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Originally Posted by emamum
they are having a crack down i think and trying to get people back into work... i got a letter from them to go for a work based interview next month.. i called them and said that i was heavily pregnant and was told that i could put the interview off until my baby is 6 weeks old.
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Absolutely ridiculous in my opinion. The local offices must surely know who the real shirkers are. Would make more sense chasing up these rather than forcing single parents with babies to get a job. Granted some of these may also be people determined to use the system, but the majority aren't.
On the one hand the government is telling us how to bring up our kids, saying family is all important, and the next they are telling them get a job and put your baby into paid supervision. It's ok if you want to go back to work and have the care in place, but forcing the issue is not right as far as I can see.