Mike Hosking Breakfast

There has never been a worse time to be on the Jobseeker benefit. And yet 100,000 are. Tens of thousands more than were on it when the current government arrived in power. How on Earth is that possible? And when are enough hard questions going to be asked about a government that protects the lazy, those without ambition, and a belief that the state, i.e you and I, should be paying their bills while they do nothing. Traditionally, they have been able to hide behind excuses like geography. Small towns struggling, no jobs to be had, jobs that were too highly skilled, too many people went for the job and they missed out. But here in 2022 one of the very few upsides of the current economic mess we are in is that there are jobs everywhere. Look at the windows of the shops and tell me, in your lifetime have you ever seen so many people looking to fill so many gaps? And yet, despite the myriad of opportunities over 100,000 can't seem to find a single one of them. That's welfare abuse.&#x