Britain suddenly finds cure for bad backs and depression

[DimPrawn]

Three in four sickness benefit applicants 'fit to work' or stop claiming due to medicals - Telegraph

It's a miracle I tells yer...

[shaunbhoy]

Three in four sickness benefit applicants 'fit to work' or stop claiming due to medicals - Telegraph

It's a miracle I tells yer...

Another "Legacy" of New Labour.

[fullyautomatix]

A quick visit to any town centre in this country during a week day will make you think "who exactly is working in this country?".

Hordes of young working age people milling about in shopping centres and clothing shops walking about with huge bags of shopping.

I think the problem is bigger than the statistics that the Labour government was generating. A large labour pool has been effectively converted into workshy spongers just so that they can go and put a cross across the Labour party at election time.

[Mich the Tester]

A quick visit to any town centre in this country during a week day will make you think "who exactly is working in this country?".

As would a visit to the average office on a weekday.

[doodab]

There just isn't that much work that needs doing.

Having these people idling at the taxpayers expense arguably result in a better world than we would have if we put them to work doing something utterly pointless like telephone sales or making snowglobes.

[shaunbhoy]

Having these people cleaning off graffiti, picking up litter, cleaning out dirty canals, weeding and tending to Public Gardens etc.at the taxpayers expense arguably result in a better world than we would have if we put them to work doing something utterly pointless like telephone sales or making snowglobes.

FTFY

[doodab]

FTFY

I thought we had chain gangs for that sort of thing? If not, we should have.

[Mich the Tester]

There just isn't that much work that needs doing.

Having these people idling at the taxpayers expense arguably result in a better world than we would have if we put them to work doing something utterly pointless like telephone sales or making snowglobes.

In Holland we pay our taxes to give people benefits that they then spend in 'coffeeshops' sedating themselves with marijuana.

Somehow I feel there's something dystopian about that, reminiscent of 'Brave New World', but what price should we pay for a peaceful life?

[Mich the Tester]

I thought we had chain gangs for that sort of thing? If not, we should have.

But wouldn't that be fervy unfair toward essentially honest but intellectually limited people who want to make a respectable living by cleaning things and looking after public spaces?

Wouldn't they then lose their jobs and join the ranks of the unemployable, thereby worsening the social problem while getting a crap job done of cleaning and tidying public areas?

[AtW]

Another "Legacy" of New Labour.

That test was introduced by Nu Liebor, granted in a large part they are responsible for this problem anyway, but it's not like Con-Lib Govt did this test.