• Devi@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    The current amount of universal credit for a single person is about £80 a week. The average gas and electric is £168, water is what, £25? Council tax, phone/broadband (because you now need internet access for universal credit), you’re at around £250 just for bills. That leaves around £70 to live on for the month, for food, transport, clothes, anything else you need. It’s impossible to live on.

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      10 months ago

      I think you’ve mixed weeks and months in your calculations. £80 a week, £320 a month. Bills at £250 in the month leaves £70 to live on for the month