I see that vast numbers of people who could return to work, but won't are happy living off state funds. Is it not time to revert to a system by which, if the employer has a job held open and the employee refuses to return without reasonable excuse, state benefits of all sorts should be withdrawn. Those state employees who are being paid in full by the state and refuse the call to return without reasonable excuse should have their pay stopped. Perhaps in either case if the job is held open for 2 weeks and the employee is still no show, the job should be lost and advertised to those who are jobless and willing to work.
In a survey today (DM) it suggests that many pensioners are better off. How? Apart from travel, which surely is optional anyway, I cannot see how my financial state has improved, in fact due to low interest rates I am loosing over £100 per month compared with this time last year.
Mike.X