Not all thrive on state benefits
The benefit claimants in the chart (Evening Telegraph, Tuesday) do not tell the whole story.
For example, there are a number of unemployed people who cannot claim Jobseekers’ Allowance – either contribution or income based – because their husband/wife/partner works more than 24 hours a week or has savings.
There is no breakdown of the number of families claiming the £97.3m housing benefit and council tax.
So the Government is proposing to award benefits of up to £26,000, which as you say equates to £35,000 gross per annum. I don’t see many jobs in the East Midlands offering a salary of this scope.
This is the same Government that expects the elderly to sell their homes to finance care home fees should they need help in their later years.
Why are home owners illegible for housing benefit? Should they lose their homes if for example they are made redundant?
Whilst there are genuine and deserving cases it seems once your claim is accepted there are a considerable number of claimants who appear to do very well from the benefits system’s.
Dave Cornhill
Lyle Court,
Wellingborough
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milistirith
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 10:00 AMI am in reciept of £94 a week benefits on ESA due to having Austio Arthritis and my knees removed. I have recently been for an appraisal and expect to be told I am fit for work. As I am 64 this year I would not be much of an investment for ANY employer, cant climb stairs, cant lift, cant push or pull weight? So if I an rejected and seen fit for work I move onto family credits of £119 a week and stay unemployed or in other words retired. The goverment in fact will be paying me to reduce its ESA figures? I spen 3 full days a week with my wife looking after my grand child and that lets her mother go to work. She earns a good salary and pays taxes. If I were made to return to work...she would have to pack her job in, and draw state benefits. Now tell me I would be better off employed?? They hound ther elderly back to minimum wage rubbish jobs instead of getting youngsters into work giving them a stab at earning a better living. The system stinks and our local MP with her repulsive arrogance in staying well away from any real unemployment issue in this town compounds the situation. Corby is about to have its first OPEN EXHIBITION of arts and culture , lets hope local business supports this as so much energy and talent in Corby goes unsung.
enemde
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 06:48 PMwish i earned £26,000 a year then maybe i could afford to put my heating on and feed my wife and i.
Ray Rodden
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 12:27 PMShould child benefit be limited to, lets say 4 children? There used to be a bumper sticker in America "if you can't feed 'em don't breed 'em" Is it right that certain people have more and more kids, claim they need a bigger taxpayer funded house, more taxpayer funded benefits. 26 thousand pounds as a yearly limit seems very generous when a person on the same amount gross takes home around 19 thousand after tax, national insurance pension contributions and have to pay their own way in life. Why would anyone work if they could get so much for doing nothing. Even before the current financial problems and even if the country was awash with money it would be something that needs to be addressed
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