Can Jonathan Vernon-Smith survive on just £53 a week? It's Friday night and JVS is finding the bland meals hard to swallow.

Apr 15, 2013, 06:53 AM

Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith claimed he could live on £53 a week if he found himself unemployed. JVS took on the challenge following a welfare shake-up which includes cuts to housing benefit for some social housing tenants. All bills, food, transport, clothes and toiletries needed to come out of this budget. Find out what happened next on the JVS Show http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001xfs2 weekdays 9am-midday. #jvs #bbc #news #benefit #53 #bedfordshire #hertfordshire #buckinghamshire #unemployed #poor #money #iainduncansmith #jvsshow #food #shocking #funny