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  • john539
    john539 Posts: 16,968 Forumite
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    ArtoDeeto wrote: »
    If someone said to me you can't have access I would ask why, and if they said I'm afraid it might be used to give me a sanction then it would make me think they are doing (or not doing) something to get a sanction.
    You are clearly a bit simple & don't think people have rights.

    The question is not relevant & does not need to be answered, it's their account, their choice, they don't need to explain or justify to you.

    The fact that you think illegal snooping & surveillance is ok, demonstrates why people should not give access.
  • SaveMeDo
    SaveMeDo Posts: 279 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    It seems that you can now be sanctioned for things that are not within your control, like losing internet access!

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/30/food-banks-oxfam-parliamentary-inquiry
    It outlines the case of Kay, a single parent in her 30s who was required by her Jobcentre Plus adviser to search for six jobs each fortnight. When the job club she attended lost internet connectivity one week, she only managed to inquire about one vacancy, looking at five more the following week.
    At her next visit to the Jobcentre, her adviser said her search was "not good enough" because her six job searches were not spread evenly. She was sanctioned a week's money of £71 and forced to rely on her family for financial support.
    The energy secretary, Ed Davey, told MPs this month it was "completely wrong to suggest there is some sort of statistical link between the benefit reforms we're making and the provision of food banks".
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