Serious question because it a line pursued by the last lot -
How do you simply claim benefits and live life on benefits whilst driving a Motabilty Car as a choice and with ease because I don't see it.
I'd like to think that this week Labour will set out their provisions and they are acceptable but I am not sure.
In the past its helped Govt's to push people onto unemployment benefits but when that goes up it isn't then it seems to have been DLA - then it wasn't.
Where I struggle is after 14 years of slashing mental health support and recruiting people as doctors who are not really doctors yet why is people being diagnosed with mental health issues a surprise? Why is it a surprise that after facing a worldwide pandemic from a virus that was novel - ie unknown - a number of people continue to be affected by it? And there are other issues I can raise however lets see what the proposals are but applying the bias of 10 years ago courtesy of advisers you will never get it right.
I had to live for a few years on benefits to look after my mother, and it was a miserable pittance. After my caring role finished, I ended up having to claim job seekers allowance, which resulted in less money and was impossible to survive on. Fortunately, I managed to find employment quite quickly in my old role, and willingly repaid the money my brother had been sending me on a monthly basis just to get by.
I've friends that have never claimed benefits in their lives and know full well what my situation was in those days, but apparently, according to them, my struggles were purley down to my ignorance of how to play the system.
I walked the streets for a few hours once hoping to find a discarded penny or two so I could buy a small tin of baked beans for my tea. I had no food in the cupboard, I was 2p short, and I failed, which is when I called my brother and asked him for help.
Some will call that charity, which is a good thing. Others will say when governments are properly looking after their people, there is no need for charity.
That was my experince of 'life on the dole' and I'll never forget the threat of being sanctioned after I had trudged through the snow for nearly an hour to sign on because I had arrived 10 minutes late. It ain't that great being a workshy scrounger, but those that have no understanding or experience of what it is like will persist with their ignorant opinions based on the bullshit spouted by their preferred right wing media outlets.
