Money Programme BBC2 9pm

Rainy-Days

The Money programme tonight on BBC2 at 9pm is examing how two sets of families live on £40,000.00 per annum. Showing how one cuts their cloth and manages to save.

It might be worth watching

sistercas

thanks have sky+ it

withabix

Oh....the 'Money' programme!

I thought for one minute that they had brought back 'The Money Programme'!

skintmum2012

Hi everyone, That's Loads of money we are on like half off that I wonder what that makes us other the skint lol.

countingthepennies

£40,000.00!!!! Sorry, dont want to rub anybody up the wrong way, but that is fantastic money. Maybe they should try less than £12,000?

rinabean

countingthepennies wrote: »

£40,000.00!!!! Sorry, dont want to rub anybody up the wrong way, but that is fantastic money. Maybe they should try less than £12,000?

No, it's what I was thinking, too. "Manages to save" - even if that's one person's salary, you're still taking home nearly 2.5k a month. I think most would "manage to save" on that.

sweaty_betty

rinabean wrote: »

No, it's what I was thinking, too. "Manages to save" - even if that's one person's salary, you're still taking home nearly 2.5k a month. I think most would "manage to save" on that.

I guess it depends on outgoings, pension, mortgage (especially for those living in the south) bills - and of course paying for 3 triplets!

chewmylegoff

newly qualified teacher, salary = £21,000. eurostar driver annual salary = £47,000.

how do you get £40,000 by adding these two numbers together, please?

LondonDreamer

sweaty_betty wrote: »

I guess it depends on outgoings, pension, mortgage (especially for those living in the south) bills - and of course paying for 3 triplets!

Second this. Completely depends on outgoings. Here in London, you could easily spend more than that just on essentials. My rent plus council tax on a 2 bed flat is over £1500/pcm. If I had a child and wanted to continue to work, nursery would be around £1k per month minimum. There's £2.5k a month gone just on those two expenses, without buying any food or paying bills. :eek:

7_week_wonder

chewmylegoff wrote: »

newly qualified teacher, salary = £21,000. eurostar driver annual salary = £47,000.

how do you get £40,000 by adding these two numbers together, please?

I think they said that £40,000 was the net money going into the household. So after tax, pensions etc it sounds believable.

rinabean

sweaty_betty wrote: »

I guess it depends on outgoings, pension, mortgage (especially for those living in the south) bills - and of course paying for 3 triplets!

Triplets and pension, yes. But all the rest is what they've chosen to spend it on. Of course if you spend all your money you can't save any. If you earn 40k a year, you don't have to spend any more than someone on a lower salary. The government only takes more tax the more you earn, they don't force you to live in a bigger/nicer/more convenient house. I think some people have a warped idea of what the essentials are.