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I suspect that the people chosen to administer the system sympathise with claimants, don't recognise when we are being scammed and probably have no means of verifying.

Take an instance of a foreign woman who becomes destitute, she's housed and given money. She then gets married abroad but doesn't tell anyone. The husband may even stay abroad, while the woman still gets benefits as a single woman. 

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Why is our government so gullible?

Ho ho ho!

Sadly so true

How can anyone do such a thing?

Another mass shooting in the USA by a gun waving nutter.   

It happened at a birthday  party for 8 - 14 yr olds in California.
Early news says 14 people were wounded,  and so far 4 have died. 

I expect there will be a lot more about this in the news tomorrow.

Quote from: Ashy on November 30, 2025, 05:03:36 PMClassic civil service practice - deal with the difficult part in the title.

Well they've managed the 'Farce'.

Quote from: Raven on November 30, 2025, 10:28:29 AMWhile I agree with you GM it worries me as to where these jobs are for them to do, there aren't nearly as many as when we left school for one reason or other.
Attitudes of the young changed as well, somewhere along the line, our generation couldn't wait to leave school and start earning, Yes some are still like that but most aren't wanting to work.
More and more jobs are now being done by machines and employers don't/can't pay decent salaries. I really don't like the way things are going.

Foot in the door often opens up prospects.  My 19 year old granddaughter has worked part time since 16, in a cafe then a pub. If she can't get a graduate job straight away, she has good customer service experience and will find something.  She's got brilliant A levels and is now at uni. The job is there when she comes home for the holidays.  Her brother, 17, has a job on a farm on Saturday mornings.  His sport takes up a lot of time, so a few hours work a week is enough at the moment.  These are kids who don't need to work, but they have the right attitude. 

There are some youngsters at the moment volunteering at the charity shop, who don't have any paid work. One has gone all the way through uni, without ever earning a penny. She said she was too busy concentrating on her studies. 🙄 For a degree that is something to do with art, it's unclear.  If kids go to uni nowadays, they perhaps need to study something that makes them employable.  Some of them seem clueless.