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Originally Posted by the_neurotic_cat
In order to receive benefits such as jobseeker’s allowance you have to look for work or you do not receive it, that is ‘promoting a return to work’. If someone is receiving DLA and IS they have been deemed to be unfit for work by a doctor and that benefit is means tested. You can’t just get it by applying for it.
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I'm trying to work out if you really are naive enough to believe the above. That is indeed how it' supposed to work, the reality is obviously not quite so clear cut.
That or we're about the sickest nation in the western world.
So either our NHS sucks or we've far too many people on long term disability or a combination of both.