As I sit watching the news of the new current benefit reforms, I must say I am astonished at the level of insensitivity of the current prime minister and his fellow politicians on this new benefit reform.
It is however not a case of being a 'couch benefit potatoe' neither is it a case of being a 'benefit scrounger'.
I for one have been out of work for over 5 years now and find that there is too much 'RED TAPE' when it comes to benefits and being in work.
For example, I called a renound employment agency this morning to find out why the page would not load and let me apply for the role I wanted. "Oh we don't know, maybe the line is too busy". One woman even had the cheek to say my background music was too loud - "Well hey lady its not a job interview it's just a simple question".
So there you have it even when having an error on a renound employment agencies' website the people at the employment agency simply don't want to help you.  Hello! I am looking for work here - not lame excuses why you cannot help me!
And so to the benefit reforms. Well what can I say - new benefits, old benefits.  Apparently you can't apply for a crisis loan now so whats the world to do?
Replacing Income support with universal credit seems to be a good idea but is it really.  If they really wanted to help people into work then they should think about cutting the red tape or diminishing the red tape all together. The red tape I am talking about is the fact that if you want to find work you have to be better off. By this I mean finding a job that is going to make you better off financially but the thing is if you are like me and live in private rented accomodation which is 50% more expensive than council housing and people like the company I rang today can't help you to find a job then what is one to do.
All you ever hear is "oh there are gaps in your CV" or "you don't have the relevant experience".
Gaps or no gaps, experience or no experience, what should it matter if you just want a job and can prove that you can do the job, given half a chance. YES! I hear you cry! The employment agencies will always focus on the negative like gaps on  a cv or zero experience, but the whole point is that you need to get a job to gain experience. A case of which came first - the chicken of the egg! If you catch my drift! Why are employment agencies so negative,  especially when facing a fresh faced well dressed person willing to come off benefits and get a job surely that should score very highly but no its just a case of gaps and no experience.
Why can't people just have a good chance to get a job. There are thousands of jobs out there sure, but its another thing to just 'put down' people looking for work. And you wonder why when you look in employment agencies windows that you just see a lemon sucking face sitting there wondering when the next person is going to come in. Why? Because they never give people a chance.
NEXT STOP - Petition to overthrow the red tape in recruitment and employment agencies that are putting too much red tape in the way of decent citizens in this county who would really like a job.