Yes, this.
It's JSA if you are able to work, ESA if you are unable to work due to illness or disability or IS if you are unable to work due to other reasons (such as being a single parent)

You cannot claim two of these at the same time.

So your total income if you were not in work would be £120 per week. That is intended to cover rent, council tax, bills, food and bus fare to interviews. If your rent comes to more than the LHA then you have to make up the difference yourself. Granted, you get free prescriptions etc on these benefits but the extra £50 a week ought to cover that.

And bear in mind that when you work, you get paid every week/month with no fuss, if you left one job for another the overlap wouldn't leave you out of pocket, and you don't have to tell your employer (wait, make that 2-3 separate departments of your employer, none of which talk to each other) if you move in with someone, have a child or move house. You can take on extra casual or temporary work without having to declare it (except for tax purposes of course) and most of all you have the satisfaction of knowing you are supporting yourself and not relying on handouts.

It's a myth that people are better off on benefits than working, except in some cases when you have a lot of children. Obviously there are some people who are going to sit on their arse and do nothing and be supported, just because they can, but don't assume that the majority of people who are on benefits are having one long party. (And if they are it's probably funded by illegal means, anyway, and not benefits at all)
(Marmite Omelette ...but I feel better having screamed, don't you?, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 14:52, 1 reply)

"Obviously there are some people who are going to sit on their arse and do nothing and be supported, just because they can"
This

is the entire problem.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 14:57, closed)

These people, you wouldn't want to work with.
I often wonder if the govenment have an active interest in keeping people down. *dons tinfoil hat* The lower classes probably provide the majority of the soldiers on the front line.
( Holly Would long wheel based tranny, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 15:15, closed)

Nah
they're too bone idle to sign up.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 15:24, closed)

I believe it was part of Cameron's manifesto
to do something about that.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 15:24, closed)

Tony Blair's, John Major's, and Maggie's too, I understand.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 15:27, closed)

^^^
...and all of them were going to have "a bonfire of the quangos" as well, so expect a shed load more "sleep councils" and "potato council" type jobs soon.
(dchurch bah, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 15:30, closed)