[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Havent had one yet, expecting one soon though. Would love to know where jobseekers are gunna find this extra money from, given that some will have to pay the bedroom tax also and they only get something like £70 per week to begin with. I expect crime levels will rise dramatically when all these changes come in.

I had this letter, misread it at first, but it is on the same lines as Kizzy's. Completely dismayed to be honest. Either I find a job before next April or I turn to crime (not even joking)!

Currently I receive £71 per week JSA. Out of that is taken £8 per week as my washing machine packed up a few months back and I got a social loan to buy a new one, so that is the repayment amount, least it is interest free - small comfort tbh. Then on top of that next April I'll be faced with having to also pay £11 per week for the Bedroom Tax, and approx £4 per week for Council Tax!! £23 from £71 will leave £48, ok I also get child benefit and a small amount of child tax credit, but fooking hell, they must be having a giraffe I feel so down and seriously stressed out by this prospect.

JSA is stated as being "the minimum possible amount the law states you need to live on" Yet they want to take a third away from those who need it most. Bastards.