Council tax benefit changes could cost poorest Blackburn claimants (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Council tax benefit changes could cost poorest Blackburn claimants
4:00pm Saturday 15th September 2012 in News
CHANGES to council tax benefit nationally could cost the poorest claimants in Blackburn with Darwen between £250 and £300 a year.
The borough has produced a preferred option to meet government targets of imposing a 20 per cent minimum charge on all recipients.
The poorest households in the authority area currently get all or most of their council tax paid by the borough.
Burnley and Rossendale councils have also proposed a similar figure while Hyndburn and Pendle are still consulting on the actual numbers.
However they are likely to follow suit with only Ribble Valley in East Lancashire looking at absorbing the cuts proposed by Westminster.
All six boroughs are consulting on a local scheme to replace the current national benefit in line with central Government policy.
Rossendale became the first council to publicly debate a figure last week at their cabinet meeting.
Now Blackburn and Burnley have produced a preferred option of a 20 per cent minimum payment for all claimants of working age.
Pensioners are protected but groups forced to pay more include the low paid, and families with young children.
A Blackburn with Darwen spokesman said: “The Council is proposing that the current calculation of council tax benefit should remain, however, once the calculation has been made, all working age claimants will have their award reduced by a percentage. At present it is estimated that this reduction will be about 20%.We’re consulting with residents at the moment on everything to do with the changes.”
Borough leader Kate Hollern said: “I think the proposed benefit changes are going to cause extreme hardship and make it better for many families to be out of work rather than in it. The council tax benefit changes in particular are going to hit low paid families in work extremely hard.”
Blackburn’s band C council tax bill for 2012/13 is £1,316 making a 20 per cent contribution £263 annually, £5 a week; Band D is £1480 so 20 per cent is £296, £6 a week.
Ribble Valley council are hoping to absorb the changes, possibly cutting entitlement to all other claimants by 12 per cent to keep full exemption for the poorest, or imposing a 10 per cent minimum, half that proposed for Blackburn.
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Comments (122)
4:42pm Sat 15 Sep 12
HairyBowls says...
5:00pm Sat 15 Sep 12
Stuart Farquar says...
6:24pm Sat 15 Sep 12
l m h jones says...
6:48pm Sat 15 Sep 12
Sajdin says...
7:11pm Sat 15 Sep 12
Stuart Farquar says...
7:16pm Sat 15 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Cut down on the massive families, poor diet and reluctance to learn the language of where you now live and there wouldn't need to be an increase.
7:17pm Sat 15 Sep 12
alldaylong says...
7:35pm Sat 15 Sep 12
mavrick says...
7:40pm Sat 15 Sep 12
workaholic says...
1) put a cap on the number of children a family can claim tax credits for etc - i.e. 2 max!
2) re vamp the legal system and remove the right to appeal continually on the grounds of ridiculous clauses e.g. 'a right to a family life' (even for convicted criminal asylum seekers!)
Audit the bent bankers who raped the financial system then sailed off into the caribbean on their yachts - bring them to book and start seizing assets. I know it ain't gonna happen - but for gods sake at least get rid of this bunch of cretins who claim to be a government - whilst they are in power the rich are getting richer and this article is a pefect example to prove how the poor are becoming poorer!
7:41pm Sat 15 Sep 12
Sajdin says...
7:44pm Sat 15 Sep 12
Sajdin says...
7:45pm Sat 15 Sep 12
Stuart Farquar says...
8:23pm Sat 15 Sep 12
Sajdin says...
10:35pm Sat 15 Sep 12
frank says...
another tory tax on the poor.
11:24pm Sat 15 Sep 12
HairyBowls says...
12:24am Sun 16 Sep 12
laureneverett86@hotmail.co.uk says...
1:06am Sun 16 Sep 12
Rimbus says...
2:04am Sun 16 Sep 12
Rimbus says...
In the United Kingdom anyone can overtly follow whatever religion that they choose to whilst in many other countries people are not given that freedom, on the contrary, their religious freedoms are suppressed and often criminalised. In this country, whether you are a Christian, Jew, Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Atheist or any other belief you are treated equally and that principle is legally protected.
7:28am Sun 16 Sep 12
Chris P Bacon says...
7:56am Sun 16 Sep 12
jenkinsroy says...
curl up and die
why dont the councils
tell the goverment what is
council tax chaing will
do to the poor and the old
is it becouse some of them
are getting back handers to
push this bill???
there will be a lot of poor
and the old on the street
so tell me who is going to find some place for all the
familys + kids to stay
somone will have to pay for
a place for them to go
OUT OF THIS MESS OUR HUMEN
RIGHT ARE BEING PUT ON THE SHELF???? I HOPE ALL THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN MY
TOWN CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT
8:34am Sun 16 Sep 12
Stuart Farquar says...
9:19am Sun 16 Sep 12
Chris P Bacon says...
9:30am Sun 16 Sep 12
Stuart Farquar says...
10:07am Sun 16 Sep 12
slimitus says...
10:11am Sun 16 Sep 12
slimitus says...
10:56am Sun 16 Sep 12
happycyclist says...
Someone in a one-bed flat is now paying the same as someone in a 3-bed terrace. Whilst at the other end of the scale, anyone living in a £320,000 property is paying the same as someone in a 30-bed mansion worth millions: an average of just £2,536 a year. Someone on a salary of millions a year can easily afford to pay more council tax, but people on £71pw JSA are being asked to pay 20% of the council tax that they currently are exempt from because of their low income.
This is the most unfair aspect of the council tax.
11:22am Sun 16 Sep 12
Sajdin says...
11:23am Sun 16 Sep 12
karltop says...
11:36am Sun 16 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
You failed to mention anything about you being inbred so I can only assume she got that right. Working at the hospital you'll know all about cousin marriages and the cost to social services and the pct.
Hi 6's anyone?
11:40am Sun 16 Sep 12
Info-warrior says...
REMEMBER..food prices are going to double before christmas..STOCK UP on tins and longlife foods while prices hold..the question of IF this is going to happen is no longer being asked only WHEN its going to happen and leading stock market traders are certainly agreeing that it will be before christmas fall..
Its the reason London was armed up for war..Not from other countries or terrorists from its own citizens fighting for the last available commodities. They will put the world in to a state of civil war you only need to watch some other news programmes than the BBC to see that they're not far from turning the entire populous of the world onto itself and those who can't see that are most likely the ones causing all this hardship on mankind. We are on the brink of another war. Lets face facts the past five thousand years has been nothing more than wars and hatred between fellow man..We have now got to the point on this planet that one as got to go either war or humans. We need leaders in place that are strong enough to see that not so weak they cause it. Its time to change our way of thinking and write off world debt and cleanse the world of banksters warmongers and dig out and expose those who hide and operate in the shadows. Its our only hope if we want to survive this nightmare we have all been cast in to. Nobody will survive if we carry on like we are and the time to choose between HUMANS and WAR is slipping further away each day.
To close with if you would like to protest about these cuts you MUST apply for a permit first from the council otherwise you face immediate arrest..TYRANNY....
KEEP STRONG FELLOW SURVIVORS STOCK UP WHILE PRICES REMAIN AS THEY ARE...THE INCREASES ARE COMING SOON.........
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12:44pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Stuart Farquar says...
1:03pm Sun 16 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
1:07pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Stuart Farquar says...
1:16pm Sun 16 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
It's just that RUInsane may whizz round the corner in that Fiat Twinair and do your legs the honours.
That will make me worry!
2:20pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
2:34pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Chris P Bacon says...
And anyone who 'lol's in their own post loses any credibility they mistakenly think lingers about them. In your case, like a foul Dame Judy.
2:54pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Stuart Farquar says...
3:07pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Chris P Bacon says...
4:59pm Sun 16 Sep 12
workaholic says...
This is a comments column not a forum!
5:51pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Stuart Farquar says...
6:27pm Sun 16 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
Can't join in, p1550f!
6:55pm Sun 16 Sep 12
sonny says...
7:08pm Sun 16 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
7:25pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
7:45pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Chris P Bacon says...
8:30pm Sun 16 Sep 12
challenge me says...
8:38pm Sun 16 Sep 12
challenge me says...
and theres nothing wrong with cousin marriages.it is proven FACT.
8:46pm Sun 16 Sep 12
challenge me says...
11:08pm Sun 16 Sep 12
laureneverett86@hotmail.co.uk says...
12:34am Mon 17 Sep 12
Darwen Malc says...
12:59am Mon 17 Sep 12
nonjob says...
Was there a 70% rise in quantity or quality of services?
No. But there was a huge increase of feckless parasites, busy doing nothing in the public sector on very generous salaries.
We are taxed enough in this country. Council tax is legitimised theft.
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3:26am Mon 17 Sep 12
Benjis mum says...
"and theres nothing wrong with cousin marriages.it is proven FACT.”
I agree that there is nothing wrong with cousin marriages, unless they are going to have children, that is.
Thats when the problems occur.
Have you not heard about genetic disorders ?
These are more common when close relatives have children as the gene pool is restricted and there is a greater chance of both parents having a copy of the faulty gene. Pakistanis and Bangladeshis seem to have a lot of first cousin marriages and as a consequence of this, they go on to have a lot of children born with hereditary physical and neurological conditions.
The Jews have realised that cousins marrying and having childen together is causing them to have a disproportionately high level of children with inherited medical problems so they have started screening themselves before marriage in order to try to eliminate these preventable disorders.
If you are prepared to listen to reason and are not going to dismiss this as it is against what your culture says, then you can read about it here :
http://www.jewishgen
etics.org/?q=content
/what-are-jewish-gen
etic-disorders
Sajdin mentions that he works in the NHS so he can probably convince you, if you dont believe me or the evidence from the jewish organisation.
3:26am Mon 17 Sep 12
Benjis mum says...
"and theres nothing wrong with cousin marriages.it is proven FACT.”
I agree that there is nothing wrong with cousin marriages, unless they are going to have children, that is.
Thats when the problems occur.
Have you not heard about genetic disorders ?
These are more common when close relatives have children as the gene pool is restricted and there is a greater chance of both parents having a copy of the faulty gene. Pakistanis and Bangladeshis seem to have a lot of first cousin marriages and as a consequence of this, they go on to have a lot of children born with hereditary physical and neurological conditions.
The Jews have realised that cousins marrying and having childen together is causing them to have a disproportionately high level of children with inherited medical problems so they have started screening themselves before marriage in order to try to eliminate these preventable disorders.
If you are prepared to listen to reason and are not going to dismiss this as it is against what your culture says, then you can read about it here :
http://www.jewishgen
etics.org/?q=content
/what-are-jewish-gen
etic-disorders
Sajdin mentions that he works in the NHS so he can probably convince you, if you dont believe me or the evidence from the jewish organisation.
3:30am Mon 17 Sep 12
Benjis mum says...
8:10am Mon 17 Sep 12
Chris P Bacon says...
I wouldn't get into battle on this one because you've already lost but you'll be pounded into the ground with actual figures on this if you think of carrying on your laughable crusade.
11:30am Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
I hope you have a nice time on this site and feel free to comment as you feel fit. Please be aware however that calling somebody a racist for highlighting the truth can lead to counter comments.
For example:
There are a number of stories printed by the media that mention an increase in disabilities due to cousin marriages within the Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian communities. This is a fact which was highlighted by the BBC a few years ago.
Your comment about "at least the cousin marriages know who their father is unlike some" is far more racist than mine and suggests that you have issues regarding some elements of British culture.
11:47am Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
You really should stick to the 25 numbskulls on your pathetic twitter site rather than here.
I was outside the town hall on Friday watching a whole series of Blackburn residents who required assistance.
I am sure they got the professional help and advice they needed (whether it was good news or bad); that they felt that at least the person on the other end of the phone or desk knew what they where doing and that some progress may be had towards resolving a significant problem they have in their lives.
These ‘parasites’ are helping other people who are in a difficult situation. They are helping the old; the disabled; the vulnerable.
Your comments, like your useless twitter site and the retards in the government, are doing nothing.
11:47am Mon 17 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
because I am an indian and my wife is oriental!
12:00pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
I realised a bit back that I was usually going round in circles with some people as we will never see eye to eye. Sen c ble and I have stopped quoting each other for this exact reason (so far so good) and as soon as that a$$-hole no- n0b stops calling council staff parasites, I'll ignore that fu*ktard too.
It might not be the best place for this stuff but at least we are communicating - and that's got to be something!
12:07pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Why are you quoting me. I thought we had an agreement?
I wasn't even talking to you so we don't clog up the site.
12:14pm Mon 17 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
Please be a bit more specific when commenting thus avoiding confusion.
Now that didn't hurt, did it!
1:03pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
Don't let facts get in the way of making ignorant racist statements though..
1:05pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
But don't let facts get in the way of you making unproven statements..
1:31pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
But don't let a few facts get in the way of your blinkered statements.
1:42pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Breaking agreements?
Going back on your word?
I’d expect nothing less from tiny toggered Indian.
I suppose it explains why a British Company was able to easily manipulate your whole nation.
1:42pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
Read up on the subject before you start spouting drivel on here.
1:47pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Big families - true
poor diet - true - massive type two diabetes problem
reluctance to learn language - true
The burden you bring costs the NHS and the council millions.
Can you actually prove that "The white population in Blackburn is a bigger drain on resources than the Asian one" or are you just another bitter and twisted lunatic that has come to have a go?
1:50pm Mon 17 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
Apologies if I gave your missi one, but what would you expect, she *kin came at me half undressed!
1:54pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
The liebour government had to spend money to solve the problems of the previous tory party, which is why they increased the funding for the police, teaching and the NHS - which are again being cut by your ConDem chums.
If you spent more time reading about this, rather than cutting and pasting from the Daily Mail website, you'd know this already....
1:58pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
Yes I can prove it. Can you prove otherwise? Or are you just going on what you read in one of the red-tops. Put in an FOI request to the council and you will see that I am correct.
2:02pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
"Todays observer stated that the Tories are even going to cut benefits from people that work part time. What a clueless bunch of Feckwits these Tories are.
2:08pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Actually I can. I can use cencus data from 2002 to prove that every asian area in Blackburn is very poor, that the schools in said areas do poorly because of the poverty and language barriers created by the immigrants place of birth and there is evidence from the BBC, the Independent and the guardian that proves that cousin marriages and poor diet are causing health issues.
Just the basic facts, it's not my problem you can't stomach it.
2:13pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Out of the whole comment - that's the best you can do?
You need to come back when you've had a bit more practice.
2:17pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Me, I'm gonna keep ignoring you because - lets be honest - you have no word and no honour and a man without word or honour is worthless.
2:27pm Mon 17 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
Now back to the agreement bit, where and when?
2:52pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
That to me suggests that you are racist.
2:55pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
Nah, it's fine, you're doing a fine job of that yourself.
3:12pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
jack daniels wrote: Moonman wrote: jack daniels wrote: Moonman wrote: The banking crisis contributed to it, however if the Labour Government hadn't made it so easy for people to claim benefits (welfare costs increased by 70% during the Labour Government 1996-2009), the Coalition wouldn't have to be looking at measures like this now. Hence why they did not create the problem, they are merely trying to reign in public spending. Read up on the subject before you start spouting drivel on here."The banking crisis contributed to it,@moonman
Don't come crying to me because you just got your knickers in a twist.
I never said that they where "the root of what is wrong with this country". Are you now having to make things up to try to prove your point? You are the one that's made unfounded comments and then asked me to find YOUR evidence (Put in an FOI request to the council and you will see that I am correct)!
Is that becasue you don't have the ability to research this yourself or maybe If you where speaking the truth you would already have this at hand...
3:16pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Shame you had to give back on your word but like I said, I expect nothing less from an asian.
3:24pm Mon 17 Sep 12
nonjob says...
Ah, Jack, resident halfwit of the Telegraph comments section - i was wondering when you would show up.
It is clear to all, that the old maxim "empty vessels make most noise" is very true.
You continuously pi**ing over the comments section with the malformed drivel that bubbles up of your stunted intellect, is such an ugly thing to behold.
Stop being a burden on hard-working tax payers, jack. Get a job.
Your self respect would come back and the good readers of the Lancs Telegraph would be relieved to see less of your odious, small-minded, quasi-socialist vomit upon these fine boards.
Your friend, James Nonjob.
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3:26pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Not sure how the white areas of Blackburn have siginifcant support needs because of disabilites due to cousin marriages. Please could you explain this for me?
Not sure how the white areas of Blackburn have additional financial needs because they have come from poor areas of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Please could you explain this for me?
The fact you refuse to aknowledge this suggest you are reluctant to admit the truth.
3:30pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
does it bother you that all your effort results in 25 twitter followers? I think the venky's chicken has more than that.
To think - that your lifes work is meaningless....
3:33pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
moonman - it's been fun.
sense - you ignore me, I'll ignore you.
nonjob - stop calling council staff parasites and i'll treating you like a piece of $hit.
3:34pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
and i'll *stop treating you like a piece of $hit.
3:42pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
Having so many poor people from places such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh puts a huge burden on the services provided by the council. Cut down on the massive families, poor diet and reluctance to learn the language of where you now live and there wouldn't need to be an increase.
All of the information that you need to digest to understand why I disagree with your unbalanced statement can be found on here.
http://www.blackburn
.gov.uk/server.php?s
how=ConWebDoc.41869
Through my work, I can tell you that of the 18k benefits applicants that live in this borough, the majority of them are of a 'white' background. Hence why I said your statement was racist.
Poor diet is a problem across the borough, not just within certain sections of the community. You only need to see the size & demographic of the queues outside Greggs & McDonalds at any lunch-time to know that.
There are huge families on the Shadsworth estate and most other white council estates - again, I'd question why you have singled out the Asians unless you are just trying to be provocative.
The reason I mentioned that there were high levels of truancy in our most deprived areas is that you suggested that there was a reluctance to learn the language in the asian community. The majority of asians that I know speak very good english and it tends to be the elders that have struggled - no different to an english person going to a foreign country. There is also a 'reluctance to learn' in our own society.
Like I've said a couple of times already, if you present a balanced point of view, rather than focusing on a specific section of our borough, I'd maybe have a little bit of respect for your views; but as you just want to spout uneducated, unbalanced opinions and seem quite happy to shoot other people down for questioning what you have said, I see you nothing more than a pathetic ignorant little troll.
3:45pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
4:16pm Mon 17 Sep 12
nonjob says...
This is generally true where i live also. One family of immigrants started up no less than 4 separate businesses in two years, and now employ about 50 people.
If this country were ever to become a low tax nation, and stop giving hand-outs to people, my belief is that most of the immigrants would be OK. They generally have a work ethic and close family ties to support them in difficult times.
The people who would be all at sea, would be the generations of benefit-dependents that are already here. Their misplaced sense of entitlement would be their downfall.
This includes all the dead-wood in the public sector, who would not cope in the real world, as well as parasitical chav trash like resident halfwit, jack daniels.
4:21pm Mon 17 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
4:54pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
The information on this is a little old. Blackburn is now in the top ten most deprived out of the 354 local authorities in England.
You said –
“Through my work, I can tell you that of the 18k benefits applicants that live in this borough, the majority of them are of a 'white' background. Hence why I said your statement was racist.”
I say -
Now saying that the Asian community (meaning India, Bangladesh and Pakistan for this exercise) only makes up about 30% of the population, it’s no surprise that the majority of them are of a white back ground.
Of the Wards on the website that saw the highest proportions of children living in poverty were: –
Shadsworth with Whitebirk (48.1%)
Audley (41.5%)
Wensley Fold (40.7%)
Sudell (38.9%)
Bastwell (37.2%)
Half of the above areas have an exceptionally high percentage of residents from an Asian back ground. Surely you have to agree that having a population of only 30% asian heritage yet living in 3 of the 6 most impoverished strongly supports my comment.
You said –
“Poor diet is a problem across the borough, not just within certain sections of the community. You only need to see the size & demographic of the queues outside Greggs & McDonalds at any lunch-time to know that.”
I say
BBC website Wednesday, 3 December 2008
People from South Asia are six times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than the white members of the UK population, and they are likely to develop it ten years earlier. Dr Gujral said she found the figures "shocking".
She attributed the problem to a lack of exercise amongst members of the community, as well as a diet which is high in fat.
You say
“There are huge families on the Shadsworth estate and most other white council estates - again, I'd question why you have singled out the Asians unless you are just trying to be provocative.”
I say
There is however a clear difference between the ‘2.4 children’ of the indigenous population and the larger families of the Asian community who don’t use contraception.
You say
The majority of asians that I know speak very good english and it tends to be the elders that have struggled - no different to an english person going to a foreign country. There is also a 'reluctance to learn' in our own society.
I say
Now the first part of this sentence is opinion but I can equally state that there are many older imigrants and newly married that have not or will not learn the language. This is in part because of the ‘ghetto’ situation that has developed over the last 50 years.
We can also add
BBC News - NHS translation bill tops £23m, says 2020 Health
The NHS in England spends £59,000 a day on translating documents and providing interpreters, according to a health think tank.
A Freedom of Information request by 2020 Health showed the total bill topped £23m last year - an increase of 17% since 2007
There’s also evidence that schools where the children have English as a second language find it harder to learn and cost more. If you really want this proof, I’ll have to find it later.
Fun huh?
4:58pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
What have you done nonn0b?
5:00pm Mon 17 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.
THIS MEANS YOU!
X
5:12pm Mon 17 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
Ask your missis Durex for me is extremely tight, and so Mates is for me!!!
5:42pm Mon 17 Sep 12
johnleo says...
5:46pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Sajdin says...
Is the Asian population is such a drain, have you thought about the majority of UK White people who drink (yes amongst this the small minorty of "non-white" individuals) and the percentage who also cause a burden on the UK? but yet you don''t have a problem with alcohol? or do you?
6:59pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moonman says...
You said:
Now saying that the Asian community (meaning India, Bangladesh and Pakistan for this exercise) only makes up about 30% of the population, it’s no surprise that the majority of them are of a white back ground.
I say:
The population of Blackburn is as follows:
Ethnicity 77.3% White
20.4% S.Asian
1.2 Mixed
0.6% Black
0.5% E.Asian and Other
These figures have been taken from the council’s website. So the asian community takes up 20% rather than 30% of the community you suggest.
Out of a population of 147500 (2011 census), approximately 30000 are Asian.
You said:
Of the Wards on the website that saw the highest proportions of children living in poverty were: –
Shadsworth with Whitebirk (48.1%)
Audley (41.5%)
Wensley Fold (40.7%)
Sudell (38.9%)
Bastwell (37.2%)
Half of the above areas have an exceptionally high percentage of residents from an Asian back ground. Surely you have to agree that having a population of only 30% asian heritage yet living in 3 of the 6 most impoverished strongly supports my comment.
I say:
Lets have a look at those wards by working age:
Shadsworth - population of 4900, 40.4% are claiming DwP benefit which is 1980 residents.
Audley - population of 5100; 29.2% are claiming DwP benefit, which is 1489 residents
Wensley Fold – population of 4300, 37.8% are claiming DwP benefit which is 1625 residents
Sudell – population of 4100, 34.4% are claiming DwP benefit which is 1410 residents
Bastwell population 4700, 25.4% are claiming DwP benefits which is 1193 residents
2 out of the above wards would be classed as predominantly asian, the other 3 predominantly white. The two asian areas have the lowest proportion of working age residents claiming benefits. Still think that the asian community are more of a drain our society than some of our own? If you look at the stats further down where you got your information from on the council’s website:
“In 2010 Blackburn with Darwen was ranked as the 17th most deprived local authority in England (rank of average score). Eight small areas were classified as being in the most 1% deprived areas in England. These areas were found in the following wards:
• Wensley Fold
• Mill Hill
• Shadsworth with Whitebirk
• Queens Park”
Wensley Fold – already covered above
Mill Hill - population of 4100, 28.4% are claiming DwP benefit which is 1164 residents.
Shadsworth – already covered above
Queens Park – population of 3700, 27% are claiming DwP benefits which is 999 residents
1 out of 4 of these areas would be classed as Asian and yet again, the lowest proportion of benefits claimants is in the Asian area. Hopefully you are seeing the picture a bit clearer now.
You say
BBC website Wednesday, 3 December 2008
People from South Asia are six times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than the white members of the UK population, and they are likely to develop it ten years earlier. Dr Gujral said she found the figures "shocking".
She attributed the problem to a lack of exercise amongst members of the community, as well as a diet which is high in fat.
I say
This report from the BBC would suggest a different story. Type 2 diabetes is caused, in the main, by obesity. Northern Europeans are more likely to develop it than South Asian people and that trend is growing.
http://news.bbc.co.u
k/1/hi/health/716599
0.stm
With regards to health, do you know how many people get treated for alcohol-related illnesses? Far more than get treated for Type 2 diabetes. Alcohol-related illness is more of a drain on the NHS than diabetes and that is a predominately white problem.
Finally, you say:
BBC News - NHS translation bill tops £23m, says 2020 Health
The NHS in England spends £59,000 a day on translating documents and providing interpreters, according to a health think tank.
A Freedom of Information request by 2020 Health showed the total bill topped £23m last year - an increase of 17% since 2007
I say:
This report that starts off with:
“45% of Trusts could not break down the cost of written translation. “
And continues with:
“It is important to note that although the Trusts were not differentiated based on their size or the size of the population they serve, it is recognised that these factors have a bearing on the interpretation of the data.”
And then:
“It is also worth noting that two of the top spenders highlighted in Nick de Bois’ research - Barts and The London NHS Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital – were non-responsive.”
And contains no reference to who these translation service were offered to, other than:
“Leaflets and other information are often translated into Eastern European languages such as Polish, Asian languages such as Hindi, and Mandarin”
So I am at a loss as to why you have offered this up as an example of how the Asian community is a drain on the NHS as it contains no references to suggest that and, at it’s own admission, it’s interpretation of the data is open to question.
What a waste of 20 minutes researching this on google. Play-time over
7:28pm Mon 17 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
What do u mean?
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BIG BOSS says...
10:19am Tue 18 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
Good stuff. Most people usually don’t bother with facts.
I have to say I can’t find the proof to the 30%. So I will have to yield.
You say
Lets have a look at those wards by working age:
Shadsworth - population of 4900, 40.4% are claiming DwP benefit which is 1980 residents.
Audley - population of 5100; 29.2% are claiming DwP benefit, which is 1489 residents
Wensley Fold – population of 4300, 37.8% are claiming DwP benefit which is 1625 residents
Sudell – population of 4100, 34.4% are claiming DwP benefit which is 1410 residents
Bastwell population 4700, 25.4% are claiming DwP benefits which is 1193 residents
2 out of the above wards would be classed as predominantly asian, the other 3 predominantly white. The two asian areas have the lowest proportion of working age residents claiming benefits. Still think that the asian community are more of a drain our society than some of our own? If you look at the stats further down where you got your information from on the council’s website:
I say
When we look at the information from 2001 regarding ‘economically inactive of a working age’ we see that the top 3 inactive wards with have above 50% Asian heritage. We also see that wards with a high percentage of Asian heritage are also high in 'inactivity', whilst areas with high percentage of white being at the bottom. There are no wards with ‘low inactivity’ with a significant asian population. This therefore supports my point about having so many poor people from places such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh puts a huge burden on the services provided by the council
Audley 50.8% inactive – 54% asian
Bastwell 50.9% inactive – 75 asian
Shear brow 48% inactive – 70% asian
Queens Park 39% inactive – 39% asian
Wensley Fold 42% inactive – 27% asian
Little Harwood 36% inactive – 36% asian
Corporation Park 36% inactive -40% asian
Fernhurst 15.2% inactive – 1% asian
When we look at Jobseeker's Allowance Claimants by Ethnicity for oct 2010 to Sept 2011, we see
White 3030
Asian 1060
We see that it is over 25% of the claimants are Asian and not reflected in your population statistic of 20%; therefore suggesting that the asian population creates a greater strain on council financial resources.
You say
With regards to health, do you know how many people get treated for alcohol-related illnesses? Far more than get treated for Type 2 diabetes. Alcohol-related illness is more of a drain on the NHS than diabetes and that is a predominately white problem.
I say
Daily Mail 13th June 2010
"However, as prices are rising, the tax ‘take’ from alcohol actually fell by £730 million, from £15.1 billion in 2008 to £14.4 billion in 2009, according to the figures from HM Revenue and Customs and the Office for National Statistics".
£14.4 billion….
In 2008/09, it cost £110bn to run the NHS so it looks like people are paying for their services.
Mail on line -
"Alcohol abuse could be costing the UK up to £6 billion a year in NHS bills, premature death, losses to business and drink-related crimes and accidents, it was claimed today.
A study by the Royal College of Physicians said drink-related health problems could account for up to 12% of total NHS spending on hospitals, about £3 billion.
But campaigners said that with the estimated £3 billion lost through absenteeism, unemployment, premature deaths and alcohol-related crimes and accidents the total cost of excessive drinking is £6 billion"
Less than £14.4 billion then…
You finally question my reference to the NHS leaflet article, yes you make valid points about it not being a good example but it is an example non-the-less of the cost of information for people who don’t understand English. This, again, still causes problems in primary schools and requires extra funding by the LEA for teaching assistants and extra lessons.
1:43pm Tue 18 Sep 12
makaveli96 says...
It should be simple - NO WORK NO PAY, NO PAY NO FOOD
12:36am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
and dont forget the queen invited the people to from asia or else this country would have gone down without the foreigners.
12:36am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
and dont forget the queen invited the people to from asia or else this country would have gone down without the foreigners.
12:48am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
the genetic disorder can happen to anyone what about all the english white kids that are born are they all perfect do they have no disabiltites the places are full of them they dont have cousin marraige.
GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT!!
do you research again . SCIENTIFICALY. im sure u can google.if you need help ill guide u.
12:48am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
the genetic disorder can happen to anyone what about all the english white kids that are born are they all perfect do they have no disabiltites the places are full of them they dont have cousin marraige.
GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT!!
do you research again . SCIENTIFICALY. im sure u can google.if you need help ill guide u.
12:48am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
the genetic disorder can happen to anyone what about all the english white kids that are born are they all perfect do they have no disabiltites the places are full of them they dont have cousin marraige.
GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT!!
do you research again . SCIENTIFICALY. im sure u can google.if you need help ill guide u.
1:03am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
so stop making fools of ur selves research scientifcally its a FACT.
And yes i do have an issue
about not knowing who the fathers is that is a big problems/ because the kids are effected in alot of ways when they grow older and resort to all sorts of drugs and other social mental problems lone parents are at highest increase cliaming benefits costing the tax payer millions.. u could end up having sex married to ur father or brother/sister. now that is a problem called incest not knowing who the father is.kids need both parents.
1:03am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
so stop making fools of ur selves research scientifcally its a FACT.
And yes i do have an issue
about not knowing who the fathers is that is a big problems/ because the kids are effected in alot of ways when they grow older and resort to all sorts of drugs and other social mental problems lone parents are at highest increase cliaming benefits costing the tax payer millions.. u could end up having sex married to ur father or brother/sister. now that is a problem called incest not knowing who the father is.kids need both parents.
1:03am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
so stop making fools of ur selves research scientifcally its a FACT.
And yes i do have an issue
about not knowing who the fathers is that is a big problems/ because the kids are effected in alot of ways when they grow older and resort to all sorts of drugs and other social mental problems lone parents are at highest increase cliaming benefits costing the tax payer millions.. u could end up having sex married to ur father or brother/sister. now that is a problem called incest not knowing who the father is.kids need both parents.
1:03am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
so stop making fools of ur selves research scientifcally its a FACT.
And yes i do have an issue
about not knowing who the fathers is that is a big problems/ because the kids are effected in alot of ways when they grow older and resort to all sorts of drugs and other social mental problems lone parents are at highest increase cliaming benefits costing the tax payer millions.. u could end up having sex married to ur father or brother/sister. now that is a problem called incest not knowing who the father is.kids need both parents.
1:04am Thu 20 Sep 12
challenge me says...
so stop making fools of ur selves research scientifcally its a FACT.
And yes i do have an issue
about not knowing who the fathers is that is a big problems/ because the kids are effected in alot of ways when they grow older and resort to all sorts of drugs and other social mental problems lone parents are at highest increase cliaming benefits costing the tax payer millions.. u could end up having sex married to ur father or brother/sister. now that is a problem called incest not knowing who the father is.kids need both parents.
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sen c ble says...
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7:41am Fri 21 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
His missis always being pumped, hence the burst!
8:05pm Fri 21 Sep 12
enki jr says...
this has turned into" which race of monkey is the most inferior" .... let me tell you its BOTH. less than a century ago saxons married their cousins too queen victoria and albert were 1st cousins as thier parents were in fact brother and sister. glad im neither breed of halfwit on here,you are the primary cause of this by consenting and voting and filling in questioinaires on behalf of the military industrial complex.
No-one has a "moral duty"to pay taxes..so why do you then? because you are all RETARDED ...robert peel was the stinkwort who created income tax and it was only temperary so how has it become permanent?
how about learning something for a
change instead of blaming each other for your own demise
and self destruction? I dont like what the gov has done flooding us with inferiors who take our jobs and benifits to which OUR FOREFATHERS have already paid for,however your greatest foe is your lack of knowledge...you have had equal time to learn just as much as the greatest thinkers, yet have wasted it on self indulgence and banality such as faggy football alcohol and overpriced gimmiky iphones. The councils are an unlawful assembly of theives and traitors given a licence by uk gov plc to do as they please as long as they pay a fee back to the den of vipers known as uk gov plc ...
All these hair brained schemes such as council tax parking tickets private landlord licences speedbumps 20mph limits are in fact unlawful and only apply if you give your CONSENT. Legal is not a real law, it is a fraud designed to benifit the fraudsters behind it, therefore if you pay these people for their fraudulent activities then you have given your consent to the fraud, which is legal but still unlawful. what we need is an army of smart citizens who will physically arrest.. incarcerate..and
investigate how this country has been deliberately targetted for destruction of its people and its systems designed purely for us, and not some prehistoric stone
worshipper or some european waste of space, who is so desperate to better themselves that they come over here and take LOWER WAGES, not really knowing that the precedent they set contributes to the demise of the british way of life. Things are going to get worse and worse until whitey is nothing but an empty shell filled with hate and fear...
this tax will make the poor poorer no doubt, and this is not good at all. its EVIL.
If any of you are smart (which i doubt) then why do you pay council tax anyhow? are you trying to speil that its a duty to pay this tax..or any tax given that all taxation is theft. just do what you normally do..bend
over and think of baby jesus, or go and get **** and show yourself up as usual. If YOU DONT WANT TO PAY then
i suggest all the people dont pay and see what happens.
Your always whinging that prison is a holiday camp so how about going there and experience it for real..pnly then will you realise that people talk **** about things they hear from the press and media, whos intention is to deceive and monger hate and fear, and it works because this post is riddled with "beleivers"...
if any of you posess a liability order for c/tax then that document itself is evidence of treason..full stop.
a c/tax demand is demanding money with menaces, a serious crime requiring serious time for the perps...inc councillors magistrates and bailiffs who take part in this fraud. uk gov plc will rob you till the day you die, and even then they will tax the dead... Treason murder and buggery still carries the death penalty ...it takes real men to execute the will of common law,but where are you going to find them among the bickering trogs? you are finished unless you merge into one and all target the same set of crimtards ..UK GOV plc.
And finally to the deludes of pointless offspring of kallikak mothers who beleive this bill specifically targets the long term unemployed... This bill will effect every human being and child alike, forcing evictions and
people into tinier spaces until you are all living in boxes,rabid dogs get better treatment than humans ..how PATHETIC you people really are...your ancestors really did die in vain.