Poverty in the U K Government and Community Social Work

A look at the level of poverty in the U.K. , at people living below the poverty line, unemployment, precentages of people in poverty over the last 3 decades, and the failing Labour Government policy to cut child poverty by half by 2010. Also looks at future plans to enable more communities to tackle poverty through charity work, volunteer work and other private sector social workers.

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News & Politics

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• United
• Kingdom
• Britain
• England
• poverty
• Government
• strategy
• unemployment
• homeless
• charity
• social
• work

[09SRILANKA]

There's people putting their kids in poverty because they are lazy. There are mums & dads who are defrauding the system by pretending to live apart who successfully get two homes, flat for dad & house for mum & one property does not get lived in or is sub let by dad to a mate for £20 a week. Let's root out these fraudsters & shop them. The system stinks & the tax paying public pick up the bill. I would be as well off if I was not working & this cannot be right.

[fahim113]

Big society? Hes ripping the soul out of communities.

[silverpizza100]

The capitalistic system has run is course. Most poor are not educated.

[09SRILANKA]

@Sliepnir2006. The bloody MPS are a disgrace & any found to be breaking the law should be charged with any offences that come to light. MPS have been doing this for years & thank God its been exposed & stopped. Im all for the needy getting state handouts but not the lazy, Im aware some of my comments seem a little extreme but it winds be up that folks who need the cash/help dont get it but lots of fraudsters do so the people who really need help suffer.

[Sliepnir2006]

@TheTempestSpark harsh words here, the crux of this problem lies with Parliament not with the people. For instance, I truly believe that it is both convenient and worthwhile for politicians to keep the benefit system. As whenever there is a bad day, those on benefits are an easy scapegoat, the same applies to immigrants.

To put a stop to a lot of this, the electorate first need to clean up and clean out Parliament. A more shoddy, wreckless, propaganda touting fleapit would be hard to find.

[Sliepnir2006]

@09SRILANKA Hi oops just one comment it was more then three or four politicians of the above nature, in fact there were around 260 of them who made fraudulent claims on expenses. I have a full list here, but because of the number, it is hard to publish... lol..

But there are certainly more who have been fraudulently claiming benefits. To be honest the whole system needs overhauling, including that rat infested flea pit we have as a parliament!

[09SRILANKA]

@Sliepnir2006.Yes i agree entirely theres many bent politicians, cant argue with that, & as you say benefit fraudulent claims do net lots of extra £, but lets be realistic about this & stop pretending there only three or four people like this throughout the uk, theres many a tens of thousands making these fraudulent claims so it has a bit more of an impact than a tiny minority would. Im pretty sure theres quite a few bent mps as what has been exposed recently.I dislike them all, mps & feeders!

[Sliepnir2006]

@humanityfirstnow I dont like Jeremy Paxman, however, I am sorry the above politicians are bimbos, they have not a clue about poverty.

And I would like to remind these bimbos, whoever they are, that getting people back into work is not a real solution to poverty. Unemployment is not the only cause of poverty in the UK, many many working families live and exist in poverty.

Power to communities will NOT solve poverty, a pile of gibbering hogwash reasonable wages and jobs are the only way ahead.

[Sliepnir2006]

@09SRILANKA The only way people gain on welfare benefits are those who make fraudulent claims, hmm not unlike our arrogant politicians.

Indeed many people do go without things, sadly in this country we are led by trash for politicians and a right wing press which makes a bloody mountain every time it finds one person who has fiddled the system.

Most of the time the reporting of papers such as the Daily Mail is nothing more than fairy tales. But we love to read the stories and react!

[humanityfirstnow]

jeremy paxman is such an arrogant, rude person who talks down to people. Get him off television.