Ehm, I'll concede that one if you can show some evidence it's a statistically significant number of people who are working jobs that *demand* a car. Living 30 mins from your workplace and not wanting to take a bus is not a lifestyle that demands a car. Although try telling that to some of the people I've worked with that maybe they should just ... walk ... to work, and yes, gosh rain is such an inconvenience isn't it - you'd get nowhere
On the flipside I'd happily agree that a computer and access to the internet is as much as a basic need as can be considered one. Fortunately there is free access to both all over the country, so having one at home (which isn't remotely as expensive as owning/operating a car) isn't even a necessity; but hell it's a big QoL improvement to get your job search etc. done at home
I reject the notion that someone working 40 hours a week is living in poverty. Unless they barely speak English and don't understand the words "minimum wage law" and are being grossly exploited.
Living beyond your means is not and should not be anyone elses problem.
But again, this whole mini-debate is entirely about "my personal interpretation of words" so if people want to say "No, common usage of the words poverty and destitute ought to bring to mind people who only have £70 a week to spend on what they choose" then fair enough I have to recalibrate my lexicon