What It's Like to 'Sign On'
Kieran Connell
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Posted 14.02.2012
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The idea that we live in a nation of "undeserving" poor and benefit "scroungers" - long peddled by the right-wing press - is seemingly becoming the dominant perception of the unemployed in Britain. However, when you actually go to sign on, you often get a very different impression.
