Interesting research from Joseph Rowntree Foundation to find out what levels of income people think is needed to afford a socially acceptable standard of living in Britain today.

According to what people said, in order to maintain a minimum, socially acceptable quality of life in 2008:

a single working-age adult needs a budget of £158 per week;
a pensioner couple needs £201;
a couple with two children needs £370; and
a lone parent with one child needs £210.


http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2244.asp