How much money to live on?

The Mad Rapper said:
Good. There's no way you can expect the tax payer to fund you and expect to keep your savings.
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You'll be glad to know then that when I was made redundant in March, I was on JSA while having substantial savings and a resonably large redundancy package. All of which you are allowed to have when you are contributions based JSA ;)
 
Bear said:
You'll be glad to know then that when I was made redundant in March, I was on JSA while having substantial savings and a resonably large redundancy package. All of which you are allowed to have when you are contributions based JSA ;)
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yep for 6 months they'll just want to know if you work any hours you just keep it under 16. I think that's fair enough really, 6 months is a while to get back on your feet and find a job. To be honest if you haven't found something in 6 months there's something amiss.
 
DanH84 said:
yep for 6 months they'll just want to know if you work any hours you just keep it under 16. I think that's fair enough really, 6 months is a while to get back on your feet and find a job. To be honest if you haven't found something in 6 months there's something amiss.
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It took me just over 3 months to get another job and I have paid the money I got on JSA back in tax in one week. Its certainly good to be working again and earning money more importantly
 
the shadow said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ployed-driver-tells-stunned-haulage-boss.html :eek::eek:
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The point that some folk will miss from this article is that the job centre will not continue to pay benefits for people who turn down reasonable offers of employment. I work as a New Deal advisor and quite commonly I will end up doing the paperwork which results in somebody having their benefit sanctioned for refusal of employment.

If the sanction is applied it means the customer can lose all entitlement to payments through JSA for a maximum of six months. It does not matter if they sign off or whatever....the sanction lasts the full period even if they make a new claim.

They can apply for hardship payments after the first 2 weeks without any dole money, which can re-instate some benefit if it is granted (which is by no means guaranteed) but this is usually only 40% of their usual benefit anyway...even less to live on.
 
House rent, bills, council tax is £280 a month. I usually use about £15 a week in food, then whatever takeaways etc on top of that.

Say £350 a month for rent, bills, council tax, food and some new clothes.

I work as a cleaner, get up stupidly early every day, in a crappy job where i'm treated like a lower class worker.

I'm supervisor there so i've had to do interviews for new staff and most seem to turn up, make no effort and look appalled at the work they'd have to do. I'm sure most make no effort so they can go back to JSA and say they never get any job offers. I'M DOING THIS AND CLAIMING NOTHING!!! WHY DO THEY THINK THEY CAN MOAN ABOUT IT BEING "BAD" WORK?!?


If i'm careful with my money i get all sorts of fun things. £600 bike, new computer, new AV system gear. And i get to enjoy all this for 12+hours a day due to finishing so early?
 
"andy" said:
why ? he saved and paid tax on all the money he has earnt and then saved

if he had no savings because he had spent it all on crack and had never ever had a job instead of having one for enough time to get a mortgage and savings then he would be MUCH better off. and that is whats wrong
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So what? He should support himself with his own money until it's gone. It's not fair on tax payers otherwise. Where do you draw the line? If he has £1,000,000 in the bank, would it be right for tax payers to subsidise his living costs then?
 
The Mad Rapper said:
So what? He should support himself with his own money until it's gone. It's not fair on tax payers otherwise. Where do you draw the line? If he has £1,000,000 in the bank, would it be right for tax payers to subsidise his living costs then?
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Hasn't there been a limit of 6k for this very reason ? previously 3k until a few years ago.

Oh and daily fail :(
 
The Mad Rapper said:
So what? He should support himself with his own money until it's gone. It's not fair on tax payers otherwise. Where do you draw the line? If he has £1,000,000 in the bank, would it be right for tax payers to subsidise his living costs then?
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Yes if it is within the rules. After all a person who has £1,000,000 in savings would have put plenty into the system from their earnings unless they were given it or won it.
 
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