About

I live in London and don’t think think it’s unreasonable that everyone in society should be able to enjoy a decent standard of living, including being able to access a healthy diet and live in a secure, reasonable quality and genuinely affordable home.

For many years I’ve set myself a challenge for Lent (the six weeks between pancake day and Easter). In 2010 I survived on £5 a day (hence the name of this blog), the same amount as asylum seekers had to while waiting for their claim for sanctury to be assessed. In 2011 I had £1 a week for my lunches, similar to many children living in poverty after the coalition government cut plans to provide them with free school meals. In 2012, in common with around 1.6 million other people in the UK, my boyfriend and I lived on Jobseekers Allowance.