Budget: ‘I earn £1,800 a month and have nothing left at the end’

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1. *Nicole, who uses them and they pronoun, said they receive Employment and Support Allowance of £1,042, Personal Independent Payments of £798, and Housing Benefit of £917 per month.*

   *Though they feel in a “fortunate position” currently, Nicole says: “I feel I am at the mercy of the DWP.”*

   Receives £33,000 a year in benefits and has the audacity to ‘freak out’ that cuts are coming… they’re out earning half of the working population.

2. People on any sort of housing benefit that pays more than a person who works full time and pays rent but is worse off should be the first people cut off in the budget

3. They get £917 in housing benefit and their rent is £1250. This means nearly half of the PIP payment goes on rent and the other half will go on bills. So they have to buy food and live on Employment and Support Allowance, a benefit directly related to paying into the system over the years of working as a civil servant and in digital marketing.

   Ideally, this person would be able to move into a Housing Association/Council property and cut that rent in half (If not more) The fact people think this person is a problem, and not the stagnant wages, and horrific rental rates really makes me despair.

   No, people working full-time should not have less than this person at the end of the month. They should have more, but that should be achieved by increasing what they earn by being in full-time employment not decreasing what a severely disabled person receives.

   The race to the bottom and anger directed towards all the wrong things is infuriating.

4. Gotta feel bad for the 31 year old on £150k who has to pay their energy bills…

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6. she should stop buying advocados and takeaway lattes. That way, she could save for a house deposit in no time.

7. I dont get the benefits one as ESA tops out at £138 a week??? (edit: its income related ESA which does get topped up to that amount)
   pip for mobility and daily living max is £184 a week

8. Earns 150k, bitches about not getting childcare, literally earning 4.5x the average before tax, and has an ex partner paying half the bill.

9. This country has been brainwashed into vilifying the disabled and benefit claimants.

10. The one that interested me was 

    > I try to save as much of my £1,920 a month as I can

    Classic paradox of thrift. Policymakers have created an economy of such insecurity that even when people have money left over they choose to sock away every spare penny, leading ultimately to further stagnation.

11. These are some odd examples and won’t garner much sympathy.

12. I see an interesting amount of rage.

    Getting angry at this is like getting angry over a flea bite instead of being angry at the guy who drunkenly ran you over in a car.

    Punch up people.

    Plenty of corporations not paying taxes.

13. The first example has chosen to do a degree which limits their ability to work.

    I’m sorry but lots of people would love to go back and study something or retrain but cannot afford it so don’t – it’s a bit much to complain she has made a lifestyle choice then is worse off. The sensible thing would have been to build up savings before doing the degree to cushion the loss of earnings.

    Apprenticeship get paid less because they are learning. Guy is also learning in a field that’s in its twilight so wasting his time.

    And the “I earn 7600 a month , 2400 on childcare and 1800 mortgage which leaves me with only 3200 money to live on a month” sob story ?

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