Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

----<D.W.P>---- Life on the dole is depressing, the Beveridge report that gave us the security from being penniless, homeless and outright destitute is also the idle mans/womans bestest friend. ----<The Beveridge Report>---- The guidelines set by Beveridge Report- 1. Proposals for the future should not limited by "sectional interests" in learning from experience and that a "revolutionary moment in the world's history is a time for revolutions, not for patching". 2. Social insurance is only one part of a "comprehensive policy of social progress". The five giants on the road to ...  Read the complete review

I am a British Muslim. I was born here. I have the exact same feeling and frustrations too. I myself have a family of 6 with 4 kids. I also work in the IT industry. I am also finding it dificult finding work in this sector, but with no such luck.

I am also tired of these so called refugees and asylum seekers strolling in and taking the jobs, and getting everything else for nothing, where as I have had to study, train, and work hard to get what I want. Also not enough housing for people who really need it, but plenty opportunity for other no British residents. I blame everything happening on the government. They have opened to many door.

Well, after just over four weeks on job seekers allowance I was fortunate enough to find myself a job. I sarted on the thursday of last week and was rather busy over the weekend so it was monday before I was able to get in touch with my local job centre to inform of the change in my situation. Conveniently, my numerous attempts to call the office during my lunch break proved fruitless, as it seemed nobody was in the mood to answer the phone. It was wednesday before I tried calling again and this time I at least got to speak to someone on the phone. I informed them that I was claiming JSA and that I had started a job on the 13th of this month. I made it ...  Read the complete review

My husband was an IT Contractor until May 2002. His current contract expired and to date he is still unemployed. The IT boom has all but died and even though he is a qualified MSCE professional with skills in Unix and NT, he has had only 2 interviews and now is applying for jobs that are paying half of his previous salary. I am at home with our three children, the youngest being only 8 weeks old so he is the main wage earner. We have had to "sign on" every two weeks to receive a pathetic £255 each fortnight in which to pay our mortgage, our bills, our food, petrol and food. My husband has never claimed in his life and neither have I. We have ...  Read the complete review

Now I'm not one to moan, ok i am! I'm a singer and a musician, i've got a degree in music performance and i have sang on many of the uk's famous stages such as the london palladuim so when i needed some help with money during a lapse of employment i went on the dole hoping that all the nasty rumours i hear about them are false. i was wrong it was worse than i thought it was. First of all i went in, not knowing where to go, so i asked a woman and she never took her eye of her work she just pointed at a desk and a queue of people that just looked like they came out of a grave. So me in my suit (i was at a job interview!) joined the queue, ...  Read the complete review