Jobcentre adviser: “The reforms have been designed to hide the numbers of unemployed.” *** “I have witnessed several grown men with learning needs and disabilities crying and begging not to be sanctioned. I thought we were meant to help the vulnerable but we are now just a tool to get the numbers to back up the Coalition agenda. *** “It is clear that the Coalition/Tories have created a determined propaganda campaign against the most vulnerable members of society. From Osborne’s shirkers and workers speech to the ‘hardworking people’ mantra. Clearly designed to separate claimants from those who feel they are hard done to. If you can make the masses think that claimants are feckless lazy scum, you can get away with doing virtually anything to them. Who will stand up for the worthless? Well, Tory soundbites differ from the reality and I should know as I see it daily. Are there lazy people who do not want to work? Yes. I will not lie. However, these are in the minority. For some it is a transitory phase. Most do want to work and indeed sign off when the opportunity arises. Not through force, but for a number of other reasons. If jobs existed in the numbers that are required, they would find work. It’s all very well Duncan Smith and McVey spouting that there are x thousand jobs in the system. If you need experience in z and you only have experience in y, you aren’t going to get the job. “I have witnessed several grown men with learning needs and disabilities crying and begging not to be sanctioned. I thought we were meant to help the vulnerable but we are now just a tool to get the numbers to back up the Coalition agenda. “The reforms have been designed to hide the numbers of unemployed. So many have been sanctioned and are not counted in the official figures. Many are desperate and will take these Mickey Mouse zero-hour contracts to escape the fortnightly gauntlet. I must also add truthfully that I had never come across a zero hours vacancy until the last couple of years. That is not to say they did not exist but I never encountered one. Now they are Everywhere @ realfare.wordpress/2014/04/29/interview-with-a-job-centre-advisor-the-reforms-have-been-designed-to-hide-the-numbers-of-unemployed/
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