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£3 busfares will ruin me

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Deportationsensation · 30/10/2024 14:56

Busfare cap to increase to £3. That’s £6 a day for buses. £10 extra a week.

My food budget for 1 person is £10 a week. So that’s my food money gone to pay for buses.

I can’t work more hours. I do what I can in working part time because I have health issues that would not qualify for PIP but affect me every day. Not qualifying for any benefits other than probably food bank use. Which I will now have to do.

AIBU to just start wondering what is the point? Life isn’t supposed to be like this. Some of us are just trying to survive with no enjoyment in life at all.

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orangegato · 30/10/2024 17:27

Can you get a WFH job?

HalloweenHaribo · 30/10/2024 17:16

SabrinaCarpenter · 30/10/2024 15:03

Surely you're entitled to UC if you have £10 a week for food?

£10 a week for a balanced diet and basic needs is not sustainable.

£10 a week for a balanced diet and basic needs is not sustainable.

I think the OP made a typo.

We were on the same thread the day before yesterday and she said £15 per week.

JaneEyreLaughing · 30/10/2024 17:07

I'm sorry to hear this OP

It really does show what a load of old shite net zero and the massive budget given to the lunatic Miliband to take us all back to the stone age is.

If he and his sixth former colleagues believed in it, believed that we must all suffer to bring about net zero, then making bus and train travel dirt cheap or even free would be a priority.

But of course they won't because despite hysterical yelling from Ms Thunberg et al, the whole net zero is a con that makes people like Miliband richer and people like the OP poorer.

Write to the twat and ask him if he will give you a lift in his fuel guzzling government or personal vehicles. Of course, he may not be in-he may be off flying to a climate change conference. Maybe his planes fly on pink farts and so are totally green.

Net Zero means, 'Give me a big budget to spunk up the wall and increase heating bills while making public transport more difficult to access.'

Of course, Net Zero is the new religion and people get quite angry if anyone speaks against the creed but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Because surely, if the situation was as dire as we are told, then even our dimwits at the helm, could see that making public transport more difficult to access is not the way to help it.

I suppose some quite angry or patronising people will come along to explain how Net Zero is perfectly compatible with keeping people on the road. Crack on and fill your boots.

Coralsunset · 30/10/2024 17:01

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coffeesaveslives · 30/10/2024 16:55

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What, in less than a week?

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AutumnLeaves24 · 30/10/2024 16:42

Runssometimes · 30/10/2024 16:38

I’m sorry OP, I can’t understand why fuel duty didn’t go up. Why rail fares and bus fares increase but we subside drivers to the tune of billions. Ridiculous.

Is cycling to work a possibility?

@Runssometimes

Fuel is already very expensive & will go up again due to global issues.

whatever you bus fare is, why do you think you're subsiding drivers??

murasaki · 30/10/2024 16:42

ManchesterLu · 30/10/2024 16:21

Yeah, in the same way tuition fees are "capped", but they all charge the highest amount possible.

Well that's just not true. London bus fares are 1.75. And if you get two within an hour the second is free.

Tuition fees are a different thing, placing yourself lower than the cap brands you as a lower tier university, so understandable some that should have done that, didn't.

Serencwtch · 30/10/2024 16:40

I am in a rural area & without the cap a single was £5.40 & return £8 so the cap is vital.

I think it's great they have kept the cap & increased it slightly rather than getting rid of it when it was due to end in December.

Runssometimes · 30/10/2024 16:38

I’m sorry OP, I can’t understand why fuel duty didn’t go up. Why rail fares and bus fares increase but we subside drivers to the tune of billions. Ridiculous.

Is cycling to work a possibility?

BabyCloud · 30/10/2024 16:35

Some councils are going to keep the cap. You can also apply for a free bus pass for some disabilities through them too if you search your local website or give them a call.

The cap was due to be lifted in December (at least where I live) so the £3 is still way cheaper than it used to be. Day or weekly tickets often work out cheaper.

Are you certain you aren’t entitled to benefits? £10 a week is impossible to live on. That can’t be doing your health any good.

AutumnLeaves24 · 30/10/2024 16:29

BIossomtoes · 30/10/2024 15:29

How did you pay your bus fares before the cap was introduced?

@blossomtoes

probably the same way many others could afford to buy things they can't now, before ever god damn thing else went up!!

TigerRag · 30/10/2024 16:28

yeaitsmeagain · 30/10/2024 16:26

So it's not even long term, it's just a few weeks? You could earn the extra in that time doing online surveys.

3 months isn't a few weeks

ButtSurgery · 30/10/2024 16:27

What's your income v outgoings? Do you claim UC? Why don't you think you can claim PIP?

If you don't eat, you die. It's not a binary choice. If you post a few more details, I'm sure people can help advise you.

irregularegular · 30/10/2024 16:26

Are you on minimum wage? That has gone up so will probably cover the difference.

yeaitsmeagain · 30/10/2024 16:26

TigerRag · 30/10/2024 16:24

The benefit / NMW increase is April. Bus fares increase in January

So it's not even long term, it's just a few weeks? You could earn the extra in that time doing online surveys.

vivainsomnia · 30/10/2024 16:25

Can you really not manage to work 1 hour more per week?

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The benefit / NMW increase is April. Bus fares increase in January

ApolloandDaphne · 30/10/2024 16:23

£10 per week on food cannot be sustainable surely?

ManchesterLu · 30/10/2024 16:21

Maddy70 · 30/10/2024 15:00

Its a cap. It may be cheaper

Yeah, in the same way tuition fees are "capped", but they all charge the highest amount possible.

AutumnLeaves24 · 30/10/2024 16:21

PuddlesPityParty · 30/10/2024 15:18

Exactly.

Im guessing she doesn't have the money up front that that would require.

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greenday16B · 30/10/2024 16:18

What is the cost of the beauty treatments?

ketchuptom · 30/10/2024 16:16

V0xPopuli · 30/10/2024 16:13

Is there no work at all you could manage?

Sometimes there's a difference between literally "cannot work at all" and "working more would be really hard".

Sometimes with mental health especially, increasing work can initially be very tough but it can actually help in the long run.

she’s a childminder no less
if you can get your head around that one

Differentstarts · 30/10/2024 16:14

V0xPopuli · 30/10/2024 16:13

Is there no work at all you could manage?

Sometimes there's a difference between literally "cannot work at all" and "working more would be really hard".

Sometimes with mental health especially, increasing work can initially be very tough but it can actually help in the long run.

She has a job working with children

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