This minimum income calculator scared the socks off me

[3inABIRDsnest]

So I'm at home, dh works in an ok job. I just did this:
minimum income calculator

We are below the minimum income. Make sure you adjust for the housing cost as it assumes you have cheap rent...

There's no way I spend that much on anything - £78 a week on food! Much nearer £50 and that includes alcohol and £78 a week on social/cultural activities?!!

it lies, it's telling me we have an extra £92 a week, and trust me, we definitely dont :o

It says we have an extra 27 a week. It didn't allow any alterations on petrol/ transport costs which are pretty high.

I am on income support. I need an extra 192 a week. Which is pretty much true - without my savings, I am going to lose my house soon and I can't find a job :(

There is no way I could spend that little on anthing. I don't rent but if I did I wouldn't get a rabbit hutch for that. Everyhting on there needs to be trebled, apart from alcohol. Water rates £8?

You need an extra: £173.21 per week

That would be amazing!

Oooh I need an extra £120 per week

OOOh apparently I spent £100 pw on Social and cultural activities and £6.86 pw on alcohol.

I am one culture vulture!

But I still need another £45 pw. Think of the culture I'm missing out on!

Apparently we have £100 a week to live on. But over £50 of that is needed for transport.

Hmm.

We need an extra £89 per week, which would be nice, I could pay ALL of my bills and buy my children new clothes. Sadly even if I get a job, we will still be just about breaking even.

Christmas me too - I need another £172 a week - once I set them straight on Gas costs and rent in London.....£72 per week rent????? maybe in 1976 but not today! think I'll print off my results and pop it in the post to No 10....if can afford a stamp!

^OOOh apparently I spent £100 pw on Social and cultural activities and £6.86 pw on alcohol.

I am one culture vulture!^

Chance would be a fine thing - £100 on going out? a year yes - a week wtf?

We apparently have a spare 151 extra so how com we can't afford a holiday or the newish car Dh needs to get to work

Those figures don't seem to be based that mych on reality.

My water direct debit has just been put down to £10 a month though.

Didn't notice the socialising budget - does that include tv and Internet etc do you think, or is it just for the cinema? at the thought of going to the cinema!

£145 a week on social and cultural activities

I would love to know where you can rent a house for 5 people at £360 a month

£6.80 on alcohol per week?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA etc.

Apparently we have £325 per week spare!

Wonder where that is going then...

Apparently we are £57 short. Plus it's included £130 CTC. We don't get TC

Though food/alcohol/social is massively higher than we pay. Council tax etc is under estimated.

It's kind of accurate for us, but I would really like to know what 'people' (ie the ones surveyed?) think that we should all be entitled to. ie how many holidays a year does it include, if any?

I took the 'socialising' budget to also be anything spent on extra-curricular activities for the kids - eg music lessons, clubs, sports fees etc. If you factor those in it does kind of add up.

intereting! we are about 5k short. don't' quite get it though.

We are 9 grand short, but I would never spend all that money on some things anyway. I spend nothing on alcohol for example, I spend half the amount on food! I only spend maybe a tenth of the travel costs. I spend a tenth again on social activities... (what on Earth do you people doooo?)