Lots of people who could do at least some work prefer to live on benefits. Pretending this isn't true/turning a blind eye is not kind or compassionate: it's stupid.

Isabel Oakeshott Really, Ms. Oakeshott?

Claiming that many prefer living on benefits over working blatantly oversimplifies and maliciously distorts the increasingly harsh realities faced by those on benefits.

Let’s consider the absolute maximum weekly benefit in London:

£326.29 for a single…

The Bear Isabel Oakeshott I worked for BA/JCP/DWP for 20 years, dealing with people claiming IB/ESA/UC. The rhetoric about claimants being work shy / pretending they're too sick etc is complete fucking nonsense.

Yes, there's a tiny (and realistically negligible) minority taking the piss, but the system

Rob K-A 🌈👬🐶🐶🐢🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇪🇺 The Bear Isabel Oakeshott Thank you for this #StandTogether