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Bedroom Tax
So, there's been a suicide because of the 'bedroom tax'. Poor woman couldn't afford the £80 per month for 2 empty bedrooms when her children left home. How many more before it's abolished?
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Well she didn't kill herself before the 'bedroom tax' was brought in which led her to believe she wouldn't be able to afford the extra £80+ per month, which meant she had to leave her home of 18 years. I don't think anyone gives a stuff about the £80 per week, they simply find it heartbreakin
13:17 Mon 13th May 2013
It appears she was offered another, smaller home but felt it was too far from her friends
It is rather harsh to suddenly 'move the goalposts' on people especially when they are elderly - this woman will have expected to see out her days in that house just as thousands did before her
The new Benefit rules make sense but if they aren't introduced with sensitivity towards people's individual situations and common sense they are not fulfilling their fundamental purpose
It is rather harsh to suddenly 'move the goalposts' on people especially when they are elderly - this woman will have expected to see out her days in that house just as thousands did before her
The new Benefit rules make sense but if they aren't introduced with sensitivity towards people's individual situations and common sense they are not fulfilling their fundamental purpose
Once again what about the families who are in b and b and desperate for a roof over their heads? I absolutely agree that this has been badly handled but surely benefits are to provide what people need?
I used to encounter this regularly when i worked in the NHS. People in (mostly privately owned) accommodation sometimes dangerously unsuitable for their needs who couldn't possibly move because they had lived there for so long. I used to say that if I was prime minister i would make EVERYBODY move every five years so that people would get some perspective about what is only, at the end of the day, a pile of bricks.
I remember one woman who had decided that her disabled husband, who she loved dearly would live in a shed (okay summerhouse) in the garden because she couldn't move and there was nowhere in the house to give him a downstairs room (spiral staircase so stairlift or through floor lift not possible).
(ducks down behind big wall and puts on tin hat)
I used to encounter this regularly when i worked in the NHS. People in (mostly privately owned) accommodation sometimes dangerously unsuitable for their needs who couldn't possibly move because they had lived there for so long. I used to say that if I was prime minister i would make EVERYBODY move every five years so that people would get some perspective about what is only, at the end of the day, a pile of bricks.
I remember one woman who had decided that her disabled husband, who she loved dearly would live in a shed (okay summerhouse) in the garden because she couldn't move and there was nowhere in the house to give him a downstairs room (spiral staircase so stairlift or through floor lift not possible).
(ducks down behind big wall and puts on tin hat)
sharingan //there are a few things I would potentially consider taking my life over if the circumstances were right //
oh my goodness thats terrible, you are a young girl with the whole of your life in front of you,I hope you are just saying that for effect otherwise i would be suggesting you go talk to someone about your feelings. Think how your family would feel if you killed yourself.
oh my goodness thats terrible, you are a young girl with the whole of your life in front of you,I hope you are just saying that for effect otherwise i would be suggesting you go talk to someone about your feelings. Think how your family would feel if you killed yourself.
Thank you Ricror- I should point out before going on that I am a very happy person and not considering suicide at all, so please don't worry. I do however have quite a calm view of life and death I think and I know in advance of it happening that there are some scenarios where I would prefer to die rather then to live under those circumstances. That does not make me mentally ill, it simply means that I view death as a part of life and that I consider that I have a right to choose either at all times.
As such I also view that everyone else does as well. I'm quite offended that anyone could view that as mental illness or a ' mental issue'.
As such I also view that everyone else does as well. I'm quite offended that anyone could view that as mental illness or a ' mental issue'.
I know it's not officially a tax, but that's how most people know it. Anyway, it's quite apparent that there will be differing opinions about this woman's suicide, everyone's entitled to their opinion after all. However, this payment for having spare bedrooms is totally wrong. Where on earth are the people affected by this supposed to go?
I agree with Ummmmmm 100% -thoughts of suicide, however brief, are signs of mental health issues -not necessarily major mental health problems -just reflecting certain thought processes that if not addressed can evolve into bigger issues. This woman was obviously unstable before any changes in benefits but this must have been the last straw-its a pity she could not have spoken to her Son and tried to sort out her finances.
Can you all please read carefully what I have said. I am not suicidal, upset, worried or otherwise contemplating self harm or taking my own life. Please stop worrying. I think I have a very healthy attitude to life and death, but I do not agree that anyone who kills themselves is mentally ill, sometimes they are, sometimes they are not.
