"Mark" wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:29:34 +0000, JNugent
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On 18/11/2017 14:38, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark wrote:
Go for the basics. The basic OAP for a single person (assuming full
contribution years) is £119 The basic uneployment benefit if under 25
is
£57. Both can be supplemented by means tested benefits if eligible.

Now either one is super generous or one is parsimonious.

IMHO neither are generous.

Quite. Thus if you agree 119 isn't generous for a single OAP to live on,
just how is half that generous for a younger person?

I gave the answer to that a few hours ago.

Pension is a lifelong thing.

UB is a stop-gap until things get better by other means (a job).

How is this a stop-gap, since it's not enough to live on?

Its not enough to live COMFORTABLY on.

What if they get evicted from their home

They get housing benefit so they can get another. .

and become homeless because they
can't afford their rent, for example?

No reason to become homeless, you share
a house or flat until you have work again.

It would become even more difficult for them
to get a job, without somewhere to live.

They always have somewhere to live.