One in six homes 'have no work'

Thrugelmir

In the interest of balance on the forum. I personally thought that this was by far the most important news of the day. The "bulls" seem to have shied away from mentioning it. As its impact on the wider economy, including child poverty and child abuse will be felt for a long time yet. Children brought up in such circumstances have a high chance of faring no better than their parents.. The situation is only going to get worse. So the obsession with house prices seems less and less relevant by the day. The UK is in many respects in a complete shambles with people preoccupied with their own wealth and material possessions.

The proportion of households where no adults work rose by 1.1% in April to June 2009 compared with the same period a year earlier, to 16.9% - or nearly one in six working-age households.


This was the highest rate since 1999 and marked the largest year-on-year increase since comparable statistics were first collected in 1997.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8222145.stm

CLAPTON

yes that's what happens in recessions when unemployment increases

sad, yes; regrettable, yes; bad consequences, yes; totally expected, yes; inevitable, yes.

although maybe in an better world, we wouldn't have started from here

Thrugelmir

Kreator wrote: »

I think the crying shame is some people have children so they don't have to work, they are then dragged up and used as a meal ticket, it's really sad, but the government has turned it into a benefit culture. When I was young my parents got child benefit which was about £5 a week, that was it, now things are very different.

or alternatively a society where both parents have to work fulltime. To earn enough to pay for the basic costs of living and childcare.

Somewhere in the middle is a balance that would make society a happier place.

PasturesNew

Work is for people who can't entertain themselves all day :P

Want to now how I can manage to not work mostly ....?

Bit of luck ... and a lot of frugal living. Really, you need to get a £50 portable TV and be happy to eat beans. It's really freeing.

chopperharris

if you have enough for full sky and broadband who needs to work.

Does anyone have a doubt that cameron and his buds are in next election , well things will change.

Benfefit claimants will be proving outgoings , reversible sterilisation will be mandatory while reciving benefits and children taxed debitted not crediitted.

Pensioners will be coralled in tower blocks , renamed to peacefull towers , hot and cold running bad private health care.Doctors on call , only whne the lifts work.Once a year pumps gas into them ,the dementia folk forget the date and are removed from the tax burden.