MP, that is a freakin awesome idea!

My parents were both on pensions, and I have 3 sisters, so there wasn't a whole lotta money around. We didn't have regular pocket money, but all we had to do was make a good case to Mum and she'd buy us what we wanted - not overboard, but movies, out with friends, that type of stuff. We weren't allowed our own mobile til we were driving, and we always had to pay for it ourselves. For me, I started work before I could drive, so when I went to work I could take Dad's mobile for emergencies only, same deal if we went out. So we had access to a phone if necessary, but we weren't running up bills. I don't know how you'd go with that these days though...