Is £!20 a week considered adequate to live on?

phantom sneeze · 27/08/13 - 00:30

After all the bills are paid, that money just for food?

John146 · 27/08/13 - 00:31

phantom sneeze wrote: »

After all the bills are paid, that money just for food?

Is that meant to say £120.00?, cos that is approximately the state pension...

[Deleted User] · 27/08/13 - 00:31

Seems very low. Unless you live of tinned food.

yellowpark · 27/08/13 - 00:35

It can be done for a single person. £20 that is.

[Deleted User] · 27/08/13 - 00:36

If its meant to say £120 then that is more than enough.

phantom sneeze · 27/08/13 - 00:36

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[Deleted User] · 27/08/13 - 00:37

After all bills? Then yes, for a single person that's very doable.
And for a couple, with some clever shopping and cut back of luxuries it is too, IMO.

Maxatoria · 27/08/13 - 00:41

£3 a day - 21 tins of beans around £6 or a few jumbo tins for even less and a loaf or two of cheap bread and you could be eating for about £1 a day which gives you plenty of room for extra's of swapping for something else

and if you have room to grow some veg's then you could be laughing with free stuff

sodavlac · 27/08/13 - 00:48

£120? Easy.

£20? Possible. There are times when I do spend around that a week on food.

Muze · 27/08/13 - 00:50

£20? for just food, yes.
For health products, travel, cleaning etc too.... doubtful.

roland rat · 27/08/13 - 00:56

£20 per week, done it plenty of times

Get my wages 4 weekly, and pay all my bills, nothing left

Tax credits £20 per week, it surprise how easy it is to live on £20 per week

Week 1 buy £15 of diced chicken, place in freezer bags and freeze, buy £3 of tin veg, and maybe £2 toiletries

The next 3 weeks varies things about, and you soon find, you have a freezer full of chicken, mince, pork, and cupboard full oif tin veg

shhhhh · 27/08/13 - 00:58

I couldn't live on such a meagre sum to be honest.

warmleatherette · 27/08/13 - 01:03

If its £20 surviving yes living no, £120 is luxury if you plan it well.

Pumping Iron · 27/08/13 - 01:04

I have lived on a lot less, but it wouldn't support my current lifestyle.

Spouthouse · 27/08/13 - 01:05

If you tried to live day to day without planning ahead that would be difficult. With planning though, it would obviously be manageable. There are plenty of books showing exactly how to cook on very low incomes.

The problems come when something unexpected happens: the fridge breaks down or you rip your coat or you need to help out a member of the family suddenly. £20 a week doesn't really enable you to save for a rainy day does it?

PrimalIce · 27/08/13 - 01:11

I spend about £50 a fortnight so I think so.

Hollie_Louise · 27/08/13 - 01:17

I couldn't live on £20 a week I don't think, I wish I could I'd be loaded

Dare Devil · 27/08/13 - 01:21

So a £120 (a week or month?) for food and living.
£120 a month, doable.
£120 a week plenty and with loads of treats and going out.

[Deleted User] · 27/08/13 - 01:52

If I already have stuff in my store cupboard to cook with, then I can easily live on £20 a week. The cost of food isn't as expensive in Spain, especially if you eat a healthy diet. Wine is dirt cheap too.

goldframedoor · 27/08/13 - 01:55

sootysoo wrote: »

If I already have stuff in my store cupboard to cook with, then I can easily live on £20 a week. The cost of food isn't as expensive in Spain, especially if you eat a healthy diet. Wine is dirt cheap too.

Good for you! :rolleyes:

[Deleted User] · 27/08/13 - 01:55

If your single then yeah but still tight to live on I lived on £80 a week for disposable spends as in luxury and leisure and always had money left over but I watch my money for others that would be hard.

[Deleted User] · 27/08/13 - 01:56

goldframedoor wrote: »

Good for you! :rolleyes:

What's with the roll eyes, numb nuts?

PrimalIce · 27/08/13 - 01:59

sootysoo wrote: »

What's with the roll eyes, numb nuts?

Well it was a bit of a daft thing to state.

I mean I can live on £0 a week if I have a warehouse filled with food out back. That doesn't really count for a lot.

[Deleted User] · 27/08/13 - 02:02

PrimalIce wrote: »

Well it was a bit of a daft thing to state.

I mean I can live on £0 a week if I have a warehouse filled with food out back. That doesn't really count for a lot.

Oh I thought everyone had a store cupboard of tinned goods "just in case". Isn't this cooking 101?

Not having a tin of cannellini beans in the store cupboard = first world problems.

PrimalIce · 27/08/13 - 02:03

sootysoo wrote: »

Oh I thought everyone had a store cupboard of tinned goods "just in case".

Yes but the idea is that your store has to come out of your £20 a week budget!

[Deleted User] · 27/08/13 - 02:09

PrimalIce wrote: »

Yes but the idea is that your store has to come out of your £20 a week budget!

Then yes. Easily. :cool:

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