I know there are guidelines for the OR to follow/refer to about our allowances, but do these change at all with the retail price index / inflation to reflect the ever increasing cost of living? Do they take into account the rise in VAT to 20% or the fact that bills such as elec and gas are going up by over 15% or that food gets more expensive each time you walk into the supermarket.
I find each time I go to tesco or wherever it just gets more and more expensive and struggle to keep to the pittance of a weekly allowance. Just buying toilet rolls takes up 10% of the budget! It's completely mad.
Just going to the swimming pool with another adult and two children costs £20 these days!
Sorry about the rant!!
Many thanks
E
Finally got head out of sand in October 2010 BR March 2011
The cost of living
Posted - 08 September 2011 : 21:42:58
