Would You Find It A Struggle Managing On £70,000 Per Year?

[anotheoldgit]

/// Her life is funded by the taxpayer, yet privately educated Ms Minkin – who before her divorce lived in a £1.6million seven-bedroom house complete with housekeeper – claims every day is a struggle. ///

Apparently this woman does.

How can this be fair when some are to be forced to accept 'Food Stamps' from next week?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299931/Food-stamps-replace-cash-handouts-poor-vulnerable-benefits-shake-up.html

[Dodger666]

"Sorry but do you have a link to the first part of your question so that I can see the full context of it".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299927/Sharon-Minkin-refuses-job-better-benefits.html

What's sad is that she is just one of thousands. What's sadder is whatever David Cameron says nothing will be done to stop it. When is the £26,000 max benefits per family supposed to start, or has that scheme been scrapped?.

[emmie]

benefit changes come in April, not sure how it applies to Ms Minkin..

[daffy654]

We currently manage on less than a 3rd of that amount, with £70,000 pa we would be very comfortable.

[Zeuhl]

/Benefits she receives are equivalent to earning £70,000 a year before tax/

OK
That's a dodgy piece of shorthand.

It seems to actually mean that there is a tipping point; until a salary of £70K is attained her family would be no better off than they are now

Even with three kids, uni fees, private sector house rental in St Albans, council tax etc

I would be interested in seeing the actual numbers before i was convinced of that

[emmie]

the point being she was used to a higher life style, what i can't get my head round is that she supposed to have earned 120k 18 years ago, really....
seems a lot for that time...

[Zeuhl]

/all I had to do was to type Ms Minkin in the Google search box, and what do you think popped up? /

well i tried that aog and nothing pertaining to this story appeared on the first 2 pages just lots of Linked In references for Minchins worldwide

but then most people's education informs them that questions posted on specific News items should be accompanied by a link

[emmie]

pretty much the same story, she shouldn't have said anything perhaps, and certainly not on national tv.

http://shows.stv.tv/this-morning/lifestyle/219196-sharon-minkin-earns-70000-a-year-on-benefits/

[aelmpvw]

well either the bentley or the range rover would have to go ... sobbing now

[lady-janine]

i , and no doubt lots of other people, manage on considerably less than this amount of money, gross or net. careful budgetting means i still have silk undies!

[emmie]

indeed ^^^

[Sqad]

JJ it was Fidel Castro who smoked Cohiba cigars.......like all Left wing Politicians, he maintained the expensive elite lifestyle whilst preaching austerity to his minions.

[VHG]

£1400 a MONTH housing benefit !!!!!!

[boxtops]

How "wonderful" to spend £230 on the weekly shop - I'm pressed to spend £50 each week - I bet she spends shedloads on dog food.

[Zeuhl]

/£1400 a MONTH housing benefit !!!!!! /

One of my cousin's is currently renting a modest little house in Loughton Essex for £2,500 a month

That's what rentals cost

What happened to all the social housing?

O yeah I remember, Mrs T sold them all and rigged the system so local authorities couldn't replace them.

That's turned out to be very good value I must say

[jake-the-peg]

Preaching austerity to Millions Sqad

Like George Osbourn perhaps

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118669/George-Osborne-Im-wealthy-pay-50p-tax-rate.html

Multi millon pound home from familly firm - that is losing money hand over fist

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/22/george-osborne-family-business-losses

Well no wonder somebody's against the mansion tax

Looks like it's not just Left wing politicians enjoying the high life whilst preaching austerity!

[DJHawkes]

I could manage for 6 years on that money,

[jake-the-peg]

Incidently I don't think you'll find Cohiba cigars are that expensive if you happen to live in Cuba!

Doh!

[DJHawkes]

people like her need to relocate to find a job the way people have had to do for generations