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Originally Posted by Kursk
Resources should be targeted to areas they are needed. No-one with any human decency wants the needy to suffer and those that defraud the system are taking from people who need it. It is right that the Government should ensure resources are properly targeted.
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Its not right when they not saving any money. Its been for ideological reasons not economic.
Its a bit like movie companies claiming they lose money to people who wouldnt buy the product anyway.
So no, the fraudulent are not taking money from those who need it, but anti fraud measures are.
You seem to have been brainwashed by propaganda.
A 0% target on fraud is a unrealistic target.
The amount of money lost on all the legal battles carried out to try and deny people rightful benefits is staggering.
When senior judges from the tribunal service told the government they wasting public resources by their agressive approach to deny benefits, what was the response? to breach human rights laws and add barriers for people to appeal decisions.
So to clarify you think its a good thing e.g. to pay someone £100 to save you £50?
By the way in 2013 the government backed down on the very frequent ESA assessments (temporarily), this is still in affect today, and it has saved quite a lot of money. Ironically what they did is automatically grant existing claimants a 2 year extension on their prognosis time without an assessment. It has saved a ton of money in both fee's paid to private companies to carry out these assessments and the inevitable drop in tribunal cases as well.
I am curious, since noone has commented on my opinion on what JSA claimants should be paid for workfare.
If people disagree they should be paid at least the minimum wage, please explain why.