A friend of mine does work for a letting agency, doing viewings and removals etc.
he was showing a woman a flat yesterday and she was telling him about all the benefits she receives
child allowance, jobseekers, housing, travel, DSS etc
but to make matters worse, she proceeded to discuss how she has three children, one is SLIGHTLY autistic so she gets an extra £200 a month, and one is about to hit puberty so she gets an extra £200 a month for that too.
then! she goes on to say her gran died recently leaving a small fortune to her, which she has in a separate account which is not in her name so the DSS people don't find out.
so its not just the immigrants causing the problem, its this culture in the uk that feels they have everything coming to them for doing nothing.
Very true and I've heard similar stories, where even THREE generations are 'playing' the system (all of which s me) but at least in SOME cases, Brits 'MAY' have paid something in to the system previously, whereas immigrants haven't. I've been working as a QS for 5 years now, effectively half way through my part time education and i only just last year cracked the 10k pay figure. yet if i quit my job and claimed benefits i would earn more...
Well this government 'claims' to be intending to rectify that and I desperately hope they do and a lot more as well. justice? doesnt exist in britain...
How VERY TRUE and in many more ways than is dealt with in this thread, as Richard will testify.