Anyone else live on this?

[pinenuts75]

My rent has just increased,I’m single live alone I’ve worked out after I’ve paid rent, bills, and food I’m left with £175 for the month, does anyone else live on this?

This month’s wage slip

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What are you educational qualifications? Why do you only do shop work? How old are you?

It's easy to say move home or get a better paying job for observers who are on high incomes , l would follow many good suggestions on here , including claiming universal credit to support you and you can claim rent and council tax support . Then in the long term if you want move elsewhere or change jobs it's up to you .But short term look after yourself

Didn’t do that well at school, then had my children young was on my own with them and never bettered myself, 49.

Netflix is like a tenner - it's hardly a game changer.

They need to increase their income long term otherwise they are living a very miserable life saying no to minimum "luxuries".

I'd suggest getting a second job and probably a third

I wouldn’t say I live a miserable life

So does that equate to £1 per hour if your time or even less?……this is a waste of time when you could pick up a part time job somewhere else that would pay you more than £8 per hour…..makes no sense

You will if inflation keeps going up.

That can’t be right. I do payroll and we have 3 people working 37.5 paid hours a week on NMW and they take home about £1490 a month.

What's your tax code?

You probably need to sit and assess and look at your life choices. Learn some technical skills. Excel, IT, coding, data analysis

I work 30 hours

1257L

Could you work out what I should get please 30 hours £12.30 ph hour

I see well that does sound right then I suppose. Can you increase hours at all?

and I do agree that while Netflix isn’t an essential while you aren’t getting in to debt every month I would keep it if you are making use of it a lot. This isn’t strictly the right thing to do, but our Netflix can have up to 5 users. Could you split the cost with a friend or relative that you trust and share an account? Don’t worry I have my hard hat on and am ready for the outraged comments but I bet a large majority of people using Netflix do this!

People are focusing way to much on the Netflix cost, the few pounds she may or may not save by doing some of the suggestions will not make a blind bit of difference to the OPs situation

Just apply for UC. Don't let pride make you struggle when you don't need to.

I mean she's making ends meet already. I'd understand if she was struggling and was in debt or couldn't make bill payments. But she is, so why burden the taxpayer.

Yes - this isn’t about dumping a subscription or small things like that. The problem is clear, she lives alone and most of her low income goes in rent so she should live with others. It is the most obvious answer to quickly and significantly increasing her income but I get that at 49 it may not be the most appealing option.

Get a second job, miss part timer (tongue im cheek, OP)

While one tax dodging billionaire continues to peddle the nation's daily news, with his own and the elites agenda to us, brainwashing the masses. Hello?! 👋

Could u apply for some care work?

The chances are your rent is going to keep increasing. You realise you need to increase your earning power. I certainly wouldn't not cancel Netflix.

Applying for UC seems to be the argument put forward for most posts. The pot is not bottomless