?) of quid. And benefits are much lower than wages.

If they weren't then even more people would choose to be on benefits rather than work.

mitchaa

woodbine wrote: »

I think thats abit of an exageration,i`m sure their are many nhs workers who earn far more than alot of people on benefits,and there will be many nhs workers themselves receiving benefits e.g. ctc and family allowance

I think you're missing the point here, people in receipt of low income benefits also receive other benefits indirectly, such as free housing and council tax. Just as a comparison, im around £1700pm for my mortgage and CT but yet a family on benefits may receive this all for nothing funded by the tax payer. They may also receive free school meals/milk tokens/prescriptions etc etc, there are a lot of indirect benefits that dont necessarily hit the bank account each month

Your point about NHS workers pay, they may earn more on paper, but by the time rent/mortgage and council tax have been paid (By themselves, not government funded) its highly likely someone living SOLELY on benefits would be better off.

I wouldn't class family allowance/CB as a benefit as such (even though it is i suppose) Along with BASIC CTC as this can be paid to medium income families upto £66k

They are not comparable to low income benefits like IS/JSA/WTC/HB/LHA/CTB etc etc

You can be on £1m a year and still be entitled to CB for example, but yet how can someone compare this person with a person on real benefits?

The fact of the matter is, benefits did see a good rise in April, CTC child element went up from £1845 to £2085 for example, this is an increase of more than 10%.

NHS staff got less than 3%

I think some people are completely missing the point, and i guess its the benefits brigade that are doing so:rolleyes: Try living in the real world for a change