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🤑 :
Pip yeah normal benefits less so, go to your local job centre its not like a crack centre for the most part people are totally normal
2026-10-16 18:56:55
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lucy :
An addict will get money one way or another, even if it does go towards addiction there’d be so much more crime if that money was taken away realistically
2026-10-16 17:56:33
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Alibongg29 :
PIP for addiction goes straight on guess what
2026-10-16 10:46:31
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TRANSGRESSION SWANSEA :
yeah this fails to take into account Maslow's hierarchy of needs and expects you to believe that going on a course is going to stop alcoholism or any form of addiction and it just doesn't. I'm surprised a paper such as the times didn't have the resources to actually investigate this with common sense and basic understanding at the heart of it rather than demonization of a vulnerable group within society
2026-10-16 20:35:57
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🚲MTB JACOB🚲 :
There is literally no real help for addicts.
2026-10-16 16:59:52
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Adam :
I'm sorry but 194 pip payment a month isn't fueling anyone's addiction 😂😭
2026-10-16 16:08:58
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Mauberley :
Yes. Case closed.
2026-10-16 09:23:52
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FriendlyGiantz🧡🟢 :
oh aye 440 quid a month will get you far .... not ... worst benefit system in Europe people talk as if it's some amazing system when it's not
2026-10-16 11:25:51
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Astaroth Ozul :
Yes and they get pip for it aswell
2026-10-16 10:26:09
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Ben Battle :
You take away the cash benefits guess what happens to the crime rates… taking away the means doesn’t take away the addiction
2026-10-16 14:58:47
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user16723859006 :
yes I have several family members who are addicts and on welfare and throwing free accommodation and a few hundred a month at them does not help their addictions
2026-10-16 10:27:46
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Lau :
Definitely
2026-10-16 11:02:05
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TASH :
No but the system is fuelling drug addiction.
2026-10-16 14:05:16
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123 :
Yeah this has been the case for fkin years
2026-10-16 11:01:33
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vin1six :
10000% should be like USA but only used by the person with Id like ebt cards
2026-10-16 10:08:46
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🎗sarah🎗 :
how hard is it to get treatment tho? while in active addiction of cocaine they told me I didnt take enough to qualify for intreatment and then a few months later I was told I was using too much? make it make sense
2026-10-16 12:07:55
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Kb30 :
It’s funny how the first thing recovery services tell family members is don’t enable, never fund the habit, but when it’s suggested this apply to benefits people have a problem
2026-10-16 15:05:31
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♡ :
This has been a known fact long ago
2026-10-16 11:28:10
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Charlie :
“Large amount of money” and it’s a few hundred 😂
2026-10-16 12:17:21
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amad.ali1 :
Agreed cash payments give too much freedom for abuse, vouchers should be given or prepaid cards where individual accounts can be reviewed by ai
2026-10-16 15:13:52
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okay3w :
Not for genuine claimants
2026-10-16 12:17:55
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NO_NAME :
Benefits are out of control!
2026-10-16 10:17:56
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CVS :
i worked as a caseworker in homelessness services. every substance user was on PIP
2026-10-16 17:43:17
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shadowless :
I'm suffering from depression I for 3 years I can't even go to get pip or help because it really bothers me
2026-10-16 16:07:54
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Eliza :
Would stopping PIP reduce the number of addicts? Probably not. There’s your answer.
2026-10-16 16:20:37
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