Labour increase benefits bill. AIBU To think what’s the point in working?

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15520831/Labours-push-lift-two-child-benefits-cap-hand-25-000-windfalls-thousands-Britains-biggest-jobless-families.html#

‘Official estimates suggest the cost of scrapping the cap will total £13.6 billion over the next five years.

The Tories said families currently affected by the cap are in line to receive windfalls worth an average £25,000 each over that period.

But the biggest families will gain far more. Thousands of families with five children will receive around £10,900 a year while those with six children will get an extra £16,600 a year.
Almost half of the families involved have no one in work.‘

Have you actually bothered to ask yourself:

Why are there less jobs now?

And no, it is not because of AI.

Yes you can absolutely see with some posters have fallen into a pattern of learned helplessness combined with a certain dogged persistence which I’m sure is necessary when claiming/remaining on benefits long term.
Agree drastic cuts are a coming.

Because despite all their protestations that their lives are so fulfilled and they're so busy working their fingers to the bone, they're a bunch of losers with nothing better to do.

My child is definitely autistic. I am most definitely not wanting an assessment for extra money and I am sure many parents are the same. Hopefully extra bloody support although pig might fly.

@Foolaryh adhd is a thing most people have? And people just decide they have it to claim PIP?
Now we know you're a muppet lol.

Why do you think no journalist has ever demonstrated how "easy" it is to claim PIP fraudulently by going undercover and doing just that?

Could you please stop trotting this nonsense out..

Debt Service costs have tripled. From £40bn to £120bn.

Thats £80bn thats gone.

Do you still not understand this?

Pleased about this. Quite fancy a third child. 🤑🤣

Well, that is not me

There you are wrong.

The annual uprating to your benefits will be cut.

@XenoBitchi was being sarcastic when you mentioned the bitchness and backstabbing on the Facebook groups.

anyway been lovely to chat/argue! I’m off to bed! Hope you guys all find common ground. For me PIP is needed, but more help is needed for those with mental health! Government needs more incentives to get people in jobs and make work pay! 💰 Finger’s crossed Farage and his cronies don’t get to power! But I’ll never vote Labour again after they’ve fucked over working people so badly! Xxx

🙄 you’re the fool

Goodnight!

But the basic UC rate is going up. So I think it kind of works out anyway. I am not sure. I do not really look into it, and I have no control over it anyway/

Do you work as well?

Yup. Just something part time.

Maybe full time to help him out then?

Waiting patiently for you to tell me what category I'm in.

We earn enough as a family as it is. My working hours suit me anyway. (And no we don't claim anything. Never even claimed child benefit and free childcare hours)

Might give your husband a better life style balance and less stress if you did.

I've got six children and I've also been temporarily on benefits and I was much better off.

Benefits for kids are only temporary though.

18 years of temporary?

More than 18 if you have a lot of them.

Yes. I know women who never work and just have kids to claim the child benefits. Now labour is scrapping the cap and creating a breed for all.

Well, you can't claim once they are 18/out of education.