chem1st Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 How would you spend your JSA if you claimed it? In scenarios A and B. A; JSA of £51.85 per week. B; JSA of £65.45 per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 White-Lightning and Lambert and Butlers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 drugs, mostly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 It wouldn't cover our rent, but I'm assuming if we were claiming JSA we'd also get full housing and council tax benefit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeeeeeeeeek Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I am on JSA, it just gets absorbed into my general living expenses. When you go from £30k a year to 62 quid a week then it does not mean a great deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 It wouldn't cover our rent, but I'm assuming if we were claiming JSA we'd also get full housing and council tax benefit? Most likely, for the purpose of this thread, assume you would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rd Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 drugs, mostly Quoted for truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 If I was on JSA I assume I'd get other things that go along with it, because once the mortgage and council tax is paid there wouldn't be anything else left for food, utilities etc. I already live on a really tight budget, so I'm not sure that means tested benefit with all of the extra help that comes along with it would really be an issue to me. I wouldn't even have to pay for my prescriptions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 If I was on JSA I assume I'd get other things that go along with it, because once the mortgage and council tax is paid there wouldn't be anything else left for food, utilities etc. I already live on a really tight budget, so I'm not sure that means tested benefit with all of the extra help that comes along with it would really be an issue to me. I wouldn't even have to pay for my prescriptions! Ours isn't as tight as all that, but I think the same holds. After we've paid rent and council tax, we don't have all that much more than £65 a week to live on anyway. We'd probably have to give up the internet, and my wife would have to get used to eating Asda Value brands of certain things where, currently, we spend a bit extra to get a name brand she likes. If this hypothetical situation includes losing my wife's DLA, then we'd also lose the car for which it pays, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeeeeeeeeek Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 It wouldn't cover our rent, but I'm assuming if we were claiming JSA we'd also get full housing and council tax benefit? If you have any savings then you get JSA for 6 months because you have contributed into the system but you won't get any council tax benefit or any other assistance. After 6 months you get nowt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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