mike_field
Vital Football Legend
Yup true James, build abuse into the system and people will take advantage sadly. Especially when kids see their parents living on the dole and think that's a real option for them when they're older. Becomes natural doesn't it.
But instead of focusing on that and turning it back into a real safety net that is enough to survive, but not a viable alternative to work should it come along, the Gov/press focuses on extra bedrooms, the minority who genuinely fiddle as opposed to the majority who can't get work however hard they try and so on and everythink gets muddled again.
Not heard that 12K figure myself, but even that could be spun two ways really if it's long term unemployed. The angle you read about a number finding work based on the changes, or just simply a number who finally found work.
I did read unemployment's going down again month on month in general now, and whilst long may that continue, it's another problem of population and immigration (whatever anybodies thoughts on real immigration ie skilled workers coming to work) there are only a finite amount of jobs in a single country and there are too many heads to go round ultimately.
But instead of focusing on that and turning it back into a real safety net that is enough to survive, but not a viable alternative to work should it come along, the Gov/press focuses on extra bedrooms, the minority who genuinely fiddle as opposed to the majority who can't get work however hard they try and so on and everythink gets muddled again.
Not heard that 12K figure myself, but even that could be spun two ways really if it's long term unemployed. The angle you read about a number finding work based on the changes, or just simply a number who finally found work.
I did read unemployment's going down again month on month in general now, and whilst long may that continue, it's another problem of population and immigration (whatever anybodies thoughts on real immigration ie skilled workers coming to work) there are only a finite amount of jobs in a single country and there are too many heads to go round ultimately.