25k isn't sufficient for a single person nowadays.

[MintAnt]

I'm 33 and earning this in public sector, so I'm currently applying for promotions. I am single and live alone, the vast majority of my colleagues are either in their 20s and live at home, or live with a partner/spouse.
I had to dip into my savings so having to build them up again, I only have £500 which is shameful. I've just signed for a tiny studio which is £600 pcm including all bills and just over a third of my take home pay.
My plan is to do a lot of overtime whilst applying for promotion and have the savings I hopefully need this time next year. Fortunately I live in an area where it's very cheap to buy, you can get a 1 bed flat for 70k.
It is depressing though.

I’m in NW …plenty of flats less than 70k

@LostittoBostik

What kind of flat can you buy for £80k?! She doesn't say where she lives but a studio flat in London and the South East is £250k min.

You can buy a house for that near here. Just had a look on Rightmove and 2 bedroom flats with own entrance and private back yard are around 50k. Or you can pay 70k and get a flat with a garden and a garage.

Well the minimum wage is soon to be 23K, OP is only 2K above that and still below the median wage of 30K.
I agree with you in general but your statement doesn't apply to the OP. She's 33, but we don't even know when she started working or if she even has a 'career'. Or just a job. Many people never have the former.

How is a foreign city break not a holiday? Even if it's only a 3 nights holiday, it's surely still a holiday?