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Minimum wage could be cut

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  • Thomas_Hardy
    Thomas_Hardy Posts: 422 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    ok, never heard of them. Why would I be entitled to them on NMW earning £11,365pa for a 35 hour week job and now on JSA I only get £71 and nothing else. Very odd indeed.

    It is intended to ensure you have a long term liveable income, as opposed to a short term stop gap. I guess they didn't take into account times when the economy went to pot and people were on JSA long term :o
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Thomas_Hardy wrote: »
    It is intended to ensure you have a long term liveable income, as opposed to a short term stop gap. I guess they didn't take into account times when the economy went to pot and people were on JSA long term :o
    So why is NMW not liveable when JSA is meant to be? LOL
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  • Thomas_Hardy
    Thomas_Hardy Posts: 422 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    So why is NMW not liveable when JSA is meant to be? LOL

    I don't think either are intended to be in the long term, JSA certainly isn't. The theory behind the levels for both is very idealistic - assumes no debts, and that people will progress onto higher levels of pay.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Thomas_Hardy wrote: »
    I don't think either are intended to be in the long term, JSA certainly isn't. The theory behind the levels for both is very idealistic - assumes no debts, and that people will progress onto higher levels of pay.
    JSA may not be long term but its meant to the be the amount of £ you need to LIVE on - to get a 'top up' on NMW is an insult to everyone who get nothing now.
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  • Takeaway_Addict
    Takeaway_Addict Posts: 6,538 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    NMW shouldn't have been brought in to start.
    Don't trust a forum for advice. Get proper paid advice. Any advice given should always be checked
  • Thomas_Hardy
    Thomas_Hardy Posts: 422 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    JSA may not be long term but its meant to the be the amount of £ you need to LIVE on - to get a 'top up' on NMW is an insult to everyone who get nothing now.

    It is the amount the law says you need to live on - this is nothing more than a notional figure designed long ago. It is not the same as a liveable income.
  • falko89
    falko89 Posts: 1,687 Forumite
    Takeaway_Addict wrote: »
    NMW shouldn't have been brought in to start.

    Why would that be?
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Takeaway_Addict wrote: »
    NMW shouldn't have been brought in to start.
    Then people would be working for 40p an hour or something equally as ridiculous.
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  • falko89
    falko89 Posts: 1,687 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    Then people would be working for 40p an hour or something equally as ridiculous.

    I went home with £50 per week back in 97/98 and had to give £30 of that for house keep.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    falko89 wrote: »
    I went home with £50 per week back in 97/98 and had to give £30 of that for house keep.
    Was that a training scheme?
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