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Nov 25 2005 14:20
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The continuing attempts by the state to rack up the pressure on dole scum and other slackers. 
from inside housing a couple of weeks ago.
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Nov 25 2005 19:03
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The DWP is also planning to introduce telephone lie detector technology, used widely in the private sector by insurance companies, which can detect stress in callers’ voices to identify those who may not be telling the truth.
oh ffs. almost all my customers are stressed to fuck. its called poverty.
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Risk profiling is also being developed that will be used to target client groups the department sees as most likely to submit fraudulent claims. Those people will have their claims examined more often.
they are already doing this cause they've stopped the need to make fresh hb claims for many people and introduced verification visits instead. (which is giving them a good reason to cancel hb claims and create overpayments which are then taken back from rent accounts causing worst debt just cause people aren't in when the man comes round). but those who they think are a risk still have to make fresh claims.
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The move could heighten financial problems by pushing people out of the mainstream credit market and towards more unscrupulous sources of money,
lovely. what will they think of next to make shit situations worse? i despair.
Fuck that's grim. You can refuse to talk over the phone about benefit stuff, but they may just call you in then. Still it's probably worth it, as it clog-up the system fairly quickly. They will probably just send stuff through the post in general, i reckon.