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Originally Posted by CaudleHalbard
It would be a great post but is slightly undermined by the fact we have about one million Eastern Europeans working in the UK and 2.5 million able bodied people on benefits.
The cap on benefits is not the major problem. The easy availability is the issue. We are a soft touch.
The worst aspect is that we do not spend enough on those genuinely in need because benefits are handed to all and sundry. That is so infuriating! There needs to be a reallocation.
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Easy availability? Have you ever seen a DLA application form? Its like a phonebook (Or was before they got rid of DLA)
The problem with reallocation is that everyone, whether they've got a limp from falling off a ladder or were born with one leg, has to go through reassessment, the people who quite clearly need it then run the very real risk of losing their only source of income, which thousands already have. They go through months and months of worry and stress, waiting for the assessment, going through it, waiting for the result, receiving the WRONG result, and then months and months of appealing to get their money that shoiuldnt have been taken off them in the first place, back.
It is a very cack handed way that the Government are dealing with it. They are punishing everyone for what in reality is about 1% of claimants who are taking the piss.