Should the South be worried?

[cityliving99]

My niece quit her final year of uni, no one knows why. She was a straight A student and one of the brightest young people I know. She lives in the NE and for the last 2 years has been claiming benefits and PIP.
Her partner is training to be a teacher, via the Teach First programme.
They rent a 3 bed semi and drive a 69 plate car.
Over the last few weeks they have been travelling round Europe and visited us on the way home.
They stayed 3 days and used their time to go off and visit various tourist attractions, none of which are cheap.
There is absolutely no way you could do this in the South, where rents would be several times higher.
My niece claims to be depressed and is now searching for an autism/ ADHD diagnosis. She seems to be very content with her lot and I was shocked how bubbly she is. I appreciate things can be masked, but surely if you can spend weeks travelling and having fun, there is no evidence of clinical depression.
When they left I felt flat. Something is just not right here.
Is this more common than we realise? Are we potentially going to be taxed even higher, so my neice can continue her extravagant lifestyle.
I love her deeply and understand that something triggered her leaving uni. But she genuinely seems content in her decisions.
Am I wrong in feeling slightly irritated?

Is this a benefits bashing thread in disguise?

Not a very good disguise either

The bursaries for training to be a teacher are very good.

If you are a maths of a physics teacher they’ll pay you 29k to train.

https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/landing/how-to-fund-your-teacher-training?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22434217570&gbraid=0AAAAAD_WOvp_TewbjOa-cXI8qohCeAZRO&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5MaupZOnlgMVYIdQBh0S-wWwEAAYASAAEgIGavD_BwE

we need teachers! So anyone reading this who thinks where did their money come from - it probably came from the government but not as benefits - as training bursaries!

Here we go. Happy healthy young person living the life of Reilly on benefits that she somehow convinced her doctor and the rigorous benefits system that she needs.

Oh, abd Newcastle is a great place to live so yes the south should be worried - much cheaper to live up there and you can still get a teacher training bursary!

win-win

Whats it got to do with the South???

No it’s not.
its more that my neice is not motivated to need to think about getting a job.
if she lived near where I live, her rent would be very high.
i know her pretty well. But surely this is not the life she really wants.

I don't understand what you mean about the south being worried? Are you saying that the tax payers in the south are paying for grifting northerners to sit on their arses claiming benefits they don't actually need???

We are being told we will be taxed higher to subsidise the North. We already pay more tax in the form of stamp duty etc.
Young people here are really struggling to get on the property market.

Yes OP, those horrendous chavy disgusting Northern parasites are after your money again, and this new common as muck Northern Prime Minster is going to let them. How awful for you all😂😂😂😂😂

No, you haven’t read my post.
The treasury has confirmed we are already subsidising the North, as they receive 2000 more per head than the South.
My neice is an example that because of where she lives, her benefits go a long way.
i have a lot of family who live up North, who all have great jobs and work hard. This is not about who works harder than who

What disguise?

My neice is not chavvy.
Good grief.
How embarrassing

Perhaps they could consider moving North?

it’s not all whippets and flat caps up here you know.
we’ve even got rain now which I believe the south is longing for….

plenty of jobs near me as well…

Have you really been calling her your 'neice' for the last 20+ years?

Try harder.

Although not many jobs.
Or so my Neices partner tells me.
Your problem will be that lots of people could relocate up North, buy up all your nice houses for peanuts and then cause the property prices to rise rapidly.
There are a lot of people who can live anywhere

Don’t understand what you are trying to say

Why have you got so much more unemployment up North then?
That doesn’t make sense does it?

She’s saying that you cannot spell niece. Because you can’t.

This is for primary school - not secondary.
And we are seeing a change in teacher recruitment. Lots of PGCE students still looking for jobs.
And the bursaries are the same throughout the country. Not just available up North.

Hang on one minute.

Where is my £2k subsidy as someone who lives in "the north"? Maybe you could just hand it over to me personally? This is the first I've heard that those in "the south" are handing money over to us povs, grateful to you for bringing it to my attention!

Also glad to hear that the wall is keeping people from migrating to this land of milk and honey, away from the arid unforgiving desert of "the south". Don't want our easy lives to dry up!

I'm still failing to see the point of your post, you just sound like another stuck up southerner bashing northerners for being lazy and stupid. It's boring now

Charmer.
thank you for the nasty comment.

Well if you read the post you will see she is a straight A student.
My family have held extremely good jobs in the NE.
So as per usual you are choosing to read it how you want.