The 50+ Club

Apparently, fewer than a third of the 2.7 million claiming benefit are actually entitled to it according to a government welfare adviser - read more here.

Now, it can’t be that difficult to fix this problem can it? On the grounds that everyone who isn’t dead can do something or they might as well be, have claimants who aren’t dead sign-on daily. Give them some task(s) which take them from 9:00am to 5:30pm to complete even it’s moving something backwards and forwards up the road. They get paid at the end of the day for a days work. They’ll be so bored they’ll jump at the chance of a job

So, the Government is planning to relax sentencing for burglars. If, as a burglar, you would have received a sentence of less than a year you’ll now get “supervision and activity” in the community.

You can read more about it here.

However, I can’t help thinking the Government’s getting nervous about its own activities, after all they’ve been burgling us for years. Need proof? Read the article on “Conway Plc“.