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I used to be a Job Centre advisor back in the late 90's. We were told to treat the people that came across our desk with respect and dignity because life had obviously become tough for them in that current moment, and to seek to do all we could to aid them in getting back to work. Fast forward 16 years and I now find myself on the other side of the desk and claiming JSA. AND MY GOD HOW IT HAS CHANGED! The whole system has become a Spanish Inquisition, with us set up to fail. My advisor no longer even looks me in the eyes but taps at a computer screen looking at charts and numbers trying to find a way to catch me out or send me on some course/gulag to check a box. It is frightening and worrying, because I consider myself to be reasonably well-educated and intelligent, I know how to jump through the JCP hoops, yet still can't find a job and am made to feel like a genuine criminal for accessing the benefits that are rightfully mine. With this new Community Service punishment mandating that's coming on stream, things will only get worse. SO my question is - when will we all rise up and say like Peter Finch in 'Network' - "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore". ? This situation cannot stand... Come on people. Stop getting as*-f*cked and rise up.
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We are facing an energy bill crisis. Families are suffering huge financial hardship, and one in four households can’t afford to heat their homes. Cold homes are damaging the health of our most vulnerable citizens, including children and older people. But there is a fair and permanent solution. We can have warm homes and reduce our fuel bills. We call on the Government to use the money it gets from our carbon taxes to make our homes super-energy efficient – driving down our energy bills forever. Sign our petition today! http://www.energybillrevolution.org/
