Benefits Britain - Life On The Dole Season 1 Episode 1
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Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole: The first episode of the series meets some Brits claiming benefits in the seaside town of Great Yarmouth. With the majority of work in Yarmouth being seasonal, one in six people sign on and over 20% of children in the town are brought up in benefits families. One example is three-month-old Porschia, whose mum Leona and dad Lee had been claiming �150 a week but found their payments suddenly slashed to �90 when they failed to fill in the correct forms. They dream of a better life for Porschia: �She�ll grow up with morals,� says 19- year-old Leona. Stopping or sanctioning benefits payments is the subject of much political debate. Jordan McDonald, 20, has just had his benefits slashed in half after the job centre discovered that he had not attended a government work programme. �You never think it�s going to happen to you,� says Jordan. �Life is definitely not what I thought it would be�I need a job, I need to start paying attention to life.� With tourism employing 10,000 people each season, one in five people in Yarmouth claim unemployment benefit until the tourists come back. During peak season, Dean makes pizzas in a caravan park. He is desperate not to claim benefits this year, but is also worried that the rise in immigration to the area will increase competition for contract work. With the benefits system undergoing a radical overhaul and recent changes which include the �bedroom tax� and new sanctioning rules beginning to hit home, many people who rely on the welfare state feel that life is getting tougher. This new series will get up close and personal with the real people behind the headlines as it explores the lives of those fighting for jobs, those trying to live on less than �5 a day, and those who know how to beat the system.