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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Hi Derek, CFT, l would like to reply to your comment, on a couple of points, When, l lost my job, 2 and a half years ago, l was out of work for nearly 3 months, l went for three interviews per day, yes, there are jobs out there, but the wages are lousy, from 12.000 per year to 15.000 grand a year, you cannot live on that wage, no matter what benefits, boosts the wages up, and l will tell you why, employers will place ads, at the lowest wage, as they know that - immigrants, will work long hours for this sort of wage, even weekends, and it was reported on TV only on Monday of this week, that an employers, loves taking them on, as the English community won't do the work for a low wage, in my working life, l have cleaned toilets, kitchens, and l have worked in Homeless accomadations, which have been filthy, l have stood in grease traps for hours, some 6 feet deep, but we were paid to clean them, the firm won contracts all over the UK, to clean any place, and we took on many immigrants, and we were told, not to tell them what we were getting, as they were doing the jobs that we couldn't touch, now 15 years down the line, the same problem is still there, but the problem that has to be sorted out is the employer, they won't pay a decent wage, as they know that they will get someone to do it, at say £3-00 an hour, and before, people say the mimimum wage has to be paid, you go to any London hotel, and ask a member of staff, from the kitchen side, and most of them will be casual, it is this Government fault for letting them come here, l feel sorry for anyone, who cannot get a job, as l have been in that position twice, once for two years, and the other for 3 months, and l tried everything for a job.

arthur 12-15k per year is considered a good wage in lincolnshire ,and families do live on it.