Its not actually a bin.

 

Its either a couple of shelfs at the end of an isle of a section of the fridge/freezer. Depending on how much stock is being reduced you don't normally have to rake through at all and you can get some decent bargains.

 

If i fancy Chicken Fajita's one night i'll get myself a reduced Roast Chicken from the counter and use that instead of buying and cookin chicken breast fillets. I can pick up a chicken for 99p easily, maybe even 49p depending on who i'm on with. Saves me like £3.

 

It's not something to be ashamed of or a pride issue, i've seen lots of proud snobs take reduced stuff, it shows that you can spot a damn good deal when you see one.

 

Yeah know what you mean but it would still be a psychological barrier for me to bring myself to buy from that section, while there is nothing wrong in being poor it is not something I would want to display in public

Nick Clegg today issued a staunch defence of radical benefit cuts as he geared up for potential clashes with Liberal Democrat activists at the party's annual conference.

 

The deputy prime minister said welfare should not be there "to compensate the poor for their predicament" but act as "an engine of mobility".

 

Billions of pounds are to be slashed from the welfare budget by the chancellor, George Osborne, when he unveils the results of his drastic public spending review next month.

 

Liberal Democrat backbenchers have publicly accused the coalition government of targeting the vulnerable, and Clegg of breaking promises to ensure all cuts were fair.

 

The issue could prove a flashpoint with the left of the party when activists gather for the first time since joining the Tories in government, at the conference in Liverpool from Saturday.

 

But Clegg made clear he considered the reforms to be essential.

 

"A fair society is not one in which money is simply transferred by the central state from one group to another," he wrote in an article for the Times (paywall).

 

"Welfare needs to become an engine of mobility, changing people's lives for the better, rather than a giant cheque written by the state to compensate the poor for their predicament.

 

"Instead of turning the system from a 'safety net' into a 'trampoline', as Labour promised, people have been stuck on benefits, year in, year out."

 

A fair society, he wrote, was "one in which people are able to make a better life for themselves, with support from government and the broader community".

 

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How come "let's do something different" has completely morphed into "I agree with Dave" within months? The sooner the Lib Dems start calling for this traitor's head, the better.

I agree with him tbh

 

Welfare should be a TEMPORARY safety net until someone has found work it should not be a lifestyle choice, a career option or pay better than work does, it should provide just enough to survive on and enough to get to job interviews.

 

Those in genuine need like the chronically sick and the disabled should be looked after but welfare should just be a temporary safety net till someone has got a job.

 

The whole welfare system needs overhauling, yes there should be fairness but equally there needs to be fairness to the hard working taxpayer that foots the bill for people doing nothing

The whole welfare system needs overhauling, yes there should be fairness but equally there needs to be fairness to the hard working taxpayer that foots the bill for people doing nothing

 

 

The tax-payer also foots the bill for unnecessary wars and worst of all in my view, for overseas aid. We should stop all that and look after our own citizens first.

The tax-payer also foots the bill for unnecessary wars and worst of all in my view, for overseas aid. We should stop all that and look after our own citizens first.

 

Agree about the foreign aid bit for sure, it should be scrapped except in some exceptional circumstances (linked to trade deals or contracts for UK businesses)

 

I would rather money was spent keeping our pensioners warm in winter than spent on helping to bail out corrupt dictatorships