Mini Budget aka Fiscal Statement

[SueEllen]

Actually £185.15. Will be over £200 from next April due to triple lock (10% inflation).

So much money....

Apparently when the state pension was introduced people could actually live on it and didn't need extra handouts. Imagine that!

[DealorNoDeal]

So much money....

Apparently when the state pension was introduced people could actually live on it and didn't need extra handouts. Imagine that!

On the other hand, it's gone up a lot more than wages over the past decade or so.

I don't know what it says about my wife and I but we spend a lot less than £400/week (2 x state pension). NB. neither of us are Scottish or from Yorkshire.

[d000hg]

On the other hand, it's gone up a lot more than wages over the past decade or so.

I don't know what it says about my wife and I but we spend a lot less than £400/week (2 x state pension). NB. neither of us are Scottish or from Yorkshire.

Do you own your home outright?

[vetran]

Do you own your home outright?

If you do own your own home its easy to survive on about £400 a week. Our pensions are likely to be more than that and we will travel more

[_V_]

If you do own your own home its easy to survive on about £400 a week. Our pensions are likely to be more than that and we will travel more

Don't tell the Tories about this, they don't want people to survive in the long term. Expect state pension to be abolished and replaced with a means tested benefit.

[ladymuck]

If you do own your own home its easy to survive on about £400 a week. Our pensions are likely to be more than that and we will travel more

What on earth are you buying?? My Mum's bills are less than £600 a month!

[malvolio]

Don't tell the Tories about this, they don't want people to survive in the long term. Expect state pension to be abolished and replaced with a means tested benefit.

You don't half talk a load of bollocks. Still, if it makes you happy...

Incidentally, afaic I paid for my state pension out of 45 years of income. I don't see it as any kind of handout.

[pr1]

You don't half talk a load of bollocks. Still, if it makes you happy...

Incidentally, afaic I paid for my state pension out of 45 years of income. I don't see it as any kind of handout.

You paid for everyone else's state pension out of 45 years of income, now you're hoping the ponzi scheme can survive long enough to recoup some of it

[vetran]

What on earth are you buying?? My Mum's bills are less than £600 a month!

rough accounts

£250 / month on Council tax https://www.slough.gov.uk/council-tax/valuation-bands/3 maybe now Slough are bankrupt I can get a refund?

£300 / month now on energy.

£160 / car insurance (we have a young driver and 3 vehicles).

£30 -50 a month house insurance.

£20 a month on AA.

£20 month on water.

~ £200 - 400 a month on car depreciation and maintenance.

£100/200 fuel.

£100 ish a month on clubs /uniforms etc for little ones.

Food etc ~ £150 a week.

£100 ish on DIY - its an old house.

we squander the rest on Drink, drugs & hookers.

[d000hg]

If you do own your own home its easy to survive on about £400 a week. Our pensions are likely to be more than that and we will travel more

What about £200, considering many people on pensions end up single as their spouse dies