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They used to shoot them for cowardice. Now people understand PTSD. I sincerely hope nobody you know has committed suicide.

It is not illegal to come in a small boat and ask for asylum. I don't know how many times this has to be said. It is written in the United Nations convention on refugees 1952 as signed up to by Sir Winston Churchill. Illegal immigrants are students who overstay their visas or just disappear...

A youth of today, a millionaire by 25 but with a keen sense of social equality. Btw, people have always complained about the 'youth of today'. Right back to Shakespearian times.

This thread on X shows the DWP already demonise sick people without any 'new' legislation. It is from July 2023. It is sickening reading of 13 examples of people passed fit for work who were dying. Yes, dying!

No, there should be rent controls. I couldn’t afford to rent my own house nowadays.

Yes, a few weeks on Statutory Sick Pay fades into insignificance compared to the wholesale fraud below (4 examples).

At £9.50 an hour who could afford to pay rent?

The bottom line of that link The average household receives £31 from the state annually. A massive burden. Maybe employers could make less profit and pay their workers a decent wage?

Due to the tax threshold being frozen for quite a while even modest pensions are being taxed. My annual income from State Pension and a small private pension is less than £16K and I pay income tax.

This lady was a carer for her disabled daughter. Carers are allowed to work providing they keep below a certain threshold. Read her story and say if you think she committed fraud. https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-ordered-carer-repay-11000-32595922

The Citizens Advice Bureau on benefit fraud v tax fraud. Allowing for mistakes from the DWP in overpayments. https://www.cas.org.uk/features/myth-busting-real-figures-benefit-fraud

ATOS were ridiculous. I had a physical condition where I was signed off work by my doctor and with a consultant's recommendation. As I was working for the Civil Service, there are procedures to go through. Incidentally, I was covered by sick pay from work rather than benefits. Part of the...

Too many doctors are issuing sick notes so Sunak wants to strip their right to do so.