Told you :-D
Hope you don't mind me mentioning u dizzy but thinking back to our pm's on the matter previously I knew you'd get where I was coming from.

Seems to be a Yorkshire vendetta, as u an YC obviously share the same sentiment.

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#wwwwooosh over the head# can't remember:confused:

But, indeed we do. Petes astonished at how people are around here. Lets just say working in Bradford has shocked him.

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I agree with the cuts in general, and I'd prefer it was based on total household income and means tested.

But they won't do it by means testing because it would be too expensive in man power to check everyones claims, man power they're planning to cut, so its cheaper, but also unfair in who it affects

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the gov already know what everyone is earning. i think means testing should not come into the equation as those that live over their means are going to suffer, their own fault so stuff them.

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Dont have children, theres your answer.

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Good plan - although you already know I spent £1500 on the cat last month don't you! And what thanks do I get for it - oh yes, he puked into my laptop bag at 5am this morning.

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Maybe I have been fortunate, I have never needed to claim any benefits.

Yes we did claim child allowance, for many years it was the only "income" that the wife saw. Yes I did pay all the bills, but she viewed the child allowance as her little pot to spend as she saw fit without having to ask me for money.

Once the kids were in a position to be left with me. she got a job in a care home, working nights so that I could be with the kids overnight and she with them during the day whilst she tried to snatch a bit of sleep. Thank god when school started for them all.

That was the way it was, you had to jumble your child care to ensure you could work. End of. None of this I cannot work because somebody needs to look after the kids etc.

For 20 years we coped like that, both working, and yes we continued to claim child allowance. But it was spent on the kids. and yes I was a higher rate tax payer. But the wife working part time until all the kids left school was only earning pocket money. We did need that child allowance.

Ironically now when things are supposed to be so easy. I have to pay for my grandson to go to nursery 2 days a week. even though he gets free nursery provision now. That would only cover half a day, we need to pay for the other half in order that his mum can go to work. She works at the local hospital, her stupid shifts of 7.00 starts, 10:00pm finishes, weekends, nights etc really mean that despite her being eligible to claim child care, she cannot find any child care that cover a nurses shift patterns. So yup family help out yet again.

Why do I say all the above. Simple as with my younger daughter and my son. Despite finding themselves out of work, with kids etc. They have a work ethic built into them. My father was self employed. I saw him work 7 days a week for 30 years before he handed me some of the responsibility, 3 of my brothers are self employed etc. Unemployment and a back glued to the bed watching Jeremy Kyle is not something you will ever associate with a Wilkinson. You get out there and make the best of what you have. Any job is better than no job.

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BTW, in addition to the above. Whilst the wife was undergoing her cancer treatment, her sick pay ran out so she did have to claim incapacity benefit and go for an interview every month to help her get back into work. (Despite having a job). When she was ready, the benefit system paid her £40 a week for the first year(I think) to work rather than claim. Even bought her a new coat and shoes to make sure she was warm on the bus going to work. I thought this really positive and the way the system should work to encourage people back into work and off benefits. You know what, there was little point telling the woman in the job centre "I am too ill to work", she was in a wheel chair and suffering from multiple sclerosis. Ill for the sake of making a claim would have fallen on deaf ears with her.

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Indeed, cant see the attraction. And neither do I see why I should toil to pay for everyone elses either.

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I doubt much they do, as they lost all your details on those CD's :rolleyes:

They didn't know BriW's mum was dead, the infomation the gove have is only as good as the ifo they're given.

Anyone with any wealth will use an accountant to ensure the Gov only gets the minimum out of them