Originally Posted by
muggins14:
“The actual split of the welfare budget is as follows:
Pensions 42%
Family benefits/income support/tax credits (for working and non-working families) 17%
Incapacity, disability & injury benefits 16%
Personal social services and other benefits 13%
Housing benefits (to help provide a roof over the heads of working and non-working claimants) 10%
Unemployment benefits 1%
http://visual.ons.gov.uk/welfare-spending/”
I'm on JSA and get council tax allowance.
I was keen to get into Web development and trained myself up on it. All I hear from DWP is that I need to apply for Tesco jobs etc etc and it's completely destroyed any enthusiasm for getting back to work I had at all.
These big employers like Tesco are allowed to get away with only offering part time jobs on poverty wages. I've just looked at a B&Q job, they want to offer a 7.5 hours a week contact. Yeah right. And if you take such a job they also expect you to be available to work extra hours when ever they ask.
If I took a job at Tesco for example I'd end up being about £20 a week better off. What's the point ?
Give job seekers a pay rise is what I say, so they can afford training or have a bit of a morale boosting treat once in a while. With what I've had in benefits over the years they could have sent me on a decent Web development course many times over.