Job Centre Plus Misery- it's just not working
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I’ve never had much money, I don’t know people in high places nor am I likely to be in the right place at the right time. My only hope of being rich is if I win the lottery but then again I’m a serial shopper so maybe that wouldn’t even last that long.
After four years of study I’ve just moved home in more debt than ever with no income and I’ve already maxed out all possible family-borrowing outlets. With the folds of dreaded unemployment unravelling before me I took a little trip to the nearest Job Centre Plus.
I’m definitely not one of these ‘I’ve got too many morals to make a claim’ types - they have rich parents and don’t know what it feels like to have less money than a tramp. Broken Britain has been a hot topic this year and ‘dole dossers’ have received a lot of stick - but after sitting in the job centre I felt nothing but sadness and pity. The dole queue, which consisted of all ages including the two men I’d already seen put their cans of Tenant’s Special Brew in the bin before they entered, was sprouting out the door. What stuck with me the most was what one bloke, pushing fifty, told me he’d worked for 30 years before being made redundant and remained unable to find a job.- Article continues below...
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