[danielf]

Originally Posted by Damien

That's the problem though; Everyone agrees abuse of the system must stop and only genuine claimants receive benefit but the problem is defining a genuine claimant and tackling the system without impacting on the innocent.

This is an example of how 'genuine claimant' is difficult to define:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...nadine-dorries

The reality though is that most attempts to tackle abuse end up hurting many genuine claimants.