[Kate!]

I'm currently signed off sick by the doctor for personal reasons. I was employed but my place of work has gone out of business since I was signed off so I'll be looking again at some point.

It pisses me off to the eyeballs to be even remotely considered or referred to as a scrounger when I have worked FULL time my entire working life since leaving school consistently without a break until 3 years ago (when I, along with others, was made redundant) went part time for three years when I had my child, then back to full time again.

So I've more than contributed to taxes etc for others out of work through no fault of their own and don't begrudge them it, and when I was on Jobseekers I was constantly applying for jobs, going on courses, doing a bit of volunteering here and there.

And yet again I feel like I have to justify myself