Jeremy Vine benefits: Question posed by show causes fury

Did you watch Jeremy Vine on C5 today? Yeh, us neither, but they set out a question on social media about people on benefits.

Jeremy Vine benefits

They wrote: “Is it time to crack down on jobless benefits?

“Nearly four million people in the UK are being supported by the state without ever having to look for a job.

“That’s because they’ve been deemed too sick to work.

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“Is it wrong for taxpayers to fund them indefinitely?”

https://twitter.com/JeremyVineOn5/status/1661697517296185346

Reactions

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I have no problem supporting those less fortunate than me. I’ve been on benefits – it’s not nice.
What I do have a problem with is millionaires stealing & wasting my money.

This benefits crackdown nonsense is to deflect – nothing more
— Joe Oakley 🏳️‍🌈 (@JRLOakley) May 25, 2023

Sorry but this question is evil, isn't it?
— Normal Island News (@NormIslandNews) May 25, 2023

"Too sick to work" sort of says it all doesn't it 🤷‍♂️ if they are then what do you want, euthanasia?
— R1ck Duncan ™ (@rickcduncan) May 25, 2023

https://twitter.com/ArgyleLoz/status/1662019751986577408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1662019751986577408%7Ctwgr%5Edbfb9e9025176e88d9639bc4481e2c5947baff44%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2023%2F05%2F26%2Fjeremy-vine-channel-5-benefits%2F

This is me he's talking about.
I gave twenty of my finest years to serving this country as a soldier, & serving the communities in this country as a firefighter.
Now I'm nearing 60 & too ill to work any more, he will watch me starve.
Over priveleged, over entitled, tax dodger. https://t.co/ZYksgAD2JI pic.twitter.com/jdA5a1VvxN
— Phil Murphy (@HRRBFireSafety) May 26, 2023

'Crackdown' on 'jobless benefits' for those who have been 'deemed too sick to work'. Er, so your question is should those CONFIRMED by the DWP to be suffering with long-term illness and/or a disability be supported by the state. So, what instead? They starve? Live on the street? https://t.co/BLRhpWztpi
— Terri White (@Terri_White) May 26, 2023

Time to call time on Jeremy Vine?
A Tweet here so perverse in the way it depicts 4 million people as scroungers & Spongers!
Vine actually belittling those that watch his show!
He needs to get out more… https://t.co/sMJw3WiueT
— GET TORIES DONE – GENERAL ELECTION NOW! (@snb19692) May 26, 2023

What an absolute ****,tell you what I'll swap you my brain tumour,Rheumatoid Arthritis,heart problems, COPD etc and the 26 drugs I take to keep me alive with you for a day see what you say then. Maybe go for the real criminals in this country iethe Tory corruption, Michelle Mone? https://t.co/GMVcCI8H7h
— The Yorkshire Victor Meldrew and His Dog (@TheMeldrew) May 26, 2023

The rhetoric around disability benefits is getting nastier and nastier.

Almost half of people in poverty are disabled. Meanwhile daytime TV paints disabled people as a drain on taxpayers, and questions their right to support.

❌ We can’t let this narrative go unchallenged. https://t.co/uIum7YId7D
— Scope (@scope) May 26, 2023

10.

https://twitter.com/Silas33/status/1661792048461086737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1661792048461086737%7Ctwgr%5Edbfb9e9025176e88d9639bc4481e2c5947baff44%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2023%2F05%2F26%2Fjeremy-vine-channel-5-benefits%2F

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"Too sick to work" sort of says it all doesn't it 🤷‍♂️ if they are then what do you want, euthanasia?
— R1ck Duncan ™ (@rickcduncan) May 25, 2023

Unclaimed welfare benefits

UK households missing out on £19bn a year in unclaimed welfare benefits.

Millions of UK households are collectively missing out on at least £19bn a year in unclaimed welfare benefits, at a time when many are forced to use food banks or run up debt as they struggle with rising living costs, according to new estimates, reports The Guardian.

“It is shocking that £19bn of benefits and support is unclaimed at any time, let alone during a cost of living crisis,” said Deven Ghelani, director of Policy in Practice. “Missing out on eligible benefits could be the difference between households keeping their heads above water and feeling they are drowning,” he added.