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The Budget (The sugar and spite budget)
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maggiewinchester | Report | 18 Mar 2016 10:49 |
Actually, we can add another £22 million pounds onto the cost of assessing the disabled for work - the amount the Government has put aside for 2016 - 2018 appeals against the assessments :-| |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 18 Mar 2016 10:52 |
Peoples GPs know them best |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 18 Mar 2016 10:59 |
They certainly could, Joy. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 18 Mar 2016 11:05 |
Your right Maggie |
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Guinevere | Report | 18 Mar 2016 12:18 |
Money needs to be targeted where it is needed and not given to everyone who goes through the "gateway" without looking at their actual needs. No one should be able to build up thousands of pounds of savings just from benefits while others are struggling day to day. If they can save that much, then they don't need it and it should go to the people who do need it. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 18 Mar 2016 12:41 |
Anybody threatening a GP would be struck off the Doctors list |
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JoyLouise | Report | 18 Mar 2016 12:56 |
Unfortunately, the really sick and disabled are paying the price for those who have discovered that one can get more money through that source than by being on the dole. |
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Guinevere | Report | 18 Mar 2016 13:13 |
It isn't just the elderly who get sickness related benefits. Some people claiming DLA etc have never worked a day in their lives so have contributed nothing through tax and NI. Some of them deserve every penny, others just don't. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 18 Mar 2016 13:19 |
My cousin Kenny |
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JoyLouise | Report | 18 Mar 2016 13:25 |
I agree, Guinevere. There are young shirkers who don't want to get up and travel to work and expect everyone else to pick up the bill for their shirking. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 18 Mar 2016 13:50 |
Well, I am on 24hr oxygen since 2011 and I am sure that I am not the only one on these boards. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 18 Mar 2016 13:59 |
Well said Chris :-D :-D :-D |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 18 Mar 2016 20:21 |
Planned changes to disability benefits will be "kicked into the long grass", according to a government source. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 18 Mar 2016 21:15 |
...not much of a Budget then, was it? Doesn't this man know his job? |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 18 Mar 2016 21:21 |
Iain Duncan Smith resigns as Work and Pensions Secretary over pressure to cut benefits Express & Star 21:14 |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 19 Mar 2016 16:00 |
I don't care if a bottle of Vodka goes up |
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BrianW | Report | 19 Mar 2016 21:37 |
I have just spent hours filling in a fitness for work 20 page assessment form on someone else's behalf. |
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Theresa (Cork, Ireland) 157164 | Report | 19 Mar 2016 23:04 |
Cutting disability is a low blow. |