benefit frauds..

[janzman]

..I have known for more than 20 years a man who is a member of a classic motor bike club.He regularly rides his '60s BSA bikes across Britain and even into Europe on club expeditions...many hundreds of miles at a time.A more spine jolting experience its hard to imagine......AND YET... he hasn't worked a day in all those years claiming a back injury...paid for by the tax payer.He uses the local pub and laughs at anyone who suggests hes a sponger....Is this right?????

[ummmm]

Of course not...

[stokemaveric]

he wont be laughing when he is re-assessed by the dwp....

[puternut]

When are you going to 'Rat on a Rat'?

[Nini74]

don't get me started - i hate people like that who seem to think that the rest of the country should feed, clothe and house him! i'd be tempted to report him for being a benefits cheat and then watch to see if he's still laughing! ooooh - you've got me on one now! lol

[boxtops]

He'll be assessed under the new system, hopefully they say he has to work or lose his benefits.

[janzman]

I've seen this man hobble across the pub car park using a stick and into the bar hook the stick over the counter, move to one games machine in the bar,then move effortlessly to the machine in the lounge bar play that then collect his stick and hobble back outside....

[anneasquith]

if you feel so strongly about this issue. report him , number in the phone book.

[jackthehat]

Could be swinging the lead............or perhaps his problem is more to do with the amount of time he is able to do a thing ?

[B00]

so for 20 years you've say on this and not even bothered finding out if he was really on the fiddle? you're as bad as he is then!

[anneasquith]

i agree with boo , surely if people suspect anyone of benefit fraud rather than moaning about it, report it.

[China Doll]

I can walk... Won't get very bloody far at the moment though since I'm still recovering from an op but you wouldn't know anything was wrong unless I had my crutch with me (it's never very far away lately). I've come to have a fairly healthy respect for people who look fine but are actually in quite a lot of pain most of the time since this all kicked off last April... I'm lucky that I can fix mine. I think before this, I probably wanted to see 'proof' someone was disabled, s'not always that obvious though. You should report it if you feel that strongly about it.

[anneasquith]

fair point china.... and unfortunately people with mental health issues dont look " ill "

[B00]

are you saying CD's mental Anne?

Yeah, i'll go along with that ;-)

[China Doll]

Yep. I think the mental health ones will be the hardest hit in the shake up... I think there are always going to be cases of frauds but some people with mental health issues can be fine one day and wobble (severely) the next. Plus some of the medications for mental health issues I think are very strong and would make it difficult for somone to focus on something intricate but I could be wrong about that.

[China Doll]

It's a fair point Boobies... ;0)

[anneasquith]

boo, i get into enough trouble, dont you make it any worse > :)

[annie0000]

That's true anne, but some still use an excuse of being too stressed to work or suchlike. I haven't met that many people in the offices where I work that aren't stressed to the max on most days. So I don't always agree with that as an excuse. The same for some physical problems too - i think sometimes it's more a case of that they aren't fit to do they job they fancy doing rather than not being able to work at all. I think the ease of getting benefits and the lack of appropriate opportunities plays a big factor too.

It's a shame really, cos then everyone on disability benefits gets treated with suspicion when they may be a completely genuine case.