Moving back to claim benefits
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Re: Moving back to claim benefits
Yes there are scroungers the world over. You are lumping a huge group of people into the scroungers pile. You were lucky enough when your partner was made redundant and was ill that you had enough money to cover it. If I was in that boat we wouldn't have enough to pay the bills even for a short while. Does that make me a greedy scrounger if I chose to claim benefit until my husband found another job so that I could feed and clothe my kids. I stand by my original opinion of you, I doubt very many people around this forum would have such a blinkered attitude. Back to reading your Daily Mail now.
Thanks GG for the support btw.
Thanks GG for the support btw.
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Here Here... at last someone that sees there are needier people than picky parents.
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Being able to support children is a sliding scale. Just because my hubbie and I both currently have well paid jobs and could do without child benefit etc, doesn't mean we always will.
I'll take one of your crystal balls, thanks.
Not everyone has the IQ of Einstein or skills/abilities that command high salaries. Some people have to do manual work for a living, for example. Please explain how such people could afford children without a little help? Or do you think that they shouldn't have them?
I'll take one of your crystal balls, thanks.
Not everyone has the IQ of Einstein or skills/abilities that command high salaries. Some people have to do manual work for a living, for example. Please explain how such people could afford children without a little help? Or do you think that they shouldn't have them?
I started this thread because of other threads I read saying what can I get...they work where they are now (abroad) but seemed to have no concept of actually working when they returned to the UK, if you can work in Canada or Italy or Oz why can't you work in the UK?
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Not at all, and a little help is fine...I am talking about the one's that don't work and don't contribute. My hubby is a trucker and works very hard for what he earns but if we don't have enough money to pay the bills he just works longer hours!
I started this thread because of other threads I read saying what can I get...they work where they are now (abroad) but seemed to have no concept of actually working when they returned to the UK, if you can work in Canada or Italy or Oz why can't you work in the UK?
I started this thread because of other threads I read saying what can I get...they work where they are now (abroad) but seemed to have no concept of actually working when they returned to the UK, if you can work in Canada or Italy or Oz why can't you work in the UK?
The majority of people will intend to find work. But what about the meantime?
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If I was looking to return to the UK my first thoughts would be to try and secure employment before going back, I certainly wouldn't be relying on benefits...not just because of not wanting to but because of the inevitable wait for them to be processed.
In my opinion people become too dependant on benefits and it's become a natural reaction...going back to the UK best get my claim in! Surely it would be better to say going back to the UK best get job hunting?
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They could not have started their new lives abroad without a job or money so surely when coming back to the UK that must be a thought...oh have I actually got some money to survive the first few months, but it doesn't appear to be and to be fair if they could get a job for wherever whilst in the UK why can't they do that vice versa.
If I was looking to return to the UK my first thoughts would be to try and secure employment before going back, I certainly wouldn't be relying on benefits...not just because of not wanting to but because of the inevitable wait for them to be processed.
In my opinion people become too dependant on benefits and it's become a natural reaction...going back to the UK best get my claim in! Surely it would be better to say going back to the UK best get job hunting?
If I was looking to return to the UK my first thoughts would be to try and secure employment before going back, I certainly wouldn't be relying on benefits...not just because of not wanting to but because of the inevitable wait for them to be processed.
In my opinion people become too dependant on benefits and it's become a natural reaction...going back to the UK best get my claim in! Surely it would be better to say going back to the UK best get job hunting?
And you must know that securing employment when you're on the wrong side of the planet is nigh on impossible. Most companies/recruitment agenices don't want to know until you're in the country.
The last statement is too ridiculous to warrant an answer.
I have to go and start dinner prep.
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Your opinion your entitled to it just as I am.
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I guess that most people turning up in the UK from third world countries turn up expecting free handouts when they haven't done a days work in the country and have no intention of doing so either. Why shouldn't ex-pats do the same?
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I really don't get this? Where have I suggested that someone else should pay to bring up our child? We do have the finances to have a child but like most I will need to take 6 months to a year off to care for the baby. In that time we will have one income so I will claim whatever benefits I can to help us through this stage. Why is that selfish? It's perfectly normal, it's how the system works, it is why it is there. As for saying I belong to any type of brigade - bog off, you know nothing about me
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Completely different scenarios. Most expats have contributed to the system via tax/NI contributions.