Wow that's a lot of people who are too sick to work ..amazing

[SIRandyraven]

I never knew things were this bad ....
Must be the long grey winters that do it ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13152349

Depressing figures

[Maydup]

A lack of work can also lead to depression and its often a vicious circle for some. Hard to know what the answer is when they are only two pages of miserable jobs in the papers each week.

[SIRandyraven]

Check out the link to the spreadsheet with all the reasons for being on the sick listed ...amazing .....

[DeadEndStreet]

If the fit and healthy well educated people can't find a job what chance for a junkie off his head for most of the day.

[SIRandyraven]

To me it's simple ....
I would say about 50% of the cases are real ...the remainder are simply because Sick Benefit pays more than the dole.
The Tory government upto 1997 started it , to keep the dole figures low.
Then the Labour Government picked up the idea ...
If these people do xfer to the dole figures then things will look bad.
But it seems Cameron is not too bothered ....
That's why the number of people in work increases ...
Guess it's all the Poles doing the jobs we are too depressed to do ...

[SIRandyraven]

DeadEndStreet - Not sure what the answer is to be honest ....
Do we really have over 2 million people too sick to work.
The figures for the junkies and alcoholics and people too fat to work are the bottom of the listed numbers , but make headline catching news for the Tory party ...prior to Council elections ...why does he not try and cut the number of people off with depression by 25% ?

[DeadEndStreet]

Don't think they have to pay tax for the first 12 ? months + if they say they have kids they can claim the benefit in this country even if the rest of the family is back in poland.
This is like when British workers were going over to Germany a few years back.

[DeadEndStreet]

SIRandyraven i have known a few who have played the system take Mr R he went on the sick because he got £82 instead of £64. He had no chance of a job, he gave up after years of looking and looking and looking.

ps, the figures are approx

[craft1948]

I got told off for not claiming unemployment benefit when I didn't even want a job.............

[boxtops]

Round here the only jobs advertised are for care home assistants - it would be depressing, I agree with maidup.

[SIRandyraven]

I'm too scared to look atbthe vacancy pages in the local paper.
This issue should have been resolved when we were more economically sound.
Now its too late.
We are doomed as an ecOnomy

[DeadEndStreet]

When times are hard you can always live in DeadEndStreet :)

[DeadEndStreet]

Good Night