24-04-2024, 08:06 AM in response to #42802
Nonsense Potter Wrote: You mean that someone could be claiming benefits, whilst doing cash in hand work, like window cleaning?
Are you suggesting those people are the real problem in the U.K.?
If you're referring to me then yes for sure, 'part time supported permitted work' is it's name pal, keeps a support worker in a job too, it's a scheme for the long term sick who want to work but are signed off, there's different levels of permitted earnings, my window round was in the top bracket so saved the state paying me but covered my rent if I had time off. (and counted towards the discount scheme for buying your council house).
Not that many left doing it as the DWP don't like the scheme, I used it for 18 years to bring my 2 older kids up and like me it worked well, I'm still on the sick but my circumstances prevent me from being on the scheme now.
It's a funny old game is this life...