[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Sometimes it's hard enough to find only part time work, or it could be that some workers have to provide child care to their children or are carers to elderly relatives and cannot take on full time work.

Who sits in Whitehall and makes this crap up ?

Words fail me on this. I have a friend who works at Tesco 3 nights a week 7 until 12, naturally it is minimum wage, the kids at at home with Dad while she is out, he works full time but again his job is not brilliantly paid, so I expect they claim some form of top up, this is the only way she could juggle a part time job and childcare, yet she will probably be penalised now for actually getting a job. The next election can't come soon enough for me, but I expect it is UKIP who will make massive gains rather than Labour.