Thread: Get on a bus and find a job
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Old 24-10-2010, 15:09   #84
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Re: Get on a bus and find a job
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Originally Posted by Matt D View Post
As mentioned earlier in the thread, I was still living with my parents when I first started working for £10k per year. I did contribute each month, though (albeit not full market rates of course), plus had student debts to pay along with bus travel expenses. Once I started living in Cambridge in 2001, on just under £13k per year, I was living in rented accommodation, so had to fork out rent + utilities + food etc. each month.
What happens when travel to work + rent + council tax + food + bills for essential services comes to more than your pay packet? This is the situation that many are faced with. Tampering with child benefit and tax credit eligibility may remove the only motivation/sweetener that convinces someone that a job is worth going for. But the government appear to be saying "your all going to do more for less".
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