HullLive, set himself the challenge of living on a single shop bought with what he worked out was a realistic Universal Credit budget.Plenty of people got in touch with Gregory after the event to suggest ways in which he could have squeezed a little more out of the meagre £21 budget left over after he’d paid for basics like rent and utilities, but the items he picked out from his local Tesco represent a fairly standard shop by a single bloke who wasn’t the best cook in the world.The average person over 25 and living on their own will get a Universal Credit allowance of £324.84.In Hull, where Gregory lives, the Local Housing Allowance currently allows a contribution of £280 towards accommodation for a single person in a shared house with.
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