Why am I paying for these people to get benefits when they have

[Hedgehogbrown]

Only joking! If I have to see another thread from some selfish fucker moaning about other people having seemingly more than them, I'm going to rip my eyes out. Pay your fucking taxes and stop being so selfish! Or quit your job and go on benefits then if it's such the high life.

Amen.

I agree but we don’t need joke “I hate people on benefits” threads, there are enough real ones 😩

People are allowed to start threads on whatever they want. If you don’t want to engage, don’t click on them.

The budget is always bound to cause a lot of discussion and differing opinions.

Yes and the one above is my opinion.

Everyone is being assholes on everything at the moment arent they? Everyone thinks everyone else has a better deal and they’re being messed around

I feel the same about pointless threads about threads bitching about what other people have posted in other threads while making zero new points that haven't already been made in one of the other threads.

Agreed OP.

How about we start making people work?

We whine and whine about people coming here to do low paid work but it’s because nobody here wants to do it. Unless you are so physically disabled to the point that you cannot work, you should have to do something.

@Hedgehogbrown Go on benefits then if it’s such the high life? 🙄 Thank god there are people who actually wouldn’t just jump ship onto benefits even if it means being better off. Otherwise we would be in an even bigger mess than we are now. Why aren’t some people allowed to be frustrated that they work full time and claim no benefits but in some cases come out with less a month than someone claiming?

Most people on benefits are working long hours in low paid jobs. Strict UC sanctions apply for those who don’t work.

Humans have not changed much, a large majority still feel it's preferable to punch down rather than hold corrupt companies and people to account.

Fucking demoralising.

Exactly.

I, as a 26 year old working full time, have been insulted to high heaven on this site. Told I’m a leech, a parasite and a waste of space because I live at home.

I can’t afford to rent, nor can I afford a mortgage on my own. But because my parents are loving, they won’t kick me out. Therefore I am eligible for exactly £0 in any support.

Sorry but it’s bollocks.

1.79 million people aged 16 and over are unemployed. You’re telling me all of those are either students or disabled?

👏 👏 👏!!

I'm about to apply for benefits for the first time in my life. I'm been made redundant and have found another job to go to, but it pays much less. There will be no gap between current job and the new one. I'm post grad educated and it will be full time. It's a really tough jobs market out there and my current role is being replaced by AI as are many other skilled professions (such as translators) Am I suddenly scum of the earth?

@Hedgehogbrown 😄, you had me, I clicked on with the sole intention of reporting!!

Hear hear! xx

If that's UC a lot will be older, sick, people unable to work as pension age has increased. Covid didn't help either.
Some will be parents with under 1's with no requirement to work.

UC has lumped a lot of benefits in together. Many of the people administering UC will be low earners and on it themselves.

I don’t think anyone has an issue with people claiming UC to top up wages, but the trouble is more and more people are realising that it actually doesn’t always pay to work anymore. There are also many people fraudulently claiming and the whole welfare system is becoming more and more unsustainable. And if Mr X is working full time to come out with minimum wage or just above, who has to pay tax, NI, their own rent, etc, and sees Mr Y not working and coming out with the same if not more than him, then yes it’s incredibly frustrating. Just before Covid there were nearly 3 million people claiming UC …. In 2024 there were 8 million people on UC! In 2019 there were just over 2 million people in receipt of PIP, in 2024 there were just over 3 million! So unfortunately there are already too many people jumping ship onto benefits but what if we all did that as the OP cleverly suggested?

There’s a massive lack of jobs where people actually live. We all used to work at supermarkets and in little independent shops. Those jobs are rare now.

So move? That’s what I’m always told if I dare to express that I’m upset with the state of the housing market.

Indeed - if thousands of kids get better standards of living from lifting the two-child cap, I don't give a toss if a handful of parents might 'take the piss' with benefits, that's a price I'm happy to pay for a better life for more children. Rather than living in a world that says 'It's better not to help anyone, because what if some people take advantage'.

But let’s be real, they won’t.

These parents already spend the little money they have on themselves. They’ll let their kids go hungry while they get nails and vapes.

It's always people complaining about their taxes paying for people on benefits, isn't it?

They never complain about their taxes paying for libraries they don't go into, or the fire brigade they've never had to call out, or the social workers they haven't needed, or the council planners as they've never built an extension, or the speed cameras & traffic wardens - oh wait, maybe they do complain about the last two!

My issue is, it’s always other people.

People who have kids they can’t afford. People who have lifestyles they can’t afford. People who retire and can’t afford to.

When will the genuine help come for my generation? Mid-20s, unable to buy, unable to rent, just stuck? What is being done to help us?

Did you miss the part were people have been migrated to uc from other benefits, hence the increase in number of UC claimants?