Benefit fraud measures outlined (crime increase?)

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Actually I understand your point..They may not state it but by inference the words benefit claimants does for some equal cheat..

And when questioned about it they'll more than likely say "I don't mean all of them!"

sad thing is they probably do mean all of them. because that's what we're being taught to believe.

[Taf]

Being a Carer with handicapped twins I see that a lot of these "measures" are also being focused on my wife and I, and to some extent our twins.

They may tweak the rules to exclude disabled persons and their Carers, but at the moment it is all being very stressful... something myself, and most other Carers, could do without!

We exist on benefits, and seem to be lumped-in with criminals who claim fraudulently by many members of the public! I have often been verbally abused along the lines of "Get a job you scrounger!" by people who I doubt could cope with the mental and physical strains of being a Carer for one child let alone two! And it's not a 9 to 5 job with holidays!

As for crime increasing, I see many examples locally of unemployed people living more comfortably than they should be able to on benefits alone, so perhaps there is already an aspect of crime in their lives that pays very well?