Benefits

[Melian]

I know someone who gets £2k plus her detached 3 bed house paid for. She’s never worked a day in her life and has birthed 3 kids. That’s not fair whilst I’m paying thousands in tax a month and saving like crazy so I can afford maternity.

She can't be getting that much unless shes a carer or has disability on her claim. You can't get more than £1835 if outside London and £2110 inside London

 

[Shoreditcher]

Such a problem with the benefits system. It should be less than NMW to encourage people back to work. I think it’s important to have a social system where people can get help but then they need to be working. Childcare is also a massive barrier because most nurseries cost more than NMW after any tax to send the kids there. It’s been proven that if the Gov subsidised nurseries the economy would benefit as more women could return to work.

It is below the NMW, my friend who has a brain injury gets about £240 a week, after rent and utilties he has around £36 a month for food.

Yes nursery should be cheaper, however unless you’re a high earner you can get upto 80% of your fees paid. Childminders are also much cheaper than nurseries. Nurseries where we live are around £95 per day, the same hours at childminders here are about £52.
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I know someone who gets £2k plus her detached 3 bed house paid for. She’s never worked a day in her life and has birthed 3 kids. That’s not fair whilst I’m paying thousands in tax a month and saving like crazy so I can afford maternity.

So why don’t you do the same?

 

[Reality_tv_lover]

I don’t understand why these young women on benefits get free childcare? They are doing nothing all day at least look after your kids! I had to have 2 jobs to pay for my childcare when mine were little

We both work part time and used our 30 hour childcare and if we didn't our youngest probably wouldn't have got his autism diagnosis so they've been incredible for us

 

[Naffdoff]

Reality tv there is the difference you work, most of them dont bother n don’t get me started on disability a friend of my daughters has never had a job since she left school, she is now in her thirties claiming disability for a hip problem which the nhs paid £36k to fix privately so there is nothing wrong with her now. Well when she rides her horses/goes to Orlando numerous times a year there doesn’t appear to be. It’s this kind of thing that really angers people

 

[Glaschelle]

I bet if you log on to Indeed there will be shitloads of limited skills jobs in care in your area.

Yes but you've still got the whole turning up on time and every day.

I've worked full time for nearly 40yrs. About 10yrs ago I had a spell of depression and was off work for 6 weeks. But other than this I've had very few sick days.

Like a lot of folk my age, I've dragged my bahookie into work feeling like death warmed up. But I watch staff half my age taking time off for every little twinge!!! Some staff take at least one day off per month and when questioned, they cite Mental Health difficulties and the games a bogey.

However the lassie who's got 2 kids, 20yrs service and live a fair distance away gets her wages docked if she gets stuck in traffic.

I actually worked with a lassie who was with the same GP practice as me. On the rare occasion I needed an appointment, I could only get a telephone appointment. She phoned up the same day and was offered a face to face appointment that afternoon!!!

For a problem that was caused by her breast augmentation that she paid for privately!!!

Anyway, I do think work is more complicated these days and a lot of people are just too thick to work.

 

[BaxterBillions]

I follow a woman who doesn’t work has several kids lives off benefits, she has an abroad holiday at least once a month, often more than once a month. She claims it’s saving money and being thrifty with her benefits but how can it be right that someone who doesn’t work can afford that but families who work full time can’t afford even one holiday per year no matter how thrifty we are.
She clearly gets so much that she can ‘be thrifty’ and afford a holiday every 2-3 weeks somewhere or other.
my family have to ‘be thrifty’ just to afford our basics like rent and food and bills
Sick of the ‘should they not have a holiday??’ argument, guess what we would all love a holiday let alone 20 holidays per year

Probably trolling. Don't believe everything you see on social media. I've seen plenty of accounts where they're claiming to be on benefits but it's blatantly obvious they're taking the piss for reacts.

 

[NeverEnough]

Such a problem with the benefits system. It should be less than NMW to encourage people back to work. I think it’s important to have a social system where people can get help but then they need to be working. Childcare is also a massive barrier because most nurseries cost more than NMW after any tax to send the kids there. It’s been proven that if the Gov subsidised nurseries the economy would benefit as more women could return to work.

Childcare options have been expanded recently

Best Start in Life - Best Start in Life

Advice and support 
for your child’s development

www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Anyone with children over the age of three are expected to seek work up to 30 hours per week.
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I think the problem is that there are a significant number of people in the UK who are incapable of work. Of following instructions, of deferring to people in authority, of dealing with stroppy customers, turning up on time and turning up every day they're scheduled to work.

I read that as there are an awful lot of adults with behaviour that will make a seven year old ashamed.
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Years ago, people with limited skills went to work in factories - boring, repetitive but you earned a good living. Those jobs are no longer available. Plus the whole turning up thing is now problematic.

I bet if you log on to Indeed there will be shitloads of limited skills jobs in care in your area.

 

[B4rney]

She can't be getting that much unless shes a carer or has disability on her claim. You can't get more than £1835 if outside London and £2110 inside London

She claims to have BPD. She doesn’t. Not that I am disputing her diagnosis but she knows how to play the system. Her entire family acknowledge it.

 

[Naffdoff]

Glad you are sorted Flowergirl best wishes in your new job!!!

 

[Flowergirl14]

Glad you are sorted Flowergirl best wishes in your new job!!!

Ah thank you...liking it so far!

 

[Tofino]

She’s probably lying about a lot of things anyway if she is happy to keep posting it all over social media.

 

[HotesTilaire]

New PIP application tool

Turn2us PIP Helper

Use the Turn2us PIP Helper to learn how to manage each stage of your PIP (personal independence payment) application process.

pip.turn2us.org.uk

 

[Reality_tv_lover]

Reality tv there is the difference you work, most of them dont bother n don’t get me started on disability a friend of my daughters has never had a job since she left school, she is now in her thirties claiming disability for a hip problem which the nhs paid £36k to fix privately so there is nothing wrong with her now. Well when she rides her horses/goes to Orlando numerous times a year there doesn’t appear to be. It’s this kind of thing that really angers people

Can't you report her? My sister in law is like this she is qualified and is looking for work but why would she actually get a job when she at the minute gets everything free included a 7 seater car on disability yes she has a little disability but fuck sake she could work where I work on the tills. Gets free dentistry and prescription yet we are always above the line and I have a thyroid problem have to pay a tenner every three months for my tablets...

 

[Naffdoff]

The ones I see all do things like nails & aesthetics but obvs can’t work legitimately “2 ill“ they earn fortunes, it makes me sick.

 

[Dame Christine Bleakley]

I think everyone agrees there should be benefits for those on hard times so they can survive. But also there's a significant amount that don't want to work and it's a choice. Take this family on 65k from benefits (once you add in housing allowance) and this was filmed ages ago.
Not all benefit claimants are like this, but there's lots thst are but I feel like I can't say this in real life without being called bigoted

 

[Naffdoff]

A number of people have reported as it’s in your face all the time plastered all over sm. they are not interested