Unemployment: Dole to go up £60 a month in budget

dmg24

Dr_DiNg_DoNg wrote: »

Even worse, I hope they dont do bookie offers or arb whilst sat on their !!!!!!!

But isn't that what you do?

ALIBOBSY

Whilst someone on JSA (cont) doesn't automatically qualify for council tax benefit you can claim direct to the council on the basis of low income/savings for a reduction in the council tax. Unless you have partner who works and or loads of savings most people will qualify for at least some reduction.

ali x

lostinrates

sammiboo wrote: »

I find it a little insulting for people to assume we are all in the same boat dole dosser etc as i would rather be in a job than sat on the net all day job hunting and watching jeremy kyle!!

Persoanlly I find it possible to resent 'dole dossers' whilst remembering there are many like you. The genuine need you have does not make me less angry with those who abuse the system: it makes me angrier. Fewer of them and there would me more for people like you..and mothers, and the elderly etc etc.

I wish you the best of luck finding new employment very soon

The_Economist

misskool wrote: »

I'm offended that my taxes are being raised so the long term unemployed get more benefits

Dont forget all those that are using your taxes for there second houses and bathroom sinks,T.Vs etc etc and probably holidays as well. And it is'nt the unemployed im talking about.

PasturesNew

After going up £60/month, If I were allowed benefits, looking at the LHA for my region, I'd get:
£450/month rent paid
£300/month dole
£40/council tax paid
===
£790

I just don't ever qualify for benefits, nor will I ever qualify for them at any future date, ever, either.

Perhaps that's the plan: get the singles to give up working, so working mothers can have their jobs part-time, and top up with tax credits galore.

Actually, most single people over 25 living alone in a self-contained home, don't even KNOW about tax credits and that they might be eligible.

besonders1

still hardly enough to live on, little comfort to hard working people who have lost their jobs due to no fault of their own.

besonders1

The_Economist wrote: »

Dont forget all those that are using your taxes for there second houses and bathroom sinks,T.Vs etc etc and probably holidays as well. And it is'nt the unemployed im talking about.

Good point, yet a pity people that make the rules like the rich and powerful are allowed to abuse the system and get away with it.

shellnapier

this is crazy if this is tru, my mother would be better of quitting her job and living on benefits

Cleaver

Old_Slaphead wrote: »

Just about equivalent to £5.73ph x 40 hours x 52weeks. Any point in a single person going to work?

Yes.

We've discussed this a billion times. The reasons for work include self-respect, sense of satisfaction, working on a low wage now to earn more later, social skills, actually enjoying a role, communication skills, benefiting your society, linking jobs with training and education, etc. etc. ad infinitum.

I'm of the school of thought that if you have no instinct to work, you won't. Sure, upping this may have a small effect, but I don't think many people sit down and work out whether it's better to work minimum wage or be on benefit. For many it's deep rooted, cultural issues here that they only way to solve is through real change, not just upping or lowering benefit levels.

Cleaver

shellnapier wrote: »

this is crazy if this is tru, my mother would be better of quitting her job and living on benefits

She'd be better off financially. But it's quite possible that there would be many, many other factors of her life where she would be worse off.

Why is it that people look at work in purely financial terms?