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Seems to be a lot of serious injuries this year in fairly harmless circumstances, Valencia, Zamora, Dawson all got injured severely in harmless incidents, didn't look like a bad tackle at all While I wish Valencia well I hope that OWF stays the f*** away from Lennon in Jan

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

Like I said, I bet when I do my week that I won't have to buy one item from the reduced section and will still get by on £30 or so for food for the week, frozen section has lots of good offers I can get by on cheap food without losing my dignity

Yeah I sometimes get dirty looks off staff when I go to the back of the shelf but that's their problem :) I go for whatever is the best use by date, they just have to deal with it

:o :o I so can't do that, I am borderline paranoid about use by dates, whenever I see an item in a shop I always go to the back of the shelf where the better use by dates tend to be, I won't eat any type of food a day after it's use by date, simply can't, vegetables excepted and even than I only eat like 2 days later

I still find the whole thing of rifling through bargain bins be it in shops or supermarkets very undignified and it is not something I can bring myself to do.

LOL I won't like go to the section where they reduce stuff that is right by its sell by date but I often see 2 for 1 offers or buy 1 get 1 half price etc in frozen sections of supermarkets I use so would take advantage of some of those kind of things, I often see frozen pizzas reduced to £1 :o that kind of thing Happy to keep updates lol, will do it from first Monday in October

Whether someone can get by on £90 a week disability allowance depends on the circumstances, a single guy living with his mum I would imagine would have little difficulty in doing so, a single guy living alone would find it bloody hard probably, a married guy on disability living allowance would probably be fine if his wife works, it all depends on the circumstances

I am single, don't have kids If worst came to the worst and I suffered a bad injury or lost my business I would sell the car and buy a cheap old banger, give up my lease and live with my brother till I had some work lined up, give up the Sky and the broadband, sell the iPad, give up the takeaways etc, I would get by, just

If I had no choice I would have to Of course I would not enjoy it and sacrifices would have to be made but you just have to play the hands you are dealt with in life

LOL got those tonight :teresa: Off to pub at half 6 to watch the game on a tv stream No drunken posting though as work tomorrow :o

Food wise I believe that I could get by on £30, max £40 for the week Only today I had a tin of mixed vegetable soup and some pitta bread for lunch, combined cost about £1.50, beans on 2 slices of toast etc would be even less

I have no issue whatsoever with genuine cases

I can't this month as I have car tax, car insurance and a couple of other things to pay this month but next month i will pay myself £90 for one week and see how far I can make it stretch If I am sensible with it I have no doubt that I would get by, I would do things like get special offer foods in the supermarket, make dishes with vegetables and drink less alcohol but I could do it I have no doubt.

If they are applying for jobs they are not capable of doing just to satisfy the job centre in addition to the ones they are capable of doing then I would rather they played the system that way than claim money they shouldn't be entitled to :P

I don't think it is unreasonable that to get incapacity benefit for depression that that person provides evidence they really are suffering from chronic depression and the only way for that really is that they have been undergoing treatment for that depression. I could pack up work tomorrow and claim I am depressed and get a nice cushy £90 a week pocket money and my rent paid for without having to lift a finger if I wanted and that shouldn't be the case. Incapacity benefit should go to those that are truly incapacitated, the best way to prove someone is depressive is to show proof that treatment options have been tried

People paralysed in 1 or more limbs People currently receiving treatment for cancer (subject to review once cancer cleared) Mentally handicapped Blind People with chronic arthritis People with severe back or limb injuries judged unfit for work by a consultant surgeon they are seeing (subject to review) People with mental illness who are receiving treatment for that mental illness (subject to review) I have no objection to any of those receiving incapacity benefit, genuine cases should rightly receive help and benefits Someone who claims to have a bad back would be receiving medical treatment for it if they are genuine be it surgery, physiotherapy, medication from a consultant surgeon or whatever, anyone who claims incapacity benefit for a bad back and is not receiving treatment for it or hasn't received treatment is IMHO a fraudster, likewise those who claim incapacity benefit for depression or anxiety or alcoholism, if they were genuine cases they would be receiving medical help for their problems, if they aren't then they are almost certainly lying about their condition and should go on JSA I am not anti disabled, those that are in genuine need I am quite happy for them to receive incapacity benefit

In my specific case if they got as far as the interview stage I would much rather 10-15 mins of my time was taken up than have that person claiming an extra £1500 a year (incapacity benefit is an extra £30 a week) that they should not really be claiming

What is the chances of them being offered that particular job in the first place though ? they can apply for a job in a bar to satisfy the job centre but it is highly unlikely that a landlord is going to hire someone with a back condition, for insurance reasons as much as anything else so the likelyhood that someone with a condition being offered a type of job that they physically can't do is unlikely in the first place so if they apply for jobs they can do then apply for a few token ones they know they aren't going to get in a million years then the job centre would be satisfied :unsure:

The NHS budget is the one budget bar foreign aid that is ringfenced so clearing up waste in the NHS and petty bureaucracy will result in a lot more money being available for essential services. The NHS budget is exempt from cuts so if waste is cut out of the NHS budget then the money saved will go on healthcare

Someone like her should be ordered to take a trip to Great Ormond St childrens hospital and have a tour of the wards where she will see loads of people who would happily trade their cancers and their terrible illnesses for a few spots on a face like she has, instead of getting counselling some people just need to get a grip and stop feeling sorry for themselves

I have no experience of Job Centres tbh but do they say to claimants "we have lined up a job for you at the bakery, get down there for 9am Monday" or is it a case of the job seeker applies for jobs that he can do ? If it is the former then you have a point but if it is the latter then they wouldn't be applying for those sort of jobs anyways.

Based on the criteria of what I would allow as suitable for incapacity benefit my guess is around 1m people out of the 2.5m claimants would likely suffer from the conditions that I would deem suitable as preventing them from being capable of work The fact that doctors sign off teenagers with zits as being incapacitated shows that it is time to bring in strict measures as to what conditions make someone incapable of work

I only personally know 2, 1 has MS and should rightfully be entitled to it, the other one is in his late 50's and has severe arthritis, in both cases it is right that they should be

In my OPINION, not based on fact but based on gut instinct at least half, probably nearer 2/3 of those that are on incapacity benefit shouldn't be, either they are trying it on and are crooks or they have conditions that make them still capable of work so it is right that incapacity benefit goes to only those that are physically incapable of doing any sort of job. It should be purely for those that are physically in a state of paralysis, have brain damage, have cancer which requires chemo or radiotherapy, are blind, have severe mental illness, have a long term physical condition like MS or parkinson's etc It should not be going to the likes of insecure teenagers with a few zits