[Benefit Fraud]

He's not on the dole though he is on carers allowance. They take the money off the person you're caring for and give it you, and pay national insurance contributions on it. So he gets say £60 a week, if he stops carer allowance the £60 just goes back to the person being cared for.

When you become someones carer the treasury doesn't foot the bill it is taken off the entitlements of the cared for person. You either get the higher rate of disability payment of you have a carer and you get the lower amount and they get the carers allowance, and it works out roughly the same amount.

Ig he went on the dole the household would be the jobseekers amount better off each week/month.

Would this be if the cared for person had lived alone? They would have been entitled to the severe disablement addition to their benefits which goes if they have a carer. What DWP also do ( in their wisdom) is take carers allowance off £ for £ off any other state benefits being paid to the carer eg pensions.

The carer should be looking after the person 35 hrs a week so you could consider if this is the case with the person you're thinking of reporting.

I do think genuine carers are ripped off as it is and save the govt a fortune every day so if you genuinely believe someone is defrauding you should report it and let them decide whether to investigate. As was said not all disabilities are physical so give them as much info as possible.

[Songs For The Homesick]

I took it that he was upset at the way the black man was being treated?

[Ebola Case In Glasgow]

Great to see that she's on the mend. Apparently Irn Bru assisted her recovery - can't see Barr passing that one up