Unemployed people to be left with just £18 per week for food - MP

Thu, 28/02/2013 - 13:01 -- nick

Labour MP Helen Goodman believes that, after the 'bedroom tax' is introduced, some of her unemployed constituents are likely to have only £18 per week left for food.

To show how hard it is to eat reasonably on this, Goodman spent a week on the £18 diet and made a video blog about her experiences.

She found that she ate an average of 400 calories each day less than she needed, leaving her feeling lethargic.

As she says: "by the afternoon on day four I felt I had no energy to do anything at all. If you're on JSA and you're looking for work you need energy. If we want the unemployed to find jobs we need to make sure we are giving them enough money to feed themselves."

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