[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by cmonstanley

was it not the tories who brought d.l.a. in in 1992.so that was 21 years ago.so jaysay, i think youve got your figures wrong lol you meant 20 years.at the end of 1992 there was 52,000 on dla,at the end of 1997 there was 217,000.so eleven years later there was 382,000 so thats 165,000 more in eleven years.so if you add the figures up the tories put 170,000 on dla labour put 165,000.jaysay you need to get your figures right before you start pouting off lol

I recall that time - people were encouraged to move from unemployment benefit to sickness benefits so that it would appear that the unemployment figures were going down.