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IT APPEARS that long gone are the days when if an unemployed person refused work they were capable of doing then their benefits were suspended for six weeks. There were also safeguards to prevent anyone tempted to take a job solely to avoid this penalty and then cease working after a short time.

No one could be paid more in benefit than they could earn in work, claimants were visited at home and income and outgoings were verified before social security was paid. Bring back those days and see benefits fraud fall. Mrs A. TURNER, Skegness, Lincs.