[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Actually as has been stated on programme after programme on TV when debating those on benefits, the real amount of scammers is estimated as being extremely small indeed and not 'huge' numbers at all.
hence why, once a freak case comes along great play is made of it in the media because there are really so few they can unearth.

Another great 'generalisation to belittle benefits claimants by claiming that, (without any supporting evidence whatsoever), that large numbers are scamming the system.

Any scammers should be caught and taken off benefits but making it sound like the problem is rife in the system is possibly,in my opinion,massively misleading.

Probably far more being wrongly refused benefits, having benefits cut or stopped altogether, occur more than those scamming the benefit system.

There is even welfare funding set aside for what should be claimed by some, who don't and maybe have no idea they are entitled to the extra benefits too, no one does anything to find those people who should have it however.

This removing the homeless from cities too,taking them away from towns to sheds and supposedly seeing to them there, stinks to me too.
It sounds more like prison camps than genuine help and support.

You are - once again confusing GENUINE claimants with SCAMMERS, and GENUINE people in GENUINE need of help with accommodation with those who do not DESERVE help and who would wreck Buckingham Palace if they were ascribed the tenancy - but only after NOT paying any rent there.

As predicted - you are also mitigating the numbers of scammers AND their adverse impact upon the budget meant for the GENUINE, and ignoring the points made in my earlier posts that these are not 'prison camps' or 'sheds'.

What is YOUR solution?

Finally: I WRITE from DIRECT EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE as well as from the knowledge gleaned from diverse sources, and if you think the 'scammer' or 'rogue tenant' problems are 'small' ones, then you need to get out more.