Quite right to, as this undermines people in low skill and manual labour jobs. Its seems on the surface a good idea, until you can't find a job, because employers can get someone to do it for free. Its really a dangerous concept, that like cheap migrant labour, will be used to reduce costs (wages) against the interests of working (because employers public and private are driven by costs, and will use such labour where ever possible).

Then there is the issue to the person in question. When I was unemployed, the job centre sent people for interviews.

If we're going to make people work, fine, lets make them work and pay them a fair rate for their work.

Not make them some cheap alternative where by employers can cut wages.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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True. I forget that these people are actually made to work in Poundland, where instead the perfect solution would be to place them in roles which otherwise would be funded directly by the government, providing a triple benefit.

If people are so against outsourcing of public services, maybe cancel all the contracts and employ the unemployed.

No one should be above sweeping the streets if they've not bothered to find anything else. It would stop the 'jobs the English won't do' falacy as well.

indeed it was Stuk my faithful friend.

Yes... £1.8 Billion.... not an inconsequential amount!

The European Commission has begun a revision of EU budget shares. Because of the relative strength of its economy to the rest of the EU, the UK has by far the largest payment, due on 1 December.

The €2.1 billion is equal to a fifth of the UK’s annual transfer to Brussels. Other countries, such as Germany, and France – which has struggled to balance its budgets – will get rebates under the plans.

Optimistic as ever

Honestly, you just can't get the moderating staff any more.

It's in salute of this season's League Two Champions. As we have all been guilty of talking it.

Big chest and massive boobs

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