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Originally Posted by TheDon
I have a friend that was offered an 18k/year job, he was on JSA, and the job was an £8 a day commute away (bus + train).
The jobcentre offered to pay for his travel for the first week, that means he was still left to find £120 JUST for travel until his first pay cheque. Pretty hard to do when JSA is £65 a week.
If he didn't have friends that were willing to lend him the money to actually get to the job he'd have been forced to turn it down, a job that could have easily supported him.
So it's all well and good the government telling people to get on the bus, but when they make it impossible for people to use public transport and commute long distances when they actually get a job then maybe they need to rethink some of their policies.
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The benefit system lacks common sense, every jonb I know off will make you work in advance for pay, some a week, some a month. JSA should still be paid during this period.