this is wild. 9% of those polled think you should not be able to afford to rent a flat or house on minimum wage.

where do they think the people on minimum wage are supposed to live. By not earning enough to live on they end up having their wage supplemented by the state. eg Housing Benefit - now wrapped up into Universal Credit. What the idiots in the tabloids and those buying the bloody tabloids and the 9% in this poll think is that the person on minimum wage is receiving something extra.

They aren't.

Their employer is. The company they work for is the one receiving the subsidy. which particularly in the case of Housing Benefit is going to straight to the landlord. if they move somewhere cheaper, they don't get any more money to spend - the state saves a bit. The employer still gets that person's labour for LESS THAN THEY NEED TO LIVE ON. which means the minimum is set in the wrong place.

I do wish it would be seen for what it is - wage subsidies.