“People On Benefits Go To The Pub Every Morning!” | Peter Cardwell Calls Compilation | Benefits

Peter Cardwell takes calls from the public - with the main issue this week being the new proposals by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and his back to work scheme which may see many people lose their benefits and in some cases, their healthcare and medication.
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[@dlpjhapppy9714]

8 million a day to keep illegal immigrants in 4 and 5 star hotels, let's sort that mess out first.

[@Sthmohtwenty]

@POPPYS454 me 2

[@ianm139]

Yep agree

[@jayteedeene5981]

More than that.

[@scottandrewhorne4655]

Well Said God Bless You Amen xxxxxxx XXXXXXX And God Bless Your Earthly Life Time And Earthly Family Amen xxxxxxx XXXXXXX

[@ianm139]

8 million a day. Other country's must be laughing there socks of at our government. N as well putting the safety of us all at risk.

[@michmunroe.9196]

If we stop paying for the whole world to come here we'd have enough for the social security for this country 🙄

[@patriciarowe6685]

Agreed 🤝 Decent wages help also. Bringing in cheep labour has killed the job market.

[@michmunroe.9196]

@@patriciarowe6685 yeah, I think that's the intention, they let you survive not thrive, it's like big business want cheap labour so they bring it in, we get a low wage they steal taxes from, to subsidize low pay, they have their finger on the scale✌️

[@opticalman6417]

money is an illusion and thus there is enough for all

[@michmunroe.9196]

@@opticalman6417 then what are we paying highest tax ever for? time & labour is what earns money, they steal our produce & distribute it to ppl who don't earn it, I think you're delusional if you think there's enough for everyone, they are running out of everyone else's money.

[@jimoconnor2594]

Should MP'S lose their pay for not doing what the majority of the country voted for

[@juliemaddern]

Exactly, they do as much as everyone on benefits do but receive a hell of a lot more for totally ruining our country

[@enfield7123]

Good comment 👍

[@garytomas5411]

👏👏👏👏👏what about getting the money back from the ppe contracts the Tory’s gave to there pals

[@Homeallday]

Great comment 😊

[@V4victory2025]

❤Absolutely they should.

[@pamt7740]

I don't drink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't have holidays, a social life, I buy clothes second hand, I don't actually leave my home unless I have to. I pay my bills and have no debts and can just manage week to week, mostly with nothing left in the bank. Tarring everyone with the same brush is judgemental and wrong!! It's years since I saw a doctor because I no longer trust them. I don't have a tv subscription. I cancelled.

[@trevorcross7703]

Don,t worry mate this know Alls do not live in the real world.

[@carolokbrblol]

I'm like you and i work. No money after working 60 hours a week. Only difference I have to go out to work. My mental health is poor never been so down. But can't live on benefits, just my moral compass I have.

[@carolokbrblol]

@tvguy61 yes volunteer . It evidence you can work and good on your resume.

[@scottandrewhorne4655]

Well Said God Bless You Amen xxxxxxx XXXXXXX And God Bless Your Earthly Life Time And Earthly Family Amen xxxxxxx XXXXXXX

[@Juls27989]

@pamt7740 . Yes I agree the way your living on benefits is more the truth, most people (99%) isn't on benefits to have a great life and to get rich quick or to avoid work, its also degrading for most as well, its about time these people who are calling people on benefits over all the time tried it themselves for a few months to see what its truely like, they really need a large dose of reality. 😡

[@Celtictribes]

What utter garbage! Universal credit is £368 a month if you get help with your rent & council tax thats not in cash. Go to the pub every day ? What complete crap.

[@brianshefford2317]

Go Harvey you rant. Just like me 👍

[@FDCAFOK]

What about MPs ? Bonuses, massive pay rises, claim expenses, wasting billions a year to name a few. But it's always the people on benefits that gets the blame.

[@jsd8981]

Yep I remember the exspencies scandle, that was an eye opener, and that was only taken back 7 years worth...

[@piledriverpotter9847]

@FDCAFOK. Typical narcissistic passive aggressive Tory government. Always someone else's fault.

[@Differentbias]

This is bollocks. I was unemployed for 2 months this year. With family of 4, I received £129 a week in tax credits to survive.

[@imbonkers3629]

A single person gets £86 a week for heating n food 🍱 can you explain how they go to the pub 🙈

[@Mark-Creed1962]

EXACTLY.

[@Jay30-z1s]

come to birmingham theres no pubs left outside the town center lol all been close and being turned into hostels to foreigners

[@mloclam6917]

That pub landlord knows the cost of a pint so he knows the unemployed can't afford that,

[@MichelleSmith-hi3ni]

I go to the pub every day because its cheaper than putting the heating on 😂😂😂

[@tonybuttie3038]

, i know several people who have never worked, and have a great time on the dole, i know 1 guy who goes to the local pub every night, he claims to be ill (BS).

[@hydraV1-c7d]

Lmao... Priceless.. Benefits are the problem but 8 million a day... 37 billion for a tracker for a cold.... And we are mad at people who get a few quid.. Wood trees.

[@imbonkers3629]

It’s called distraction

[@hydraV1-c7d]

Absolutely... Look at these people while we pass treaties spend billions get you into ww3 but this guy hes the problem its actually astounding the ease people are distracted.

[@becky2235]

You have it down to a t

[@Trebor74]

The uk spent approximately 1 billion pounds on unemployment benefits last year. During that time period it spent approximately 4 billion of its overseas aid budget on supporting immigrants in this country.

[@tracey7920]

Not to mention there is a large sum of money allocated to certain benefits that go unclaimed!

[@JackSmith-hx8zh]

A lot more than a billion, methinks!

[@dominicsutherland5025]

Well said!! We should take care of our own first and stop spending more overseas if we want to make reasonable cutbacks rather than scapegoat everyone on benefits.

[@Trebor74]

@@JackSmith-hx8zh all amounts are available online.

[@michaelscales5996]

And pensions for women at 60 are now unaffordable. They now have to wait till they are 66 !

[@stevendempster709]

I've had 2 strokes, and i also have cancer at the moment. I wish i could work, but i have problems now and i wouldn't wish them on anybody. That first caller was a disgrace.

[@Threadbow]

Yes he was, though he's gonna end up with a heart attack going on like that

[@scottandrewhorne4655]

I Hope And I Pray That You Beat This Dreadful Earthly Illness Amen xxxxxxx XXXXXXX God Bless You Amen xxxxxxx XXXXXXX And God Bless Your Earthly Life Time And Earthly Family Amen xxxxxxx XXXXXXX

[@ZoeDark-ed5ym]

One day he may find himself in the same situation.

[@wesstarmedia]

A landlord with multiple properties telling people to go to flip burgers in McDonald's, with zero chance of owning a property... OK.

[@lj4866]

Whist making money from tenants on housing benefit.

[@wesstarmedia]

@lj4866 precisely! I wonder if he built his property empire all by himself or was wealth inherited? 🤔

[@corpsebride843]

Moaning about those on benefits when the irony is they are the group that have guaranteed rent every month 😂

[@samanthahardy9903]

McDonald's is planning on replacing people with machines so getting a job with them will be very far and few between.

[@sandranixon4808]

Did not know pubs open at 9 in the morning

[@Mark-Creed1962]

We the British always get the blame.

[@valansley]

BECAUSE WE CARE

[@ThesocialmuteHD]

We throw away billions to stupid investments but it’s the people on pennies that are the problem

[@imbonkers3629]

£11 billion a year just on asylum seekers but it’s people on benefits that’s the problem 🙈

[@Music_Light_Show]

Agreed, they spent billions on the failed track and trace app, billions paying healthy people to stay off work during the pandemic, etc, yet it's the small people who are the problem.

[@pinchebruha405]

@@imbonkers3629both groups are the recipients of benefits. Asylum seekers are getting tax payers money. If business wants them to exploit for cheap labor then they should pay for them

[@joeking1019]

Illegal immigration an investment?

[@topquark6919]

@@joeking1019 An 'investment' in the destruction of our country.

[@Reverend-Rodger]

£70 a week wont allow you go to the pub every morning.

[@sheilabutterworth5800]

Pub do tea coffee breakfast , most go for company cup tea and a chat .

[@garymoore4909]

As someone who was recently unemployed I can assure you I wasn't better off on benefits. That first caller is deluded!

[@stephenMc-b1j]

It's the people who are claiming to be ill when there's nothing wrong with them are better off .

[@redghost6386]

That's because you didn't know how to work the system.

[@DavidGetling]

​@@redghost6386 Spot on. Next door to me there is woman in her 50s who most of us are fairly sure has never done a full days work in her entire life.

[@colinu9209]

Have you got a flat screen TV though ? 😂

[@carolokbrblol]

Gary. Your not playing the game. Your a true benefit claimant and not doing anything sinister on the side. Same with me. I was on benefits there for a while it was hell. But I could of worked cash in hand on the side as I am a seamstress. Could of made lots of money and get benefits. I didn't as I have a good moral compass. Now working, no benefits.

[@louiseosaur]

As a benefit claimant even I understand the frustration. I live next to one of these scroungers. So yes they exist. However not everyone on benefits is a waster. Stop shaming everybody on benefits.

[@FDCAFOK]

Both myself and my wife, both 58, are too. We both have health issues which restricts what we can do. We've both paid our share into the system over the years.

[@louiseosaur]

@@FDCAFOK I am much younger. I was a hard worker but sadly mental health issues have caught up to me. The moment I started claiming benefits which was actually down to covid lay offs at the time I was judged for it. Nobody cares about our contributions. That's the society we live in. 😢

[@UnknownUser-by4le]

@@tvguy61thats the cycles the tories go through When nothing else works return back to shitting on benefit claimants

[@Matick-]

When I was out of work I was only getting £80 a week. Hardly better off.

[@scottandrewhorne4655]

God Bless You Amen xxxxxxx XXXXXXX And God Bless Your Earthly Life Time And Earthly Family Amen xxxxxxx XXXXXXX

[@catch22again]

I'm not surprised the first guy had a heart attack. I'd like to know how he feels about these " invaders" living it up in posh hotels at his expense. I hope one day he gets first hand experience as to what its like to be sick or disabled.

[@Taff16992]

I wouldn't be surprised if he's one landlord getting paid to take in the boat people. Or perhaps he's a slum landlord. Anyway he's on his way to a cardiac arrest

[@Threadbow]

​@@Taff16992for sure

[@jsd8981]

Yep and he's not doing himsefe any favours by carring on the way he is going...

[@jsd8981]

That's if he is a Landlord at all, it's easy to tell a lot of porky pies on the radio, the radio show host has got to take everybody at they're word...

[@carolb8322]

Well sed

[@topquark6919]

The government SHOULD support, the genuinely needy in our society. However, I'm sure there are many 'freeloaders', who don't want to work. Those who CAN work, SHOULD.

[@suzanneevans4157]

Yes, they're called politicians.

[@TheRealBigfeet]

What about those of us who cant

[@topquark6919]

@@TheRealBigfeet Are you serious? You are unable to read my post? 'The government SHOULD support, the genuinely needy in our society.'

[@shirleyswaine4701]

There are indeed many freeloaders and it's been like that for decades. For a gruesome 3 years, nearly 50 years ago I worked in a Jobcentre. Back then it was just the same on the BBC etc - how terrible the unemployment levels were, people couldn't get work blah blah. They should have had a spell in a Jobcentre. We had a stack of vacancies, especially for machinists, that we couldn't fill because people, if forced to an interview i.e. they weren't allowed to collect their benefit until they'd attended an interview, made sure they didn't get the job. Many employers would no longer place vacancies with the Jobcentre because they were sick of time wasters, or specified they would only see people already employed. Employed people looking for a change of job would register with us and they, along with people in the construction industry whose jobs were often short term so a few weeks on the dole between contracts was normal, were the most easy to place. While fairly new to the Jobcentre, I came in one morning and the rest of the staff were apoplectic because a notorious family had been on the BBC the night before claiming that they visited the Jobcentre every day but there were no jobs, and they couldn't remember when they last had a holiday. One of my colleagues, very agitated almost shrieked "They've just come back from Majorca".

[@oojimmyflip]

you seem to manage typing on a keyboard ok?@@TheRealBigfeet

[@Harry-x3p]

Instead of picking on the vulnerable people in this country who are the indigenous populations. Let's start by turning the boats back which are costing us billions every year . No you'd rather ignore this wouldn't you !

[@Tad1945]

That would be racist.

[@martinranalli8572]

I agree.

[@AmericansMarryCousins]

Ah yes, target the native British working class while treating immigrants like kings. Typical. Maybe if he hadnt of spent billions housing them in 5 star hotels youd wouldnt be clamouring to claw back money from the benefits system. Most people on benefits are actually working. If you need benefits to top up wages, youre simply subsidising scummy employers, then blaming the minority of scroungers for the benefits bill. Why dont you do a video where you discuss the costs each immigrant heaps on the country by arriving having paid so little up front? A low skilled worker does not earn enough to pay enough tax to cover the services they inditially use. So every year you have huge initial cost for immigrants in the hope you get it back eventually. That means each year you increase immigrant figures, the more it costs you. And how much are the universities paying into the local services? Nothing. Yet they are also flooding cities with immigrants studying also. They use all our local services as well.

[@joeblogs5163]

At the start of Covid, I ended up out of work, I was applying for loads of jobs a week throughout the UK, and even over seas. I lost count of how many jobs, I was offered, but the jobs got cancelled, or didn't exist in the first place. When I went in for my UC interviews, I was told I was the only person who was actually looking for a job, it's a requirement that you spend 30 hours per week looking for job, I must have been doing atleast 13 hours per day. I got my own job, they really don't help find, or get you a job. No mention of how much foreigners on benifits get, bearing in mind they get a lot more benifits than British people, and yes there are people getting it who really shouldn't be.

[@tonybuttie3038]

I also know someone who last worked in 1980, now retired, 40Yrs on Benefits (wife + 1 kid), he had no intention of getting a job and didn't work, he worked on the principle that if he got a job he would have to payout for a Car/petrol/etc, after which he would not be much better of, and considered that a stress free life was worth more that getting a job, sure he didn't have a fancy car or go on fancy holidays, but on the other hand he didn't have to get up at 6am 5days a week

[@RonaldShea5680]

The vastly overpopulated United Kingdom is in such a serious state of decline in so many different areas and this mass invasion of illegal immigrants is contributing massively to the myriad of problems we as a nation are now confronted with.

[@urbanfox53]

Totally agree, and all down to successive spineless, self interested, useless governments.

[@johnvale295]

First caller: "I've just had a triple-heart bypass." Yes, I can see why. 🤦

[@Spaceman-jk5fb]

But the Poor, disabled and single mothers are ruining our country.

[@Tad1945]

And to top it all off. He may now lose his regular plonkers who he desperately relies on to keep his boozer going.

[@bromion5123]

With the increasing closure of spoons i find it hard to believe that people can afford £5 a pint.

[@DavidGetling]

That's because they know how to work the system!

[@spinynormanbest6410]

£4.48 for a pint of Guinness at Wetherspoons in Leeds train station, could only afford about 8....bloody scandalous 😊😊

[@patriciarowe6685]

​@@spinynormanbest6410😂😂😂😂😂

[@roydeath562]

Politicians goes for meals on the British tax payers and call it expenses

[@Tad1945]

But we to idiotic to have the common sense to go after these people.

[@nanunanu8745]

An MP's breakfast is half a week's benefit.

[@lindark28]

These politicians are only there to line their own pockets courtesy of the taxpayers, they all should be in prison for what they have done to the people,and and it doesn't matter whose in government nothings gonna change with these greedy people, they have put foreigners way before us in every way they possibly can,SHAME ON THEM

[@Jhamblen]

And install £45K toilets in their office MR HUNT!

[@PaulO-se6nl]

Yeah that’s the only house of benefit scroungers…parliament

[@danielmcguinness6192]

Under Thatcher I would go to the JC and take a job card off the wall and I would be told that this particular job had been filled and the card was wrongly on the wall. I would leave the building and go back half an hour later to see that they had put the same card back on the wall. Truth....there were no jobs to be had but it made people think that there were plenty of jobs and the unemployed were feckless. I could write a book on it all. Going on a training course and registering on Monday morning and told to come back every Monday morning to register for 6 months training. Received no training but the training company got paid by the govt. I got my benefits plus 10 quid,

[@Jezza_One]

There are over a million real vacancies in this country atm.

[@Jezza_One]

@@HardHittingTruths I think the actual problem is the terrible pay that means these jobs are unfilled.

[@anyone1704]

Tons of jobs shelly

[@anyone1704]

@HardHittingTruths seriously....you're that lazy ...nice to see the place we live is in capable hands

[@Malfoy1594]

Fancy working cleaning in a hotel? Cz believe me there's plenty of those jobs going that British people don't wanna do!

[@MZ-jn1xh]

I understand that there are people who scrounge but there are people who have invisible illnesses that cannot work because of flare ups in their condition. They would never be able to hold down a proper job. I can see people getting unfairly punished out of this. Hunt is not the good guy.

[@Tad1945]

Because in life it’s much easier to punish the disabled. And give to the foreigners. WEF.

[@becky2235]

Exactly this is going to result in disabled people being homeless

[@simonpowers286]

I worked from the age of 16 until I was 56, I then needed spinal surgery for 2 dics wearing away, I have not been able to go back to work, due to loss of balance, and not been able to walk without a stick. I am now on benefits and I cannot afford to go to the pub every day I am just about surviving!!!

[@wareyboy1483]

My partner and myself both work full-time we are both managers, worked all our lives, we can barely afford to live month to month, this country is trashed.

[@danielrayner7681]

People on benefits go to the pub every morning 😂 how can anyone believe that!

[@kathleenfederl5121]

Actually that’s not as funny as you think!!

[@Juls27989]

Such a ridiculous statement, just goes to prove how ignorant some people are. 🥴

[@danielrayner7681]

@@Juls27989 why is it a ridiculous statement?

[@DarkWhite1]

"I've just recently had a triple heart bypass"..... I believe you mate. You're on your way to another.

[@ZeuzBluez]

Hehehehehe 😁😁😁😁

[@mariosevangelou7278]

Brilliant 😂

[@personalcheeses8073]

That’s what I was thinking too. His resentment of his fellow citizens is doing him no good whatsoever.

[@leea2112]

And hes a landlord probably one like rigsby lol 😂😂😂😂

[@juliewills3592]

It was a waste of NHS resources!

[@juliemaddern]

The problem is those in charge don't want to stop the boats

[@davidking6617]

Finally someone understands!

[@stevendempster709]

I am also on PIP, and have enough points for a car, but due to my condition I'm not allowed to drive, something i used to love doing. I really wish i was normal, but i have to accept it and get on with my life, the best way i can.

[@user-bz9cb8bp2y]

I remember the years on benefits, the struggle to get a job and I can assure you that the £70 a week I got for 2 adults was not enough to keep warm let alone visit a pub..., most pubs our area closed because workers can't afford the pub.... Addicts do get good help but the rest of us don't (working now thank fk) ❤️🇬🇧❤️🇮🇱

[@Summersue]

Agencies are the worst thing ever invented.

[@anthonysmith4826]

Illegal immigrants gamble and go to the pub on our benefits as well.

[@eon7125]

😂😂

[@Tad1945]

That’s why they want the disabled to work. So they can pay for the foreigners luxury, lovely hotels. It’s a slap in the face.

[@schmally4111]

I receive pip for epilepsy, before that me and my husband paid tax, both my parents worked and paid tax and both my sons have worked and paid tax since they left school. My husband gave up a well paid job to look after me and gets carers allowance. The gov saves sooooooo much money by paying carers pittance but no one ever mentions that.

[@liszaf3976]

I totally agree with the Lady about electronically applying for a job, I have helped all my children apply for work,which they never got replies to, it becomes extremely frustrating! Eventually after months of effort they got jobs either through a friend or through an agency! Also myself as I am between seasonal work, I have applied for hundreds of Xmas jobs and not one opportunity has come my way! It's a terrible system! In many cases I see the same jobs I applied for coming up again and again and still I hear nothing!

[@hellsbells7271]

How can they go the pub every morning, the pubs only open at dinner time.

[@searan5130]

Weatherspoons serves alcohol in the mornings.....

[@kljmaq]

There are plenty of pubs that start serving alcohol at 9 and 10 am.

[@dianeirvine7624]

The only cheap beer is in the commons pub

[@paulwilliams5013]

...yes, from 09.00 ! @@searan5130

[@joanrhodes8273]

They open at 10am

[@m-zg8ix]

If they ever did a proper survey on these pubs that most don't open in mornings they would find the people who use them day time are retired and pension people who have a couple off beers them home

[@normanmacfarlane6724]

That first caller needs his own show , completely unhinged , but he should have his own show.

[@scottandrewhorne4655]

Lol x

[@leea2112]

The guys a bammer and a landlord says it all really 😂😂😂😂

[@AdventureCornwall.]

That first guy speaking is so jaded. Has property makes a living of these so called scum he houses. Then to say hes had a heart attack. Take this off them take that of them. I wonder if this guy was born into wealth or just despises the people who give him rent

[@johnturnley6972]

There are lots abusing the system i agree,has mental health issues replaced the bad back excuse,there are genuine people on benefits who need help,i got a feeling they will go after them first and the benefit scammers will get away with it.

[@deanevans2505]

The caller is furious but he is very entertaining! lol

[@emmajanewatts4388]

I’m not surprised he had a heart attack.

[@danielwatkinson6247]

The first caller is an absolute bell end

[@mla7071]

He sounds like a good hard working individual to me

[@leea2112]

😂😂😂😂 rigsby a dodgy landlord on his way to his next heart attack!! 😂😂😂😂

[@leea2112]

@@naomii22xx lol !! 🤮🤢

[@annejones135]

In my local, its only pensioners who go in daytime. Nursing one drink, and its probably to see friends and keep warm.

[@gailbaxter4900]

My son after losing his father a divorce and’s abusive relationship. Suffering from depression Lost his job and home. He was 42 and never been out of work he came to live with me with the support of his family after 6 months he got a job and is back on his feet. He asked for a leg up not a hand out from government agencies. He got a very small amount of money because he was living with me. But no support with housing and just pills for mental health. Now he’s back in work the government are not reticent to take money to support other people who have never contributed. I feel very bitter. I am a pensioner with limited income and little savings. But I am grateful I could help him he is now paying me back. But there’s no safety net for the single hard working individual in this country.

[@juliemaddern]

Our government and police in London are as productive in their jobs as a benefit claimant, will they get their pay stopped?

[@Marstepolovsky]

Harvey should calm down and watch his blood pressure. Maybe that's why he's having heart attacks.

[@williamkennedy5492]

Does he stop for breath ???? If the tories hadn't shut down the factories to destroy the labour based vote and make more mney for the elites , we wouldn't have had blairs idea of introducing immigration to get that vote back. We need jobs

[@coffeepassionpotion5491]

So the first caller detests people on benefits, yet he is happy to have benefits pay the rent for all the properties he owns. Wow, where does he think his income would come from if his tenants that are receiving help towards the rent payments stopped getting this money…..

[@nickisacebeans]

That first caller, what a thicko. Not all people on benefits are down the pub every morning. Sure there'll be some absolute wasters but the money wasted on them is a drop in the ocean. We need a complete paradigm shift in this country. We need to stop haemorrhaging money to private companies for a start

[@DM-fc8jy]

I can't imagine David Cameron Saving Rishy and the Tories

[@teadrinkingminipainter339]

The first caller is mental and on his way to 2nd heart attack, its the asylum seekers that are the problem, free flats in london 2 or 3 cars and there are thousands of them

[@jedjones9047]

Not surprised Harvey had a heart attack he sounds like the perfect candidate 😮

[@Cornz38]

Our different coloured brethren have been caught swapping children between families so a 1 child couple, take their other families 3 children to claim for 4 children. This happens ALL THE TIME...

[@jayjay2129]

The first caller has lost the plot! He's going to give himself another heart attack or stroke the way he's carrying on!

[@cliveb4845]

You are part of the problem mr landlord. High rents at the tax payers expense

[@kevindavies2406]

The last time labour was in government the chancellor left a note on his desk saying "there's no money left" let alone the local councils

[@mactheman5350]

Thats because there was a banking crisis

[@coveant]

The note was a joke, its a tradition to leave the note to the person taking over the post at the treasury

[@Fletch_18]

That was proven to be a joke about 10 yrs ago.

[@carolokbrblol]

Some people I know claim benefits and work on the side for cash in hand.

[@belindakennedy5828]

That's the ones with the big tvs and go on holiday every year,no doubt got a mobility car as well,those are the ones I want to be prosecuted.

[@carolokbrblol]

I go in peopled homes for my employment. All on benefits. Tell me not to come on certain times as they will be away on their hols. Yep and some go for months visiting family in other countries.

[@Paul-x6f4h]

I know whole families on welfare and have never worked I doubt if anything will happen to them because they know how to work the system. How many times have we heard about a crackdown and nothing happens.

[@KevinMire-up7ko]

While people in government are getting away with not paying taxes i am talking about millions of pounds hidden away it's disgusting

[@Jules75101]

My dad has worked all his life,he had a stroke leaving him bed bound. He was given the highest rate disability benefit THEN it was taken from him for his care 😡 he kept 73p if it 😡

[@juliemaddern]

Do you ever think anyone's in bed late in the morning because they're ill ? For gods sake? Unbelievable!

[@tracey7920]

or work shifts from home too?

[@juliemaddern]

My brother answered the door in his dressing gown after night shift and the delivery driver said 'alright for some' 🤣@@tracey7920

[@johnlawrence7386]

This guy must have some very vivid dreams which he thinks are real, or he is just nuts. I lost my job mid way through the pandemic for 4 months, took me awhile to get another but I got one. I received 56 quid a week to live on, I found that paying the council tax was my biggest problem and that my savings were going down big time to pay it thinking about going for a pint was out.

[@XSPAWNX23]

Council tax is a fraudulent scam..fact

[@2GooDProductions]

I can safely say that while I was off for the last 6 months due to a heart attack in March, I havent been to a pub once.

[@newsbluestv3163]

Some people make gross assumptions about people lives and illnesses. Many of them brought about due to their job in the 1st place. Yes, there are pro scroungers, but many of them get found out eventually. The nation's economy is in a mess, due to the policies of the GOVERNMENT, not the fault of people at the bottom of the pile. They can find endless amounts of money to pay for illegal migrants held in 3, 4 and 5-star hotels, free room and board, plus free mobile contracts plus an allowance. What do our 300,000+ homeless get from the government? Nothing. The cabinet and their friends, since early 2020, have made themselves very rich, after raiding taxpayer funds to line their own pockets, while destroying small and medium-sized businesses. This was all pre-planned, and part of the One World Order agenda, which our treasonous politicians are conspiring to enable.

[@Pythagarous]

I wasn’t unemployed for more than two weeks at any one time as I had a sill to sell. I’m retired now but was a skilled machinist making precision components for the military, motor industry, shipping etc. I’ve been asked to go back to work more than once because there’s a skill shortage but 51 years of lifting steel into a machine has put paid to my back. Why doesn’t the government train these people for industries where there is a skill shortage, surely it makes sense to do this rather than pay people to sit around doing nothing.

[@AmericansMarryCousins]

Because its class warfare. Upper classes want to replace the native British working class. We arent even the same people as them, the toffs have zero native blood. The average brit has like 70% native Brittonic blood. Welsh even higher. Toffs most commonly have different blood groups to us even. Why do you think they import 1million per year, even though every year they import more, more emigrate? Those people are leaving the country for the same reason the natives have left London. They mostly go to other countries that other white brits have fled to, Australia , Canada, USA etc. They are suffering the same issues but on a lesser scale though. They want to replace us, plain and simple.

[@belindakennedy5828]

Its benefit cheaters i would like to see being prosecuted and folks who cant speak english and taking benifits for years,how in hell can they find a job if they cant speak or read english,and can someone tell me how they pass driving tests in the uk.

[@Lorraine-p4r]

This is a offensive title , I never went to the pub in the morning, or anytime when I was on benefits. Nor have I ever owned a car! This man sounds nuts! Stop the Foreign aid! The boat People! Stop wasting money on Benefit fraud!

[@chrisrinelambert9418]

One cannot make a sweeping comment like this about people that are on benefits it’s totally unfair and unacceptable

[@davidkaye8712]

I am unemployed and I dont drink at all. I dont have the current latest technology. Landlords are the worst of the most entitled people in this country and I would argue a lot of this countries issues are becaues of them.

[@annbarns652]

STOP THE BOATS. Boycote hand car washes too .

[@MissUnstoppable13]

Delusion all over the place, where do you prime these callers, some very nasty out of touch green eyed people in this country, if only benefits actually stretched as far as the money grabbing greedy landlord makes out 😢 not everybody on benefits wants to be on them, pure hate!

[@porky1911]

I know people who are proffesional benefit scrounges,and they live very well thank you,lived all their lives on Benefits and know exactly how much can be squeezed out of the economy.These people live better than those on lower wages.

[@dands999]

name checks out

[@Tad1945]

Yes they live in luxury hotels as well.

[@geoffreyswain1490]

If he is a landlord I wouldn't go in is pub again 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lj4866]

The irony is he is not a public landlord he is a landlord who has tenants who he makes money out of who are claiming housing benefit.

[@philipashby4147]

I own a pub. I have customers in at 12 when I open, have a few pints, get a taxi home for less than a mile, use the food bank. They haven't worked for years. Your caller Harvey nailed it.

[@Ultimagtr650]

I have a friend whose 'partner' gets a Nissan Qashqai motability car every two years ( for free), has worked for 4 years in total (55 yrs old now), and has made a career out of being on disability allowance... She views her medical appointments as her 'job'. When she gets a puncture , she goes to Kwikfit, and gets a new tyre, if it can`t be repaired,.....for absolutely no cost to her. When she was in hospital, he saved up £3k from her payments in 12 weeks! It is insane what some people can get on benefits...Not everyone, but plenty do

[@lindalewis5787]

You have to pay a large portion of your mobility element to get the car

[@willowtree9291]

Motability leases are 5 years now. My daughter has MS and does have a Motability car, but she has to give up the mobility part of PIP in return.

[@lindalewis5787]

@@willowtree9291 it works out really expensive to hire the car

[@Krazyjakeuk]

They don't get the car for free it comes out of the disability benefit so it's not free and if you are in hospital you get the disability stopped till you get out

[@Ultimagtr650]

Not so about the disability being stopped. My friend said his partners account had over £3k in it after spanding time in a pshchiatric secure hospital by the time she was released.

[@dominicsutherland5025]

As usual, the Conservatives are scapegoating the most vulnerable in British society!

[@martinranalli8572]

They are cowards.

[@dominicsutherland5025]

@@martinranalli8572 Absolutely! They refuse to face up to reality.

[@kellykreqeli8924]

Some peoples mental health is worse then others I’m a Send teaching assistant this first guy has no idea how serious some mental health is And he is lucky enough to own 10 houses not everyone does I’ve worked all my life I don’t own 10 houses I’m not complaining about other people though like this man he should try being more compassionate I’ve got mental health and it got worse after losing my mum in 2020 and I’ve struggled I don’t have any family really or friends I just deal with it I don’t really have a choice jobs 40 years ago treated their employees better and there were bonuses etc now wages are low and the cost of living is high jobs are not like they used to be And that women mentions supermarkets they got rid of staff and replaced them with self service tills how many jobs did that cost? And older people going for jobs do get discriminated against most jobs want younger people and disabled people also get discriminated against they want young fit and healthy but would never tell you that

[@Threadbow]

Insist on paying cash and refuse to use the self-service till. Especially if there is a cue. Ask for a til to get opened.

[@cazfloss1990]

So, the guy who’s been out of work for 8 years hasn’t been able to find a job because it will get in the way of his smoking? Unbelievable!

[@justinnsky]

I'm starting to think that Rwanda could be a better place to live than England now that we have decided to gibe the country away.

[@percival74898]

VOTE REFORM UK PARTY...everything is broken😢

[@adeledavies8428]

1st caller is an idiot, I live with seizures daily but to look at you’d think there was nothing wrong should I get my benefits taken off me? I can tell you that I don’t leave my house let alone sit in a pub everyday and to think people are better off on benefits isn’t right. my life has been this way since the age of 23 im now 31 and would love to work again. Im not living no happy life on benefits 😒 anyone that judges disabled people getting help hopefully nothing ever happens too you so you don’t have too know what it feels like. people need to judge other peoples lives less

[@carolewynn9407]

In response to the first caller, does he realise that he benefits from the unemployed ? Who does he think pays the rent he charges ? Yes benefits, so perhaps he should only rent to working people, but then he wouldn't be able to charge as much. Try living as a single person on £73 per week .....

[@derektomlinson2521]

Lots of people who are on benefits won’t work more than 20 hours a week because they lose their benefits and don’t want to work more hours to make up Loss of money

[@DM-vq8ux]

Julie is absolutely right about the job market- jobs come out of community and communication, not numbers and qualifications.

[@tonydunsford1278]

The caller was very angry. I think because his dad wasent helped effectvley when he was ill.. This chap is being ignored in the system currently. I can understand his frustration but if he dosent calm down he could have a heart attack.

[@personalcheeses8073]

He’s not being ignored by the system. He has tenants who are on benefits. So he’s raking in tax payers money through rents. If he’s so against people claiming benefits, he should only house working people who can afford to pay their own rent.

[@tonydunsford1278]

​. What I meant is the caller said that he dosent feel he gets help with his health needs. I totally agree with u if he dosent agree with people on benefits then don't rent to them. My dad would have said thst. I agree with u there.

[@Luton-Mick]

That boomer landlord screaming his way to an early wooden overcoat probably paid pennies for his properties while punching down on his own tennents...a typical example of a generation who won't be missed.

[@acbht3775]

You probably have as much evidence for what you say as he does and are just as prejudiced.

[@johnharte2729]

The guys a jelous person he should calm down , go steady Steady up mate.

[@adriansolomon6805]

I agree with first caller...I worked maintenance in several of these properties and I saw the same....they spent money on drugs and electric scooters to do their dealing.I had to leave the job after 10 months of seeing it! This is a massive industry for many people and it is sickening 😡 They are alcoholics and junkies who are prescribed methadone and various other supplements and claim mental illnesses that often don't exist. The honest claimants are denied sufficient help. Also there are people out there who live off the back of their children having problems with various conditions and are mostly single parents!

[@becky2235]

No one wants to be a addict and ruin their life its a mental illness in itself. Most have been through severe tramua. I volunteer eith afdicts and alcholics most have been through hell youre lucky youve never been through such a life. What other supplements are you talking about?

[@nicksmith4361]

I’m a 72 year old Englishman still working full time in a sales position. I love the getting up for work, interaction with colleagues and customers and regularly go on training courses for the updates on computer skills, social skills and company away days. I will only stop working when I’m physically unable to do the job. Oh , I love earning money as well.

[@personalcheeses8073]

I retire in six months. I’m in perfect health but I am not going to pay anymore taxes into the government coffers. I’m going to carry on with my fitness regime. And travel as and when I want to without answering to anyone

[@Juls27989]

Glad to hear that your fit and healthy enough to keep doing all that, and hope it lasts for you.

[@Susan-kd3rv]

Good for you .

[@jonathanyoung4682]

The first caller is a fine example of someone who has been in low paid work all their life and is very angry about it hahaha!

[@brianhumphrey3929]

spot on

[@psantini2968]

The first caller is a landlord - the ultimate example of a leech in society rather than someone who works for a living.

[@williebobs3830]

​@@psantini2968how do you think he bought the property to rent out without working for it. Fool.

[@Bluejohn]

Most people on benefits do struggle because they are honest on their applications, it's those who know exactly how to work the system and fiddle thousands every year who should be clamped down on. The problem is that when the government announces a clamp down on benefits many completely genuine cases have their benefits stopped too. They cannot solve the immigration problem so they go after the sick and disabled, always an easy target.

[@yvonneevie9301]

It's the ones who are abusing the system that ruin it for the genuine ones. I'm a pensioner with health difficulties, yet still go out to work because needs must. I have a neighbour who hasn't worked for over 25 years and gets disability yet she is never ill when it comes to a holiday abroad (at least twice a year), a wedding, a weekend away, a party., etc etc... if she can afford to go abroad on benefits and I work and cant afford a holiday abroad, there is something far wrong with the benefits system.

[@Jay30-z1s]

so my mother who has stage 4 cancer and has had to have her whole face reconstructed and has been on a feeding tube for 3years is just a scrounger right? ... as soon as he said he was a landlord i knew what type of man he is

[@juliemaddern]

Exactly X What a disgrace he is putting everyone in the same box

[@juliemaddern]

XX

[@acbht3775]

Seems to me as if you are just as prejudiced as him then?

[@jon-gz4ed]

so hes a landlord so good way to get rid of your customers ,if hes that angry tell them to their faces and dont be a knob,and he doesnt mind taking there money every morning and all day then

[@nigeisfree7837]

Go to Bradford Birmingham Oxford and many other places around the country and you will see the majority of Muslim women do not work there's your problem as is the people blagging sickness signed off for mental health half the time it's stress which everyone goes through