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Unemployment: Dole to go up £60 a month in budget
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The bulk of the 'standard £12k' is housing benefit, usually in repsect of rent.I just worked out what I would get if I could get mortgage interest paid etc. after 13 weeks unemployed plus council tax plus JSA at current rates ... remarkably it totals £7,300 per year not this £12K being bandied about. Personally I would much rather work but a few on this site would be wise to realise that there are a fair few people currently unemployed through no choice of their own who are not in any way taking the !!!! and will likely end up paying a damn site more in tax over the year than they will receive in benefits whilst they are sorting themselves out.
Owner occupiers get stiffed a bit and generally get helped less, epecially if they have small o/s amount left on their mortgage. Not fair, but just the way it works, unfortunately.0 -
Would the increase in JSA reduce the amount of other benefits (eg HB/LHA) received?
:heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls
MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remote
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lets hope they abolish JSA and make this discussion purely academic. lets hope!Target Savings by end 2009: 20,000
current savings: 20,500 (target hit yippee!)
Debts: 8000 (student loan so doesnt count)
new target savings by Feb 2010: 30,0000 -
No it isn't on average ... in my case it would be just short of £9K gross but someone on the maximum allowable mortgage interest payable would be around your figure i.e. maximum not average. Anyway, I was mostly making the point that not everyone on JSA is some kind of leach in the current market and many would much rather be working than not."I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." — Confucius0
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I meant to add, with this government any increase is likely to be an announced increase for the spin but would likely not take effect for a number of years i.e. buying votes without actually having to pay for them yet. "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." — Confucius0
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I love the way the majority of you are talking about people claiming jsa as being lazy and cannot be bothered to work. Maybe it would do some of you good to look on the redundancies board on these forums. The people losing their jobs are just like you and I. Hasn't it occurred to any of you that we are in a very severe recession and if you still have a job then you are a very lucky person. Perhaps if one or two of you were made redundant you would get a taste of what job seeking today is actually like. If you were forced to claim jsa without any choice about it maybe you would change your tune a little bit.The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best0
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LumpyCustard wrote: »No, not rubbish. This is my budget, a single person living alone with only JSA as income, and a fairly frugal one at that:
Council Tax: £97 You can get council tax benefit for this
Home insurance: £11.50 Luxury not needed
Gas: £38 I pay less than this per month and I have a baby
Electricity: £26 Ditto as above but I suppose being at work it's only used a few hours in the evening.
Water: £12.50
Phone+broadband: £24 Not needed this is a luxury
Food: £100 Way too much for 1 person you can eat for half that
Have you tried it yourself, Kim?
I think the whole point of benefits is to help people when they are struggling and not able to earn their own money to support themselves. 2 of your figures are luxury items and therefore are not needed. Lots of working families can not afford them. Your food bill can also be cut I spend less each month.
Benefits should pay for needed things, basic food and basic shelter and associated costs, that is it.
Edit: And another thing why should people claiming benefits be able to have £6,000 in savings before it affects their money. I am 35 and have never had £6k in savings infact even now I have £192 and that will be spent on my car insurance when it is due. You should only be able to get help if you can prove you have NOTHING not a sausage or a bean.0 -
well said not everyone is a lazy sponger some have lost their jobs through no fault of their own and cannot live on fresh air so job seekers is a must what do they pay taxes for.Before you point fingers,make sure your hands are clean !;)0
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Graham_Devon wrote: »So how does "will go up" relate to what ding dong said about going up an extra £15 a week?
There is no mention anywhere of £15pw or £60pm.
The doctor is fishing again.0 -
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