Reduced income: Lesson 5 the horror of the benefits system

I realise that the capitalist ideal is that individuals stay in work and live within their means. I would not…

Becoming poor: Lesson 4 Changing attitude to debt

Homes aren’t made of money, but they may as well be! Don’t get me wrong, I’ve often been in debt…

Planning ahead when poor: impossible! Many people are of the opinion that if you’re poor you learn to budget better…

Being poor is not always our image of homeless people or those living in squalid shacks in developing countries. Sometimes…

Until recently when I sold a property, I have been living on a third (or less) of my previous income.…