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Iluvsjakegyllenhaaldk :
Doing everything but increasing our wages 🙄
2026-01-16 17:40:32
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William :
Anything but tackle the cost of living.
2026-01-16 17:52:54
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lizmen49 :
Great this will encourage people to to work less
2026-01-16 17:40:03
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Melissa 💖 :
It’s not free you pay it back. It’s called a crisis loan 🤦🏻♀️
2026-01-16 18:44:14
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benlittlefield :
But watch it only be available to people already on benefits and not actually people on low income
2026-01-16 17:42:30
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muffinlegs :
Aint nothing free in the uk 🤣
2026-01-16 19:18:05
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C.James :
Don’t give cash give jobs and ways to make money
2026-01-16 22:45:44
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S 🌍 :
How will they stop people exploiting this like the covid grants?
2026-01-16 19:15:22
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Richard7809 :
"free cash" aka "taxpayer handouts"
2026-01-16 18:44:53
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Jeffrey stur :
Literally everyone on benefits will claim their finances are in crisis...
2026-01-16 19:41:34
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daismay ⊬ :
it's literally a loan
2026-01-16 20:11:20
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RusticBella :
sounds like I would be applying everyday with the rate of tax increases 🤣
2026-01-16 18:16:04
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bouffmummy :
can we just make more jobs
2026-01-16 18:52:41
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Jon :
Isn’t that what savings are meant to be for, except all the utilities and other companies are taking any chance for savings for ordinary people
2026-01-16 18:02:23
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justacrazydeafguy :
Who’s funding this scheme? The uk is in so much debt
2026-01-16 20:33:27
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JuiceBox :
Why are the benefits claimers and disabled always rewarded more? What about the regular working everyday?
2026-01-16 18:43:27
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Mary Alix🥰🤠 :
Nice
2026-01-16 20:33:30
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Clarebear :
what about the people who actually work!??
2026-01-16 17:44:34
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Jess R :
Brilliant idea.... not. I bet the eligibility will be for benefit users who wont work/dont want to because its easier to sit at home and not to help a working family's genuinely struggling.
2026-01-16 18:17:53
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ellenhasacamera :
Where does that cash come from?
2026-01-16 17:39:42
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Community Pole :
This is the uk all incomes are low incomes
2026-01-17 08:53:41
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asronoofficial :
Oh great more taxes being wasted
2026-01-16 18:26:04
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LimitlessMindset :
Emergency but you have to answer 100 questions and wait 2 weeks for a response if you get it or not great 👍🏽
2026-01-16 22:47:13
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mims :
Don’t they have to sell absolutely everything sellable before they are even considered for a crisis loan
2026-01-16 18:48:53
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