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MargaretR · 25-01-2012, 17:55

I have browsed rent prices in our area to decide what this typical family of 4 would need.
3 bed semi - rent £500 per month
council tax band C - £114 per month
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£614 per month (£141.69 per week)

I have entered these hypothetical figures at the www.entitledto website and it has revealed an income of £390.77 per week as 'entitlement' (including housing costs)
https://www.turn2us.entitledto.co.uk...5-458d197c6dbb

£390.77 per week = £20,320 per year, so this family in this area won't be affected by the Cap, but with only a spare margin of £5680 (£109 per week), I suspect the number of families affected will increase the more south you apply the calculation, the London families being hardest hit.

Maybe we should warn our councils to expect a mass migration of homeless families into our 'cheap living' area

Welfare caps in London provide richest pickings for Conservatives | Politics | guardian.co.uk

Fruit and vegetable consumption by poorer families falls 30%, figures show | Society | The Guardian
Families are now spending about £24.50 per person a week on food, equating to about £98 for a family of four. ( presumably toiletries and cleaning chemicals are extra to that.)
Whatever is left pays water rates, gas, electricity, transport, clothing and possibly some entertainment.

I doubt there will be enough left to finance any removal costs.

25-01-2012, 17:55	#68
MargaretR God Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: c l m Posts: 12,362 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 519 times Rep Power: 68671	Re: Benefit cap goes before the Lords. I have browsed rent prices in our area to decide what this typical family of 4 would need. 3 bed semi - rent £500 per month council tax band C - £114 per month -------- £614 per month (£141.69 per week) I have entered these hypothetical figures at the www.entitledto website and it has revealed an income of £390.77 per week as 'entitlement' (including housing costs) https://www.turn2us.entitledto.co.uk...5-458d197c6dbb £390.77 per week = £20,320 per year, so this family in this area won't be affected by the Cap, but with only a spare margin of £5680 (£109 per week), I suspect the number of families affected will increase the more south you apply the calculation, the London families being hardest hit. Maybe we should warn our councils to expect a mass migration of homeless families into our 'cheap living' area Welfare caps in London provide richest pickings for Conservatives \| Politics \| guardian.co.uk Fruit and vegetable consumption by poorer families falls 30%, figures show \| Society \| The Guardian Families are now spending about £24.50 per person a week on food, equating to about £98 for a family of four. ( presumably toiletries and cleaning chemicals are extra to that.) Whatever is left pays water rates, gas, electricity, transport, clothing and possibly some entertainment. I doubt there will be enough left to finance any removal costs. __________________ Last edited by MargaretR; 25-01-2012 at 17:59.