To be sad and appalled that a healthy diet is now beyond the reach of many.

[Darkesteyes]

Absolutely appalling. And it will have an effect on the NHS. Poorer people are bashed for being poor.. and bashed for being overweight. Why do I have a feeling its only going to get worse.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27225323

someone could buy a TV on HP at a time when they could afford both the repayments

Better to save up rather than buy stuff on HP. A tv is hardly essential

People will bloody raid the kids money boxes to buy bloody wine it is that important to them

A tv is hardly essential

Remember hearing that from a workfare provider circa 2000

That's ok corus middle class mum's are automatically perfect by virtue of being middle class. Lower class mum's are however automatically crap parents.

I say this as someone who had what externally appeared to be a perfect middle class upbringing. I taught myself to cook and deal with bills as a child because my mum was too drunk to do it. However she is apparently a better mother than me because we're worse off and living in a council house.

Corus im working class and teetotal #justsaying.

They think we are all swigging cans of Special Brew Corus Prob been watching too much of Channel 4s recent output.

middle class mum's are automatically perfect by virtue of being middle class

Crap, any parent is crap who puts wine or a tv before feeding their kids good food whatever their class

I am working class and teetotal myself

FFS iwantsun the tv is usually already there.

So how do we deal with behaviour like that within our society?

Difficult to do anything sometimes when people are inherently selfish or don't care. Some people will not respond to free cookery classes or budgeting advice

FFS iwantsun the tv is usually already there

Until a bigger better model comes along FFS

And what about the man with cancer who has had his benefits cut. he has got to be able to afford to travel to hospital for chemo. And needs a healthy diet. How is HE supposed to be able to afford it. Why are we only talking about ppl with children

iwantsun im glad you find it so bloody funny

Do proles drink wine?

Who is laughing darkesteyes crappy are the problem, cheap high carb processed crap

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“I have just lately been diagnosed with cancer. I’ve had numerous hospital visits on both sides of the Humber and because of my hospital visits been unable to attend job clubs. Hence I had to sign on sickness pay.”

“When a person has cancer the last thing a person needs to worry about is finances but I now have to look after my family, pay bills and finance my trips to hospitals on less than £100 per week.”

Here is a man who has found himself unable to gain paid employment, but who is clearly a contribution to his community – volunteering for more hours than some people are required to work, for the pittance of £140 a week. He is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and instead of support he receives another major concern to add to his list.

The knuckle-dragging level of emotional intelligence by the DWP is startling enough, but one line of the story in the Telegraph knocked the wind right out of me. Pete says:

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“The DWP even told me that if I went back on to jobseekers and gave up my treatment I could go back on to £140 per week to live on.”

I’m going to give you a moment to read that line again. Now again. Now let it sink in

This is from a link I put in earlier.

I wantsun you are the one who put a grin on your post

And what about the man with cancer who has had his benefits cut. he has got to be able to afford to travel to hospital for chemo. And needs a healthy diet. How is HE supposed to be able to afford it

It is possible on a low income. Loads of people have said, go back and read. It is not impossible

I wantsun you are the one who put a grin on your post

It was in response to your FFS

Have you seen how much it is for hospital parking. Assuming he can still afford to run a car. Unfuckingbelivable.

Well at least its good to know in advance the attitude I may be coming up against in future months.
DH is currently going through tests because they found a coin lesion on his lung.

Hospital transport is available so cost of parking is irrelevant