doddisalegend Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 interesting article on the beeb about how much a family of four needs to live acceptably in the uk A couple with two children now need to earn £36,800 a year to have a "socially acceptable" standard of living, an anti-poverty charity says. link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18770783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 Sounds quite low to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 Depends on the definition of poverty... Which is massively skewed in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 10 July, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 July, 2012 (edited) Depends on the definition of poverty... Which is massively skewed in the UK according to the article Minimum weekly spend on some "socially acceptable" life essentials includes: Household goods and services: Childcare: £147.85, beds and bedding: £3.29, garden equipment: £0.66 Food and drink: Meat £18.08, vegetables: £11.27, snacks: £3.65 Social and cultural: Parent social activities: £30.00, UK holiday: £18.52, birthday gifts: £8.42 Transport: Car: £60.25, public transport: £12.38, Cycling: £1.40 Based on a couple with two young children with a weekly income of £685 So apparently a uk holiday is a socially acceptable life essential as is parent social activites (what ever they are?) Edited 10 July, 2012 by doddisalegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 Well yeah, if you can't have a crappy holiday once a year and the odd trip to the cinema that is pretty unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 according to the article Minimum weekly spend on some "socially acceptable" life essentials includes: Household goods and services: Childcare: £147.85, beds and bedding: £3.29, garden equipment: £0.66 Food and drink: Meat £18.08, vegetables: £11.27, snacks: £3.65 Social and cultural: Parent social activities: £30.00, UK holiday: £18.52, birthday gifts: £8.42 Transport: Car: £60.25, public transport: £12.38, Cycling: £1.40 Based on a couple with two young children with a weekly income of £685 So apparently a uk holiday is a socially acceptable life essential as is parent social activites (what ever they are?) Given that there is no provision elsewhere for such things as clothes, haircuts, TV licence etc,. I guess those are the sorts of things included in 'social activities'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 10 July, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 July, 2012 Given that there is no provision elsewhere for such things as clothes, haircuts, TV licence etc,. I guess those are the sorts of things included in 'social activities'? I figured parent social activites were the pub, gym, cinema, dinner out, swinging etc etc but I'm not totally sure TBH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 I figured parent social activites were the pub, gym, cinema, dinner out, swinging etc If they went swinging for free more they wouldnt need tv or expensive dinners out. The Government should promote it for those on low incomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 10 July, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 July, 2012 Found this from this link to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation of the bbc article http://mis.jrf.org.uk/ Which gives a far more detailed breakdown of weekly expenditure. Some of their costs seem very odd 0.08p a week on toys for a family with two kids? I can't wait to tell my kids I only need to spend £4.16 on toys a year to allow them to live acceptably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 10 July, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 July, 2012 If they went swinging for free more they wouldnt need tv or expensive dinners out. The Government should promote it for those on low incomes. Excellent idea low income swinging...Who wants to go first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 They forgot the £20,000 a year on crisps FFS. (see other thread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 A family that live close to us said when we got back from our second cruise last year wish we had the money to do a cruise my reply was if you both gave up the fags you would be about £5k a year better off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 A family that live close to us said when we got back from our second cruise last year wish we had the money to do a cruise my reply was if you both gave up the fags you would be about £5k a year better off. Yeah, a similar thing happened to me. When I was forced to get rid of my second yacht to pay for Eton for my 2nd child, the local poor family said they wished they could send their children to Eton. I told them that if they gave up being poor and got better jobs they might be able to, although their children wouldn't get in to Eton due to the fact that their ill-educated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 10 July, 2012 Share Posted 10 July, 2012 due to the fact that their ill-educated. they're, pleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 12 July, 2012 Share Posted 12 July, 2012 ^ | | | There, pleb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 12 July, 2012 Share Posted 12 July, 2012 ^ | | | There, pleb. Do you work in graphic design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 12 July, 2012 Share Posted 12 July, 2012 And the fags and booze What if you were living in a high rise flat would you still need to take into account a provision for gardening. Based on those figures that I am well be low the poverty line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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