how many benefit claimants have to die before something is done....

Yeah, absence.

the capability for work assessment is a nasty piece of legislation in all honesty, why did Labour bring it in Pandora and also appoint ATOS?

How many would have killed themselves anyway?
You don't need a particular excuse to kill yourself if you're that way inclined.

Latest odds for my constituency gen election:

tory 8/13 from 5/6
labour 6/5 was 5/6
any other 100/1

According to local sources employment in the area is down 75% yet most of these jobs are either part time 16-20+ hrs, or zero hr contracts.

Those on 16-20+ hrs still receive benefits paid for by the taxpayer?
Put it another way...If you're still out of work after 2 years you will be placed on a work scheme where you work for 35hrs to receive your benefits.
16 hrs paid or 35hrs unpaid = same money/benefits received. Paid by the taxpayer.

This question needs answering - why are these 35 hr unpaid jobs not available to the working man or woman who is genuinely looking for employment...back to the darts...

vote labour next election, only answer

No it's far too soon to put Labour back in.

Wait until the Tories have finished the job of mending the economy before letting the self serving Labour rats loose with the purse strings again.

how many benefit claimants have to die before something is done....

all of them if the Tories have their way

Is his post on the right thread?

My answer to him would be, why are the police not charging these men and bringing them to court as this is a crime
On the grounds....they administer the law not the Guardian

I can well believe it, but as far as I am concerned the law must apply equally to all
regardless of race, sex, creed etc...in fact this is the only way it can work in a multi cultural society.

This may reveal that a certain crime is very prevalent in certain groups in society.
So at this stage it moves to another level where professionals and community leaders become involved
to try and find the problem and see if it can be cured.

But we should never compromise on justice.....same for everybody.

just my opinion

You only have to look at the tv programmes on benefit scroungers etc to see who pulls the strings in regards to media and press. When was the last programme on Canary Wharf spoofers or City of London braces and fukwits?

In regard to all the recent abuse cases, the press knew, the plod knew, and successive governments knew. They all did fack all and let the abuse continue. If justice really meant justice, then hundreds who hid the truth (and still do) would be prosecuted and jailed, along with the bastards who committed the crimes. Don't hold yer breath in this wonderful society.