[Margaret Pilkington]

Benefits should be a helping hand......not a lifestyle. Having said that my hubby worked in engineering for all of his working life......he had a stroke whilst at work some 7 years ago. He has recovered well but because of his medical condition I think he would find it hard to get a job....he is also 63 so his age is not in his favour. He worries that people will look at him and think he is OK.....he does LOOK OK, but his memory is bad and his confidence since his stroke is shot to pieces. It worries him to think that some bureaucrat is going to tell him he is fit to go back to work.