Originally Posted by LadyJ
its sooo exppensive to live.
We have to pay for
Council Tax
TV Licence
MOT
Motor Insurance
Road Tax
National Contribution
Income Tax
and what else?
Every year the Electricity, Gas and Water Companies charges are keep on going up.
We have no experience of buying a house yet so I'm sure there's a lot of things to pay as well.
We paid 26,000Php for my Spouse visa last year and next year when I applied for my ILR we have to pay another fee again which is £360 and then another fee again for 'Life in the UK Test' and so on.
We are trying to work hard and save money for the future but seems we pay a lot of bills than we earned.
Yes I know my hubby can get a support from the government but this is not enough to support us specially those who have little ones.
Well, I guess this is how we live in UK.
Amen!
IMO it will get even more expensive with the proposed additional per mile road taxes etc and congestion charges just for starters..
Our council tax is due to go up again yet they will reduce services..
We have been told that our bins will be emptied once a fortnight instead of once a week.
In my oppinion they are losing control of inflation and interest rates will go up month after month.
The weird thing is that I earned far more money in the 90`s than I earn today. In the late 80`s I could quite easily get £7/8 an hour but looking in the local paper even here in the south east,unskilled jobs are offering far less than that..
My wife often reminds me that at least working tax credits take off a lot of pressure and I suppose she`s right about that..
Like Joe says,there are lots of opportunities available if you are prepared to take advantage of them..
Like "The Jam" lyrics said :Work and work and work and work till you die coz theres plenty more fish in the sea to fry!!
Welcome to England!!
Did that cheer you up?
