Check your cost of living Increase

[BigPappa]

My cost of living has shot up by 7.2% - well above the 4.7% reported inflation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7610430.stm#calcJump

[pyrogena]

Mine was 10.6% if put down all meals as eating at home. Drops down to 5.6% if every meal eaten out :lol:

[Remains]

Haven't got a clue about accurate amounts for most of those things but I tried to be generous.

Still came it at my cost of living going up 2.7% per year. No complaints here.

[SR2]

6.9% suppose its not too bad considering the amount I eat out!

[degeneration]

Apparently 5.7% but I had no real idea on half the figures so had to guesstimate.

Luckily getting a 5% pay rise in October.

[Philc]

These things are just not accurate at all.

[Dishy]

Gave me a figure of 3.8%.

[Philc]

Gave me 0%

[Just Passing]

6.7%

[LordoftheDance]

Gave me 4.7%

[Raigmore]

I try to compensate for the increased expense of food and fuel by buying cheaper DVDs (Play-trade, Amazon Marketplace, E-bay etc) :thumbs:

[Barnacle]

6.0% for me

[MaleStrom]

2.1% for me in Islington.......you guys obviously need to eat out and drink more beer! :thumbs:

[steford]

I'm putting my 3.7% down to me cycling everywhere and not being heavy users of the wife's car.

[walrus2106]

8.5% for me in Leicester

[nictry]

5% in Kent

[the BIG LEBOWSKI]

8.2% for me, i think i can now jusitfy why i work so hard and got nothing to show for it earnings wise. :(

[statto]

5.7% for me.

[Spectre07]

4.8% is that good?

[anguk]

9.3% :eek:
Pity our income hasn't gone up by that much. Most of our money goes on petrol, food, gas & electric. We don't eat out, cook as much as possible from scratch, very rarely buy anything for ourselves and if we do buy anything it's normally because we need it. I'm dreading the winter months because I know I'm going to be spending loads on gas and our petrol costs have jumped up in the past couple of months because hubby has started to go to hospital 3 times a week for dialysis. I feel for folks on a really low income who are having to make a choice between food or heating.

[Kryten]

That calc does not work for me, it does nothing when I hit calculate :(