[onlyme]

Can i just point out the difference between income support and Job seekers allowance???

Income support is for people that find it hard to work, lone parent families, etc. Job Seekers Allowance is for people that are capable of working but are not employed. Big difference. Income based Jobseekers allowance is where you are paid benefits as you have paid enought tax throughout the previous year to be able to claim.

Therefore my understanding is this call package is not open to those that are 'milking the system', or long term claimants (bar the lone parents). Also, the debate going on isnt particularly over the call package, more peoples attitudes to those claiming benefits.

To those that have negative opinions to people that claim benefits, I honestly hope you that you never have to face a situation where you end up in the same boat, though in the current financial environment, nothings a surety. Only when you have 'walked in those shoes' do I think you have a clear idea of what it is like