An interesting piece of research on what people believe to be the basic needs of life, and not just the very basics such as food, shelter and warmth.
It is more interesting when you get down to the spending breakdown, as the minimum wage (well, for a 40 hour week) doesn't pay well enough to sustain the basic lifestyle.
What do you think are the necessities in life? Could you survive on the single person basic of £210.18 a week?
I couldn't keep my current lifestyle on that!
Have just worked it out and I need about £350 a week to live. That's keeping a roof over my head, eating and paying my bills.
That doesn't include going out/socialising, having contact lenses, saving for anything or paying for a gym membership.
I do live in London though so everything is more expensive!
