Comments on: Acceptable standards of living… that’d be nice.

By: SOCIALIST UNITY » The world according to James Purnell

SOCIALIST UNITY » The world according to James Purnell — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:32:33 +0000

[...] that research from the Joseph Rowntree Federation suggests that a single adult needs to maintain a basic standard of [...]

By: The world according to James Purnell « Harpymarx

The world according to James Purnell « Harpymarx — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:08:11 +0000

[...] that research from the Joseph Rowntree Federation suggests that a single adult needs to maintain a basic standard of [...]

By: WorldbyStorm

WorldbyStorm — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:50:37 +0000

Completely agree. And yet isn’t it telling how actual state benefits pitch it 2/3rds of that figure?

By: harpymarx

harpymarx — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:15:47 +0000

These break downs of the basics, what are they based on and as you say you don’t know whether weighting was given to large cities. The cost of living in London is high. Travel is expensive in London and transport, for example, is over £17 per week. But £13,400 is utterly low and you would just about have your head above water. And it would be a basic living and why should that be? The appalling poverty wages many workers are on (RMT cleaners are on £5.50 and are demanding £7.20). And also the constant widening gap between rich and poor esp. considering how so many people have become rich under NL. Utterly obscene.

By: WorldbyStorm

WorldbyStorm — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:37:38 +0000

I thought I covered it where I said (additional rent allowance/other benefits may be available)… but reading it now, you’re right, sorry, I should have made that clearer.

By: Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:17:32 +0000

Housing costs presumably includes rent which people would receive extra money towards. It is not all entirely out of the €197.80.