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Indie_Kid

debrag wrote: »

I earn £4706 less than I should going by the calculator but then they do have £200+ on there a week which we don't spend. I wish I could spend £76 on food and £64 on social activities.

Some of their figures make no sense - like £40 odd a week on food. I never spent that much when I was at uni - £20 max normally.

DX2

goffo wrote: »

Hah hah hah !!!

What a joke:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

We are pensioners (62 & 67), don't smoke, don't drink, don't have holidays.
The only thing right with that calculator is the income side except that we don't get HB or help with the mortgage!

When I substitute mortgage for rent, we are £55pw in the red!!
It does make me wonder how we manage. We are gradually reducing our savings which currently stand at just £3000.

Or maybe we should be doing what the rest of the country is doing and claiming every benefit going to up our income.

Looking at that and being totally reasonable I think I should be entitled to DLA of £37.90 min for me and £47.80 Attendance Allowance for my wife = £85.70 extra a week.

Is it right that I should claim these just to up our income as I thought they were only available for the extra costs involved in respect of the disabilities we suffer? There aren't any extra costs - hence we don't claim!

I just had to quote this for the novelty factor *cough* Andy.

ska_lover

I've just done the calculator, and apparently I need to earn over 9k more per year to sustain a minimum. It does amaze me how I manage.

nannytone_2

you cant compare the uk to third world countries.
the majority of people in third world countries live in very poor circumstances.........here is the minority.
poverty is based on the average person.

Fridge2

nannytone wrote: »

you cant compare the uk to third world countries.
the majority of people in third world countries live in very poor circumstances.........here is the minority.
poverty is based on the average person.

Which is an absolutely crap way to measure poverty IMO.