Exposing the Ugly Truth about Universal Credit
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2023
- It’s upsetting to see that so many people in the UK are really struggling to make ends meet on Universal Credit. Prices are rising and some people are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their heads above water. I will guide you on other help you might be entitled to and demonstrate why Universal Credit isn’t enough to live on alone.
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Yet we find BILLIONS to fund wars, when our own people suffering 😢
Not forgetting illigals getting all the perks for free
@@unies176 yep I was pregnant and homeless and they wouldn't help me their reasoning being because I was a university student? Yet they can find accommodation for all these people who have just arrived and don't have even have citizenship.....
only the people of Ukraine , Russia ,Palestine and Israel etc are suffering. No one is genuinely suffering in the west. COWARDS
Exactly
When the DWP book phone appointments and don't keep to them it sets of my anxiety. E.g. Phone appointment at 2pm and they don't call until 3.45pm or don't call at all! If we, the claimants are not available when the DWP do call then we get sanctioned for missing the appointment. It's ridiculous!
I agree. I've been to a recent meeting and when the woman came back to her desk it was 12pm (my appointment time) I was told to come back when I was called. I was livid. When she called me back over I told her wasn't happy with her attitude and that if it was me that was late I would have been sanctioned. She denied this
All I can recommend is first ask why they didnt stick to their agreed time slot be sure to record and log the calls they make to you.
Hi @samanthahardy9903 and @carllllll1 I'm sorry to hear about your experiences. I agree that appointments should be kept on time as much as possible.
When I was on it I had to post on my account in advance I am waiting as they never called and would just sanction you
@@leesanji8355 I posted on the account to let them know I was waiting and took screenshots of communications with them. I do this frequently as I don't trust them.
I was on UC for 10 months after graduation, after which I found my first 'proper' corporate job. It was a truly miserable time in my life. One month I was only given £9! I'm ever so lucky that I received financial support from my boyfriend, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to make ends meet. The UK benefits system is designed to be cruel, and it's only getting crueller with each passing day. It's one of many reasons why I decided to leave my country of birth and start a new life elsewhere.
Hi Queen! I'm sorry to hear about your experience. thank you for sharing and have a nice day!
I've only recently come on to this system, it's absolute hell. I rang them for help after being awarded £348 per month. Saying it's just not enough to live on, I've got nothing, no food, i haven't eaten for two days. I was very coldly told well go to the food bank then. When i mentioned I'm diabetic and need to have a regular structured food intake to keep it stable, was told go to the hospital or walk in centre if you're symptoms deteriorate. I've had enough.
Hi @kdlofty, I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I hope you find a better solution soon.
@@MoneyNerd Thanks. Any suggestions may be useful?
@@kdloftyhi, hope your doing okay. I have every sympathy with the situation you are in, it must be especially difficult while trying to keep on top of your health condition.
Unfortunately it is a matter of completely changing the way you live whilst solely relying on universal credit.
Prioritising the £368 p/m is key to living with minimal stress. Paying rent on time, having water/electricity and food - the absolute basics.
The rent will hopefully be near enough covered with the housing allowance.
Electricity usage is where you can probably make large savings, especially on heating. Wear a jumper around the house and (if you have to) choose one small room to heat in the evening.
Cook meals from scratch and snack on nutritional raw foods in moderation.
Find activities that are healthy and free eg country walks/reading.
Maybe look for a part time job 10-16 hours (anything) whilst you work out what your long term plans are. The earnings from this work will help, but the government will take 55p for every £1 you earn out of your next months universal credit payment.
This predicament is intentional. The personal allowance in 2012 was around £70 pw, it is now £80ish. If it went up anywhere near inflation it would be easily over £100. The increase of food and energy has made it the perfect storm!
Best of luck
@@stephenhayes4637 Thank you for your help and suggestions. I've just gone through £20 worth of gas in 5 days.
I was getting £317.00 due to the deductions of requesting my uc “early”. Took 24 months to pay off because they were deducting £20 a month off.
I have paid £8,000 in deductions since 2018 , 2 eviction notices all because they didn’t pay my housing costs direct ( with immediate effect ) my non dependent disabled daughter missed of my claim for ten years AND overpayments for a property I never lived at in 2019 , been in this adapted property for ten years .
Welfare rights & DWP investigated to an extent but missed my claim details :(
I have to declare bankrupt to consolidate debt that is not mine .
Full time carer living on less than £100 week to run house & caring duties .
I'm on UC, now. And I hate it!! I've got an interview with my advisor on the phone very soon!! Dreading it!! I fear I may be sanctioned!! The system is messed it up!! I've mental health issues something UC doesn't consider at all!! I've applied for loads of jobs, all the same. But have got nowwhere so far. It's all about punishing people not helping them. In the end!!
When I lost my job in 2014, I had to apply for UC. I hated every single minute of it. The vast majority of the work coaches and the rest of the staff that work within jobcentres/dwp, are vile. They sit behind that desk lording it about and too many of them enjoy the fake and fictitious power that they've been given. Too many of them look down their noses at the sick, disabled and unemployed too. If it wasn't for claimants they wouldn't have a job themselves. I was on UC for 2 months and in the end I told them to close my claim. The work coach really didn't like it and she asked me why. I told her that I found UC to be the most barbaric, evil, controlling and cruel benefit that was ever enforced. I then went onto say, that I also had zero interest in attending any of their farcical courses that are delivered by private training providers who get paid for each person that is unfortunate to have to attend as I went onto say, how much more money is govt going to waste on these poxy government schemes that don't help people. Her face was like thunder when I reeled everything off. They don't expect people to stand up for themselves. What also used to drive me to despair was the fact that they'd forever text me asking me to log onto the stupid online journal. One day, it got so bad that even my friend sat there and said to me, jeez how many times is that now that they've text you within the hour. It turned out that it was 7 times with different messages on the journal. I found UC to be so stressful and for the pittance they pay people, it really wasn't worth putting myself through it. What I also could never understand was that the work coach kept saying to me that everything was online for UC so therefore, why do people have to drag themselves to jobcentres for pointless face to face meetings when it can be done online or over the phone. They're forever talking about how they need to cut the welfare bill. if they closed every single jobcentre, that would save billions. I'm yet to meet anyone who has anything positive to say about UC/Jobcentres/DWP/Work coaches. Someone else I know lost their job around the same time as what I had. I said to them are you going to claim UC. They stood there and said no way as they went onto say, they'd rather eat grass than be subjected to constant harassment by some jobs worth. Imagine if everyone told their work coaches to close their claim down or refused to apply for UC? That would put them out of a job themselves. UC also keeps people within the poverty cycle and once you're on it, you struggle to get off it because there's always obstacles or barriers that are deliberately put there to stop you from trying to better yourself. The system has been specifically devised to fail claimants and it's about time it was completely abolished and replaced with a system that actually works and benefits the claimant. What I also noticed was that, they enjoy people being in a perpetual state of fear.
Hi Mark and Vanessa! thanks for sharing your experiences, and I hope you both find a better solution soon.
There's another video from a former DWP case worker who's saying the DWP are committing fraud and theft of clients benefits and all
@@vanessahenderson1850👏👌👏👏👏🥺🥺🥺
Ive been on limited capability for work aspect due to a severe skin disease on my hands and feet for the last 8 years, ive been trying to survive on the same amount that someone on jobseekers allowance gets. After i paid my rent and electric bill this month ive been left with £83.78 for everything else for the rest of the month.
Ive tried applying for ESA and PIP but every time i get denied. Im too sick to work but not sick enough to get extra help to have some kind of quality of life. Not sure how much longer i can survive like this.
If you dont get a job you cant survive on uc your better in jail to be honest you can keep warm 3 meals a day train for a job no stresss ..cause out here without money is worst
better off as an illegal you'll get a free hotel free gym free bike 3 meals a day 24/7 free gas and electric and £40 a week
The problem isn't just budgeting to get through, it's also trying to save a little bit to leverage it to something that will help you get off of UC and into something that you actually want to do, instead of BS Amazon/ McDonalds Jobs for £11 per hour.
Hi JP! I agree, and thanks for your insights
I've been on UC for just over 3 years, the work couches I talk to only seem to have a 10 minute conversation with me & that's it. Nearing the third year, I came so close to quitting UC as I couldn't stand doing these errands they give me such as attending a job fair that mostly becomes a waste of time, talking to them via face-to-face or phone for only a few minutes or applying for a mental health course which I refuse to partake in.
I am currently working a part time job but its not permanent, however there is a job vacancy avaliable near where I live & it will be both a full-time job and also permanent, I will be taking it once my part time job is finished and finally say goodbye to UC.
Hi Rhys! thanks for sharing your experience. Here's to hoping you get that full-time job. Good luck!
What i dont get about universal credit and the job centre is, why cant they just give you a job instead.
It's like they don't mind giving out free money. Or they do it so the "work coaches" can have a job.
If no one was on universal credit then the work coaches would not have jobs. Also they don't even do anything. All they do is ask "have you found a job, oh you haven't OK come back for your next appointment in 2 weeks."
Hi Feng! that's one way of looking at it. thanks for sharing your thoughts!
😂 Correct
Jobcentre is useless I've applied for hundreds of jobs since last October since gaining SIA and it's screwed me up mentally even applied for jobs recommend by the jobcentre even had a job interview cancelled last minute arranged partly by the jobcentre. You do all this because surviving on less than £500 per month is near impossible
The problem with prepayment meters is that you still have to pay a standing charge, so even if you dont use any gas or electricity, your credit is deducted for standing charges, this could be as much as £1.20 per day and if your credit runs out, this fee still applies and it starts to build up a debt and when you top up, you have to top up enough to clear the standing charge built up, any emergency credit you have borrowed and have enough for energy to be used. Some people on these meters are also paying back a debt they built up when they once had a normal meter, so you can easily see how £30 of credit runs out and then you have to worry about gas. So £40 on electricity and £50 for gas, thats already £90 gone and that probably wont last a month. Prepayment tariffs per Kilowatts is also more expensive than someone on a post pay meter paying by Direct Debit, its a bit like the difference between a home phone and payphone, the prepay options are always more expensive.
On the subject of telecoms BT offer a social inclusion service for people on benefits and pension credit which offers Broadband and home phone at very low prices, you have to be claiming a qualifying benefit or pension credit and therefore need to provide your National insurance number when ordering this service.
depopulation agenda... 2025 millions will be dead
Is a smart meter cheaper for electric and gas? Like paying for what you used?
@@danniellejohnson448 Don't even contemplate on getting a smart meter. They are more hassle than they are worth. Trust me, I used to work in the energy sector.
i haven't paid my water bill for 17 years NEVER been cut off
Do you have thousands in debt?
@@danniellejohnson448 Does it even matter anymore lol I'm in debt with British Gas and couldn't give a toss.
I always thought that UC is a temp thing, you cannot rely on it to live. It was never intended this way 😢
Hi LF! that's one way of looking at it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
This is partly true, however, when the Country was placed into lockdown for months in 2020. that in itself had a detrimental affect on the economy. The establishment knew that businesses would fold causing further lay offs forcing more people than ever before onto the unemployment register. everything has been planned years in advance ready for the planned/incoming UBI which will come with 'conditions'. Also, UC is interlinked with agenda 2030. All of the info is out there widely available for anyone to see. Finally, the only companies that thrive within this gig economy are the greedy corporations. Again, all by design. You'll own nothing and be happy springs to mind.
I came of UC having found a full time job at the airport. A mobile was essential job centre plus gave me a brand new nokia android phone sealed as a present for free and congratulated me for my efforts.. Not getting my 1st wage until the 11th March.. My work coach told me my UC will be back dated to the 10th March.. £700 BONUS.. think il treat myself now.. they were really helpful and delighted...by the way I started my job on 14th Feb got my final cost of living payment of £300 days earlier happy days😊😊..
Hi Unies! I'm glad to hear about your positive experience, and congratulations on getting back on your feet!
They need to bring back the 50p gas and electric maters!!!
As the electric key and gas card meters are a con!
thick bit of copper or two works a treat
Unfortunately I’d have to get a low loader with a crane to drop off enough 50 pence pieces to keep the gas and electric on for a month! 😳🤷🏻♂️
£350 a month is simply not enough to live a normal life. That’s £10 a day before paying for utilities, the standing charges alone for gas and electricity can easily be a £1 per day.
The government has just pledged £2.5 billion to ‘help’ long term unemployed and sick people back into work. The cynical part of me thinks this is a vote winner rather than a public health strategy.
Hi Stephen! I'm hoping it's the latter and that they do it right. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
@@MoneyNerd here’s for hoping. The saying goes ‘you have to walk a mile in a man’s shoes’
How many people in the House of Commons or Lords have a relatable background?
That are not ripping us of on sneaky family based PPE contracts
I'd say that it was rather sinister. I read a couple of articles towards the end of last year about the governments welfare reform. Basically, they're definitely going to target the long term sick and disabled., particularly those that are in the support group. I have visions of people with serious illness such as cancer, brain tumors, those with mental health problems and so forth being declared physically fit for work. Government are deliberately phasing out the entire welfare system to the point were barely anyone will qualify for any financial support. It will be exactly how it is over in the US. One of my cousins over there lost his job in 2008 when the financial crash happened. They waited weeks for a court hearing to see if they qualified. When they'd had the hearing, it took several weeks to get any further response. When he did finally receive the verdict, he was given food stamps for 12 weeks. The food stamp allowance was put on an EBT card (electronic benefit transaction). You can only use the card at certain stores too. If you don't have a grocery store in your area that accepts the EBT cards for food stamps you then have to drive miles to find somewhere that does accept your card. After the 12 weeks, he was on his own regardless to whether he got another job or not If it hadn't have been for my Auntie, my cousin would have been left to live on the streets. Thankfully, he managed to get fixed up with another job. It didn't pay that well but it was better than nothing but he did end up losing his home. My auntie still had to work until she was in nearly 76 because of how the system is over there. She simply couldn't afford to retire. She was working 2 jobs just to try and make ends meet. This is what the so called welfare reform is all about and the UK is following the system of the US.
Credit will cover those in cheap council housing but those in private housing will be homeless in months. Trust me……. During a recession the building industry slowed down. After six months and due to my age group I fell in …… my housing was cut in half and made me homeless👍
Wish I was an immigrant
Horrible benefit the money doesn't I lost my job last year back on this horrible benefits
I was living off 240 a month. food fuel cost alone was way over that. Had to go and beg for money at the UC office for a new suit and bus card to go to interviews. this was when I had just come out of hospital after being attacked in town and almost dyeing from my bowl being ripped open and suffering massive internal bleeding. They put me on LCW, No extra money to help this was back in 2019. I am still bad and in the last months only just been put on LCWRA. and given an extra 416 per month to live on. I was put in a position that meant that instead of healing I had to walk to food bank a and carry heavy bags of potatoes tin food while on two crouches, I had to try to find work even though they said I did not I had too so as soon as I could walk a few meters without my sticks I was back in warehouses in massive pain. I did it for 9 months and then couldn't cope any more, I now cant walk properly due to pains in my back not spine but inside where I had the op. I will not even attempt to apply for PIP and was told to have an assessment for LCWRA by my new work coach who did it for me.
If you have multiple health issues can you claim UC for long term ?thanks
Bad karma is the spiritual debt one has accumulated for one's mistakes from all previous lives and this life. It includes killing, harming, taking advantage, cheating, stealing, and none payment of universal credit.
Plenty of money for the military though
absolutely! 😢
Plenty of money for the Ukrainian military,not our own tho!
I'm on this godawful Universal Credit.
Ok, I'm able to budget and to make it work.... Sort of.
I do online surveys to get Nectar points which helps, a lot.
However.
It is a nightmare.
I have mental health and physical health issues.
I don't always react like a normal person would, I have stress related issues that cause me to shut down and have crippling panic attacks and my right hip grinds when I walk so i have to use a walking stick.
When I was on JSA, none of that was a problem.
The JSA advisors knew me, they knew what the problems were, I was treated as a human being when going in.
That has all changed.
Universal Credit, the advisors, do not give a toss about the claimants.
I'm having to keep myself signed off with sick note after sick note which is hugely detrimental to mental health because I'm now being told by the Doctors that I'm no good, mustn't work.
It is screwing with my head.
And they keep hounding me.
Messages coming in several times a day.
I hate Universal Credit, but as JSA is now almost gone, I've no choice but to stay on it.
It's a horrible, horrible system.
And, as a note, my advisor point blank refuses to speak at a volume that can be heard.
I've been steadfast against trying to claim PIP for my own situation, but I need to catch the bus to town several times a week... I need to go to the supermarkets (I don't drive, so if I can't get a bus, I must use a taxi)...
I don't see a way out of the shit hole I am in.
Hi @jamjarr8808, sorry to hear that. I hope you find an answer soon. Best of luck
Thank you so much
I cried after watching your video
Hi @Raaselmirza-Begg, you're most welcome! Glad I could help.
Yes I agree with u felling like this Christmas is coming up and have not paid me this is I agree with u
Hi Maddy! thanks for the comment
Years of wages behind inflation. Estimated from 1986 to today uk wages are one thousand pound a month behind the raised costs.
It’ll make him stronger with the will to survive even greater
How much Universal credit payment does a family of 3 receive if working part time? My husband's income is 800 Pounds. Can you please answer me on this subject? I don't know much about it. They make deductions all the time. Actually, I have a few more questions I want to ask.
Do self employed and deduct it on fuel, food, phone and they should pay full amount. Also use another bank account
Try being on £150 monthly and trying to run a flat on that! i was on this when i was 18-21!
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If you don’t mind me asking we’re you a care leaver and got your own flat young? X
my mum died when i was 15 and i was left with our flat and no, i dont mind you asking@@danniellejohnson448
i spend so much time worrying over debts i cant find time to get myself well to get a job n make money
People are worse off with Universal Credit. I have health issues and can't work. My mrs works and used to get working tax credit. Now she doesn't in the new system. They advertised a campaign everywhere and on the radio assuring people that when they changed they wouldn't be worse off. It is just not true. If you are working and on a low to low mid income people are struggling because of this system. Perhaps someone could take them on legally?
Bravo, *WHITEDUMPS* teledude . I'm so glad you're out there fighting these scumbags. We must do everything in our power to protect the elderly and the general public from these despicable scammers. You're a true hero,
I know one ugly thing about Universal Credit,Some people end up getting there UC stopped for not doing enough to look for work,End up homeless,Other people on Universal Credit,Dont have to look for work,Dont have to turn up to Jobcentre apointments and get away with it all
Unfortunately, that is the truth of it.
It's free why would you work when it's free.
Single parents get 1000
Half of that is recycled back into social housing - no loss to the system.
Welfare payments are spent that money is recycled back into the system.
Tax, national insurance claimants still have to pay it - again goes back into the system.
The reality is UC keeps them mentally lazy , actually it's a vicious cycle.
Why would you work your balls of when it's free.
The money is hitting bank accounts from bank accounts recycled back to the system.
103 million had been granted to the DWP for A.I alone and automation business models.
The claimant does not see nor reap the 103 million , before that it was 44 million ,granted by the treasury for the DWP business model.
DWP is not what it is cracked up to be , the public assume it's all fluffy clouds and fun on welfare.
Low wages , welfare reflect each other the difference is one works for it the other ones becoming mentally lazy , stuck in a cycle.
Majority of people are a Hair away from being homeless.
@NOAH17841 The problem is not the benefits, the problem is that you are not offered adequate compensation for working your balls off! Why would you work your balls off when you will still have to sit in the cold and ise food banks to survive? Universal credit functions as A) A whip to force you to become a slave for what ever amoral elitist arsehole that will underpay you for your blood, sweat and tears and B) a subsidy to said arsehole that must be paid out because they refuse to pay a living wage.
It makes working people impotent- you are not allowed to withdraw your labour when oligopolies errode pay and conditions to the point that having a job isn't enough to survive because they will punish you for being lazy, where lazy is defined as, "unwilling to accept a toxic work culture." You are expected to be working constantly, not because it lifts you out of poverty or improves your life, but because, "it is the right thing to do," There is no carrot, only more whips!
Yeah that will be the religion of peace 💯🤪😋😝😜🥴😛😆😂😂😭😭
@@paulholland5270you're not funny
I’m on UC but I sell paintings full time on the side, I’m quite comfortable, but if I had to rely only on UC I’d be in the gutter
Hello @SickOfItAll-do1cf, thanks for sharing. Have a good day!
soon they will have the right to look into everyone's bank accounts looking for other sources of income to tax or stop you benefit completely coming next year
@@GhOsTShOTLDNthats right. You have to declare your crypto asset if u have one.
@@GhOsTShOTLDNi forgot to include my monzo accnt and the next thng i kno my work coach telling me i have another account i didnt disclose🙃🫣
@@GhOsTShOTLDN They've been doing this for years. It's nothing new. The reason they are promoting this, is to keep claimants in a perpetual state of fear.
I sacrificed the Coucil Tax as it's not essential for me!
not just people on Universal Credit
I think maby its men specifically because ive struggled on uc but not to the point of food banks unless they under mental health maby this is those that can work but dont i dont know tbh no judgement just dont understand how it all works
I should say single individuals rather than men single females with no kids ..anyone privatly renting ..i suppose that sence its almost impossible to afford basic things
i used to get paid £160 per month now iv had no food or money for 11 months we an eviction hovering over like damacles sword
Yeah people have to go to work have pay bus fare, this 300 is not good is go on rent and people who do not work they don't have to pay bus fare 24.70 a week
I can assure you that those who are not working on Universal Credit don't get their bus fares paid. They have to pay for their bus fares to and from the jobcentre to see work coaches and to attend compulsory job interviews out of any remaining money left from their Universal Credit or walk instead. However, those with a physical disability who genuinely can't walk far to get the the jobcentre face getting their benefits stopped.
I get less than him end up starving no work not for the want of trying in a right mess
It is a bloody joke. Firstly you don't get anything for the first month or so if you get paid your last payslip or holiday pay from your last job (like you weren't a tax payer during your time there anyway contributing to the pot that you are not taking a nominal amount out of).
Secondly, they can mess up your oaymebts at any time claiming that a company has taken your payment so it shows up as zero on your portal sending you into a spin.
Thirdly, if that does happen then the helpline can only send a message across to the payments team on your portal as you can also do. You basically can't speak to that team which I heard can be your work coach, if this doesn't get resolved in time then you will go into your overdraft and incur even more charges.
Finally, I have heard that any money that does get transferred into your account by family or friends is used against you so it affects your next payment. You just can't win and the Tories being in power is one big treason. It is all a scam and the jobcentre never help you find work, the appointments with your work coach are often just a waste of time.
It's made for ppl to work that's why they paying less they can give more but they chose not to
The positive thing about it us that you can transition to working a few hours a week without it uprooting your life, if things go pearshaped, which is a good thing, surely. If you work p/t and your work dries up, you have a safety net. Its not all bad surely. By the way, I'm not on it- but I can see why they switched from JSA.
No of course you are not on it...that's why you think it's good
Why don't he get on the sick ?
Cause no one tells you how and they don't like to make it easy.
That’s Nothing wait Till He Gets Sanctioned😮😮
My rent is spost to go out today yes I lost my house high Wycombe Buckinghamshire England and moved to Wales UK say with a friend I pay rent for saying out of the pip money universal credit don't pay my rent
Sorry to hear about your situation Maddy. I hope you have a plan in mind.
dont care about credit scores never gonna be able to buy house in these days so whats the point
Mortgages are another huge scam. It's a death sentence - MORT as in mortuary/death.
UC is a joke,as a single person I don’t get anything, 0 payments even tho my income is low , thy only pay my rent and debts so I get nothing.. 😢wicked
It's the reason why more people are becoming homeless
Sure is.
@linndrumfan1959
This has to end or we all going to be homeless
@@ChannalWatcher Damn right. This year is going to be a very stressful time for us all. God help us. 😭
Yes, definitely. I started to notice how more and more people in my area had become homeless in 2016. The pittance they pay people on this UC is a disgrace to say the least. It nowhere covers the cost of living, let alone rent. The rate for unemployment benefit hasn't increased all that much in over 20 years either. I know people that were unemployed in the 80's and they were getting paid around £50 a week. 2024, it's around £70 something for people that are single. All these years later and look how expensive it is to actually live in the UK these days. UC reminds me of that movie called I, Daniel Blake.
Hi Channel and Linn! thanks for sharing your thoughts
government needs to Go
Universal cruelty
I don't mind universal credit. get paid quarterly (every 3 months) and you can claim UC for 2 out of those 3 months. this is 2 months rent, and full UC. you don't get anything on the 3rd month, but that doesn't matter when you are getting about £8000 after tax and NI. I feel bad for those who get paid monthly and weekly.
A lot of people criticise tony blair, well he might be a war criminal but at least hed give you a giro without selling your..
soul😂
Very true
Here here, that’s a good point, suddenly Tony doesn’t seem so bad!
Broadband? mobile phone? hardly a necessity to life? 30 years ago these were luxuries we could dream of, I wonder if he has a multi channel TV subscription?
It is a necessity if you are supposed to be looking for work. They like to text you to make sure you are looking for work and filling in your journal, and most jobs require you to apply online. You can't rely on the library being near or open at the time you need.
Well he is wasting £19 a month get rid of his broadband buy a smarty SIM £16 unlimited data calls and texts put the hot spot on your mobile. That is what i have done i have been doing it for three years now there is loads of good deals now payg. Join a gym one with a swimming pool all the hot showers you want get yourself fit meet people you may even find a job though someone, nice warm if you join a local council one they're pretty cheap the money you save on your broadband probably pay for it plus it's good for your mental health and it doesn't matter what age you are you will feel a lot better in yourself anyway good luck.
Only 10% of the benefits buget is payments to people. 90% is administration. Says a lot.
I would rather be depressed in a job than depressed with no money to do anything depression is no excuse for not working toughen up
weird guy
Depression affects everyone differently. When someone is depressed to the point of being suicidal and can't function normally then they can't work. It's not as simple as, "Pull yourself together" especially when the job you may be in is making you feel like you really don't want to carry on living anymore. Real depression can have a very bad effect on some people.
You have no idea mate and no empathy.
You’re the type of person that gets annoyed at a baby for drowning. “Just swim bro 😡”
Dunning Krueger in full effect
In the UK at least 11% of babies are born disabled. Would be a lot more if not got rid of before birth! And due to hidden disability, late onset, accidents etc the disability figure in adults is around 25%. Yet only 10% are receiving disability benefits. So clearly something is wrong! More people should be off on disability!
what i can't understand is why Damio doesn't get himself a job? There's flippin millions of jobs out there. Oh, mental health issues? yeah right. The boys going over the top at Ypres and passchendaele couldn't use that excuse could they. Stop moaning and free loading.
Scrap capitalism and all this nonsense goes away
Take out the snakes in the grass.
What so then a bin man gets the same wage as a brain surgeon?
@@gerwsgse There won't be a wage. Money won't exist. You have to stop giving things a money value. If you were stuck in the desert what would be more valuable, a van full of food and water or a van full of gold bars?
@@peterbergman2131 The only problem with your analogy is that who would work in jobs like Brain surgery if there were no monetary incentives??
@@peterbergman2131wait who the fuck is gonna be a bin man for free?
Scroungers
It's called free money
A bit like our politicians
Classic lack of intelligence comment right there.
workslave
Knee jerk
Universal cruelty