Join discussion about housing benefit hardships

“thegruff, did I say it was scenic up here? come on up and tell me I'm wrong

you won't believe the number of immigrants walking around, many with at least 4/5 kids, all housed, no jobs just bleeding the country dry - if you're happy to carry on paying your taxes or lose your job to pay for them, feel free”

“There will be much hand wringing and beard scratching at this meeting, but look, if they can't afford the rent, and they can't get a job that enables them to afford the rent then they need cheaper rent!

So obviously market forces determine rental value , and those people need to be in a place they can afford to live.

Before people start passing out at the unfair nature of this situation, its exactly the same for people who have to pay their own rent/mortgage.”

“@Bristol
They have to look for them of course but they are there just go on to one of those web sites and you will see them all advertised.”

“The wealth of money and expertise that has flooded into this country through immigration far outweighs the costs of maintaining some of the less fortunate who strayed onto our shores.

The problem is perspective.

Sat in the cheap seats, as I am, it is easy to come to the totally erroneous conclusion that immigrants are a burden on the welfare state.
What is clear, is they are an unplanned strain on local facilities, with more than the average number of children and a willingness to live in unbelievably overcrowded conditions the local facilities are stretched to breaking point.
and so we now get to the real culprits for our suffering, the very people who get paid to manage our city, but can't see beyond their luxurious garden in North Dibley, where everything is just dandy and expensively exclusive.”

“Housing & Council Tax Benefit can be paid to people who are working, it does not matter if the work is full or part time. It is a means tested benefit, this means that generally speaking as a person's income increases the amount of benefit they are entitled to decreases.

If you need advice on your benefits and or debt you can find details of your local advice centre here. http://tinyurl.com/83tsrrs”

“How on earth does the Goverment expect this to help matters, there are alot of people who want to work but cant find jobs, there are not enough council houses to rent due to the council selling most of them at cut price to the tenants years ago, they cant afford to build anymore council houses. Maybe the goverment should adopt the spanish policy of if a young unmarried woman gets pregnant then her family have to support her and the child financially and not give them benefits and a council property just as a matter of course.
This is just going to create more problems elsewhere, its not going to solve anything, this is a dire time to start cutting benefits to people who genuinely cant find work as there isint much work out there, maybe the last goverment shouldnt have let so many people flood into this country and cripple our benefits system.”

“Where's Norman Tebbitt when you need him?

Surely the end of his famous anecdote would be..

"and when they had finally extracted what little economic worth was left, they put him back on his bike, pointed him in the direction from where he had come all those years ago and gave an almighty push"”

“"Some experts believe the cuts will lead to a mass migration of poverty-stricken people moving to the north of the country from the south."

Poor people moving up North??! Who can I vote for/fund to make sure this happens faster??”

“@harryreg_uk....What you have said is actually just a lie isn't it...or at best something a mate told a mate. Get real and stop blaming your communities problems on immigrants. I worked in Oldbury Court 7 years ago...it was a S*** hole then....”

“Some experts believe the cuts will lead to a mass migration of poverty-stricken people moving to the north of the country from the south."


So all the poor people will be moving out?



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