Christmas Tree 4005 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 The International Monetary Fund is on the brink of upgrading its growth forecast for the UK more than any other major economy, Sky News has learnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4016 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Growth without equality is pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39186 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 http://soundcloud.com/nicholas-pegg/ukip-shipping-forecast Already doing the rounds and then some, but it's still a thing of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Don't know if people remember but I posted something up on here a while ago about somebody I know having their benefits withdrawn due to some ATOS worker deciding if he was fit to work or not (despite ignoring the advice of three different consultents on the matter). Well anyway this person has now won their appeal, got £3,500 in back-dated payments and actually been put on a higher level of benefit. None of this will make up for the emotional anxiety that this has caused that person during that time but yet another case (I think 75% of appeals have been won) of this just not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14143 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 That's good to hear at a personal level but (as you say) a sad indictment of the system, which seems like nothing more than a regimented act of vindictiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4016 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Even if the amount of abuse of disability was as large as people think, the utter pain they are causing genuine people would render it a mistake in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26853 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) The problem seems to be that if you bring in a private company to cut the number of people on disability benefits then that's exactly what they are going to do. They'll want to prove to the government that they're worth their fees. The huge rate of successful appeals should be enough to prove that they haven't done their job correctly. Edited January 20, 2014 by ewerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 In 2008/09 £12.7bn of means-tested benefits and £5bn of tax credits went unclaimed. The ENTIRE disability benefit bill is £12.5 billion. By and large people are either too proud or too ill-informed to claim what they are entitled to. What remains unclaimed far outweighs what is claimed and as long as that remains true then surely the net profit can be seen as justification for avoiding savage cuts to ensure the small minority don't get their dodgy extra few quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27607 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Don't know if people remember but I posted something up on here a while ago about somebody I know having their benefits withdrawn due to some ATOS worker deciding if he was fit to work or not (despite ignoring the advice of three different consultents on the matter). Well anyway this person has now won their appeal, got £3,500 in back-dated payments and actually been put on a higher level of benefit. None of this will make up for the emotional anxiety that this has caused that person during that time but yet another case (I think 75% of appeals have been won) of this just not working. Pleased to hear that. After worrying about the way things are going with these Etonian CUNTS doing what they know best, i.e. hitting the vulnerable, we decided to put in for a higher rate of disability as my Wife's condition has worsened by some way since she first claimed for disability allowance a few years ago. The very fact we've stalled applying worrying they may take her off it altogether is a damning verdict IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Even if the amount of abuse of disability was as large as people think, the utter pain they are causing genuine people would render it a mistake in my view. Exactly. This is my main gripe with this lot. I totally accept that we needed to cut and also that the welfare system needed a reform, but the complete could't give a fuckness from this government has beggared believe. There are some people taking the piss out of the benefit system, but there are tonnes more with genuine needs. The stance seems to be that everyone is taking the piss and cheating the system therefore should be treated with distain and mistrust. Although I would expect nothing less from an out of touch bunch of toffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 FORE http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543335/Benefits-cheat-claimed-26-000-disability-allowance-arthritis-bad-barely-walk-pictured-playing-golf-handicap-just-six.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26853 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Six is a very respectable handicap tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4971 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 FORE http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543335/Benefits-cheat-claimed-26-000-disability-allowance-arthritis-bad-barely-walk-pictured-playing-golf-handicap-just-six.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/163850bn-official-cost-of-the-bank-bailout-1833830.html I see your £26k, and raise you £850bn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39186 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 BORE http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543335/Benefits-cheat-claimed-26-000-disability-allowance-arthritis-bad-barely-walk-pictured-playing-golf-handicap-just-six.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14925 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 FORE http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543335/Benefits-cheat-claimed-26-000-disability-allowance-arthritis-bad-barely-walk-pictured-playing-golf-handicap-just-six.html http://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/sep/12/reality-check-banking-bailout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14925 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/163850bn-official-cost-of-the-bank-bailout-1833830.html I see your £26k, and raise you £850bn. I bow to your superior googling skills Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4971 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I vote we call that one a team effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 and in come the lefties. couldn't resist could you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14143 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Run away, it's the lefties! THE LEFTIES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39186 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 and in come the lefties. couldn't resist could you. Yo Pot! Yo Kettle! Sheeit, Kettle, you da nigga! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14925 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I'm a leftie and so is my wife, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39186 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Fuck you doodley oo, Tutu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 go on then http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543261/Benefits-Streets-parade-scroungers-drug-addicts-Channel-4-highest-ratings-2012.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18063 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Channel 4's most viewed since................ 2012!!!!!! It's basically a new genre, poverty porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3284 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Channel 4's most viewed since................ 2012!!!!!! It's basically a new genre, poverty porn. I thought that was when they paid skint students to fuck old men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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