Can we also reduce the benefits for a part-time government?
He needs to shrink his class A drug intake. Especially before state funerals.
I am sorry but maybe i am just not getting this.
How the fuck is this expected to work?
> The new rule will require benefit claimants working up to 15 hours a week to take new steps to increase their earnings or face having their benefits reduced.
Earn more money or we’ll take your money off you!
Each iteration of this Tory Government is worse than the last. I thought Boris’s Cabinet was a bunch of fuckwits, but Truss’s is proving to be even dumber.
I keep feeling that in the Conservative party every new minister/govt just gets worse and worse than the last one. So much so that 10 years from now, it will be like a Bush effect…when Bush looked like the coolest dude compared to the Trump admin. The John Major Effect!
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
Let’s assume the government actually want us to have a world-beating economy for anything other than selfish reasons for a minute. You cannot make that work without the working class and they work best when they are able to afford food, shelter and energy. They also work better when they are well-rested and not stressed all the time. CEOs can make all the business deals they want, however those deals won’t be fulfilled if the working class are treated like mud and suffer as a result.
In a way I kind of hope they do go hard on this as it will put to rest this insane use of “employment rate” as some kind of metric of national success when so many are in insecure part-time work that doesn’t actually pay them enough to live.
The best way to lower benefits for part time workers is to raise the minimum wage.
Working part time and claiming uc was already pretty pointless, despite what Uc advisors tell you. They claw back 53p of your benefits for every £1 you earn working.
this govt aren’t messing around, they know they’ve got fuck all time to do as much damage to society by removing as much wealth and as many rights as they possibly can before the next election!
One of the few examples of something (albeit not much,) “trickling down” to those at the bottom of the ladder and they’re going to get rid of it. Tories gonna Tory..
Here’s the issue for many people in part time jobs.
The availability that employers want from their part time staff is ridiculous. They often have to be free 7 days a week and from between 8 am-6pm, often more. They may only be working 15 or less hours a week but the job requires them to be available for far longer so they can’t just get a second job.
If you go for an interview at many of these places and say you’re not available between certain times (because you’re working elsewhere those times), then there’s no way you’ll get the job.
What really needs to be done is laws that prevent huge companies like supermarkets relying on part time staff and just give people proper jobs.
“We need more people working! What shall we do?”
“I know, lets make it harder and less attractive for people to work.”
“Brilliant!”
This seems somewhat illogical since part time workers can stop working entirely to go on full benefits. I already know of a lot of situations where it is not worth it to work more hours due to loss of benefits. This is a complete face palm. If anything cutting the benefits for people working no hours might help, not people who are actually trying to work.
More blaming the poor for being poor, we’re in a period of record unemployment floating around 3.5% but still we’re hearing how people don’t want to work and we’re all scroungers. The greatest drain on our economy is the wealthy sitting in do nothing token jobs and siphoning money into “tax effficient”(read tax dodging) schemes and not reinvesting/redistributing that money soothing the UK.
Another batshit crazy idea from a batshit crazy government..
Jesus christ…
If they want to increase labour supply maybe provide some affordable childcare….
To incentivise the rich, make them richer. To incentivise the poor, make them poorer.
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Can we also reduce the benefits for a part-time government?
He needs to shrink his class A drug intake. Especially before state funerals.
I am sorry but maybe i am just not getting this.
How the fuck is this expected to work?
> The new rule will require benefit claimants working up to 15 hours a week to take new steps to increase their earnings or face having their benefits reduced.
Earn more money or we’ll take your money off you!
Each iteration of this Tory Government is worse than the last. I thought Boris’s Cabinet was a bunch of fuckwits, but Truss’s is proving to be even dumber.
I keep feeling that in the Conservative party every new minister/govt just gets worse and worse than the last one. So much so that 10 years from now, it will be like a Bush effect…when Bush looked like the coolest dude compared to the Trump admin. The John Major Effect!
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
Let’s assume the government actually want us to have a world-beating economy for anything other than selfish reasons for a minute. You cannot make that work without the working class and they work best when they are able to afford food, shelter and energy. They also work better when they are well-rested and not stressed all the time. CEOs can make all the business deals they want, however those deals won’t be fulfilled if the working class are treated like mud and suffer as a result.
In a way I kind of hope they do go hard on this as it will put to rest this insane use of “employment rate” as some kind of metric of national success when so many are in insecure part-time work that doesn’t actually pay them enough to live.
The best way to lower benefits for part time workers is to raise the minimum wage.
Working part time and claiming uc was already pretty pointless, despite what Uc advisors tell you. They claw back 53p of your benefits for every £1 you earn working.
this govt aren’t messing around, they know they’ve got fuck all time to do as much damage to society by removing as much wealth and as many rights as they possibly can before the next election!
One of the few examples of something (albeit not much,) “trickling down” to those at the bottom of the ladder and they’re going to get rid of it. Tories gonna Tory..
Here’s the issue for many people in part time jobs.
The availability that employers want from their part time staff is ridiculous. They often have to be free 7 days a week and from between 8 am-6pm, often more. They may only be working 15 or less hours a week but the job requires them to be available for far longer so they can’t just get a second job.
If you go for an interview at many of these places and say you’re not available between certain times (because you’re working elsewhere those times), then there’s no way you’ll get the job.
What really needs to be done is laws that prevent huge companies like supermarkets relying on part time staff and just give people proper jobs.
“We need more people working! What shall we do?”
“I know, lets make it harder and less attractive for people to work.”
“Brilliant!”
This seems somewhat illogical since part time workers can stop working entirely to go on full benefits. I already know of a lot of situations where it is not worth it to work more hours due to loss of benefits. This is a complete face palm. If anything cutting the benefits for people working no hours might help, not people who are actually trying to work.
More blaming the poor for being poor, we’re in a period of record unemployment floating around 3.5% but still we’re hearing how people don’t want to work and we’re all scroungers. The greatest drain on our economy is the wealthy sitting in do nothing token jobs and siphoning money into “tax effficient”(read tax dodging) schemes and not reinvesting/redistributing that money soothing the UK.
Another batshit crazy idea from a batshit crazy government..
Jesus christ…
If they want to increase labour supply maybe provide some affordable childcare….
To incentivise the rich, make them richer. To incentivise the poor, make them poorer.
— Ancient Tory Proverb