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From: Baldoni on 2 Aug 2010 19:10
Mozzer brought next idea :
> On 31/07/2010 9:52 AM, Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
>> "Mozzer"<mozzer.mozzer(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:i30kpv$j4t$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>> Planned welfare reforms will deliver a �480 million blow to the Scottish
>>> economy, according to a report out yesterday.
>>>
>>> The figure combines loss in benefits to those on Incapacity Benefit, and
>>> reductions in entitlement for those on Disability Living Allowance (DLA),
>>> which were announced in the emergency budget.
>>>
>>>
>>> 76% of those who before would have claimed incapacity benefit were being
>>> rejected for its replacement, the Employment and Support Allowance or were
>>> abandoning claims before completing a strict new medical test.
>>>
>>> http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/welfare-shake-up-will-cost-scotland-480m-1.1045038?localLinksEnabled=false
>>>
>>> 76% ? excellent news, about time something was done about the fake
>>> incapacity and DLA claims.There should be a massive saving when it is
>>> rolled out to England.
>>
>>
>> The most killing benefit on the budget is Housing Benefit currently running
>> at just over 22 billion and rising. with the average three bedroom house
>> costing the state �1000 every four weeks.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I don't know how to solve this one Lawrence, though I agree it needs solving.
> Certainly the days of the �7000 a week housing benefit for London mansions
> for somalian illegal immigrants is over. The goverment is going to reduce the
> max benefit to �400 a week. However, what do you do with the genuine
> unemployed guy living in Liverpool or Manchester who recieves this �200 odd a
> week benefit?
>
> You cannot make them homeless.

Show one example of a Somalian illegal immigrant receiving �7000 a week
housing benefit in London ?

--
Count Baldoni


From: Justin Thyme on 6 Aug 2010 09:54
On 06/08/2010 14:04, Lawrence Jenkins wrote:

>
>
> I bet you love that jargon Justin.

I neither love nor loathe it.



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